Full casting has been announced for Luisa Fernanda, the Zarzuela-a Spanish Musical, to be presented at the Ricardo Montalban Theatre February 19-21. Gabriel Oliva will direct.
Composed by Federico Moreno Torroba, with a libretto by Federico Romero and Guillermo Fernandez Shaw, the piece is set against the backdrop of the 1868 popular uprising against the Queen of Spain, and will be performed in Spanish with English supertitles. The performance will be conducted by the composer’s son, Federico Moreno-Torroba Larregla.
The cast will include Alejandro Banuelos, Lora Cawelti, Edna Ceballos, Maria Ceballos, Bradley Chapman, Jade Clavesilla, Jose de Vega, Lainnie Felan, Amalia Elena Garcia, Teresa Hughes-Oliva, Reba Lawless Berdakin, Omar Mata, Jorge Mele, Carlos Oliva, Gabriel Oliva, Armando Ortega, Edward Padilla, Aldo Puccini, Ruben Rabasa, Mariana Ramirez, Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos, Renee Rulon Cortez, Johanna Siegmann, Vincent Solbes, Ashley Stanbury, Lisa Taylor, Janson Woodlee, Juan Pablo Yepez, and Juventino Zapata.
For more information, visit www.luisafernanda.org.