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‖ zarzuela|θarˈθwela|
[Sp.]
A traditional form of popular musical comedy in Spain.
In its theatrical sense the word is said to be derived from the name Real Sitio de la Zarzuela in Madrid, where these works were first performed in the early 17th century.
1888Lippincott's Mag. July 51 It had all transpired in a flash, like some of the absurd things he had seen in pantomimes by the zarzuela companies at the theatres. 1922J. Hergesheimer Bright Shawl (1923) 54 The zarzuelas, the operettas of one act, largely improvised with local allusions. 1947A. Einstein Music in Romantic Era xvii. 328 The way was being prepared for the Italianization of Spanish music as early as Calderón's period, which brought forth the old zarzuela, a mixture of song and dance with spoken dramatic dialogue. 1973Oxford Times 30 Mar. 14/5 The modern zarzuelas are really operettas or lyric dramas, which are a kind of Spanish equivalent of Gilbert and Sullivan and the Viennese operetta, full of tunes which have become part of Spain's popular culture. 1973R. A. Crampsey Puerto Rico viii. 130 Less common are the old zarzuelas, the traditional musical dramas. 1983Listener 21 Apr. 31/2 A Catalan born in 1871,..he [sc. Amadeo Vives] was evidently best known as a zarzuela composer.
Add:2. In Spain, a dish consisting of various kinds of seafood (zarzuela de mariscos) or fish (zarzuela de pescados) cooked in a rich sauce.
1956H. Mason Good Food from Spain & Portugal 64 Pot-pourri of fish (Zarzuela de pescados)..4 fillets or steaks of two different kinds of fish..4 small squids..12 mussels..A glass brandy [etc.]. 1969J. Harrington Last Doorbell (1970) v. 129 Over cocktails and later over zarzuela, he recounted his wanderings. 1980N.Y. Times 25 July c18/3 A zarzuela de mariscos was cooked to perfection, a veritable light opera of fish and shellfish simmered in a creamy lobster sauce. 1991Wine & Spirits Apr. 35/1 Dinner at ten in Barcelona for tantalizing zarzuela de mariscos..and a crystal flute or two of shimmering cava would be easily met. |