Bomarzo is an opera in two acts by Alberto Ginastera to a Spanishlibretto by Manuel Mujica Laínez, based on his 1962 novel. Its debut performance was at the Opera Society of Washington, Washington D.C., in 1967. Sydney Opera House: one of the worlds most recognisable opera houses and landmarks. ... Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (April 11, 1916 – June 25, 1983) was an Argentinian composer of classical music. ... A libretto is the complete body of words used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, sacred or secular oratorio and cantata, musical, and ballet. ... Manuel Mujica LaÃnez, Argentine fiction writer and art critic, was born in Buenos Aires on 11 September 1910 and died at Cruz Chica, Córdoba Province on 21 April 1984. ... Bomarzo is a novel by Manuel Mujica LaÃnez written in 1962, later adapted by its author to an opera libretto set by Alberto Ginastera. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...
Ginastera was born in Buenos Aires to a Catalan father and an Italian mother.
The progressive rock group Emerson, Lake and Palmer brought Ginastera attention outside of modern classical music circles when they adapted the fourth movement of his first piano concerto and recorded it on their popular album Brain Salad Surgery under the title "Toccata." They recorded the piece not only with Ginastera's permission, but with his endorsement.
Ginastera is reported to have said, "Diabolical!" Emerson, misunderstanding Ginastera's meaning (he spoke no English and meant that their interpretation was frightening, which was his intent when he wrote it), was so disappointed he was prepared to scrap the piece when Ginastera's wife intervened saying that he approved.
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