The Umbrella Zarzuela Stage production project

Opera and zarzuela are the stage performances that involve the most technical and production complexity. In this case, it requires the coordination and synchronization of teams as diverse as a symphony orchestra, two choirs, several soloists, a cast of actors, tailors, makeup artists, and technicians, who work in sync under the direction of the stage director and musical director.

For the first time, Campus Creativo is offering students the opportunity to participate in a major interdisciplinary project that combines the skills and learning of three programs that have been consolidated over the years: the orchestra, the choir, and the theater training program. It also incorporates students from the Performing Arts Production program at the Faculty of Communication and the Design program at ETSA.

Furthermore, continuing with the long-standing tradition of collaborating with professionals, in this case the Gayarre Friends of the Opera Association (AGAO) joins the team, allowing students to learn directly from working alongside professionals.

Every week, from September until its premiere on April 5 and 6, the project participants will work under the supervision of professionals to make progress on the creation of LA ZARZUELA DE LOS PARAGUAS, an adaptation by Liuba Cid ofEl año pasado por agua, a work by Federico Chueca and Joaquín Valverde.

For the first time, the orchestra's conductor, Borja Quintas, will work with the choir and the orchestra in the pit. Liuba Cid, who is responsible for the theater training program, directs the stage and also provides acting coaching to the students. 

They are joined by talented students from the Scenography program at ETSA, who collaborated on the design of the set.

The activities proposed by Campus Creativo to groups of students within this framework enable the development of essential skills for the world of work. The project itself challenges participants to tackle a complex production from a managerial, technical, and artistic perspective.

The project itself is a combination of talents, skills, professional experience, knowledge, and pedagogy that allows students to be offered a complex, comprehensive, and interdisciplinary project. 

BIOGRAPHIES

Liuba Cid

Adaptation of the play and stage direction

Born in Havana, Cuba. She holds a degree in Performing Arts from the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, Cuba, specializing in Stage Direction and Acting, and continued her academic training with a postgraduate degree in Performing Arts at the Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid, where she is currently pursuing her doctoral studies. She has directed more than 50 theatrical productions, dedicating much of her work to contemporary interpretations of the classics of the Golden Age. In 2005, she premiered the play "LA NOCHE DE LOS QUIJOTES" (The Night of the Quixotes) by Santiago Martín Bermúdez at the 28th edition of the Almagro Classical Theater Festival.

He has published several books on theater techniques and specialized articles on theater.

DIRECTOR of the MEPHISTO TEATRO company, an Ibero-American theater project that brings together actors, designers, and choreographers from Latin America and Spain. Professor of Visual Arts and Dance at Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC). Editorial coordinator at Ediciones Cumbres©.

Borja Quintas

Music Director

Professor of Orchestral Conducting at the Conservatory of Music of Aragon and the Katarina Gurska Higher Education Center. Director of the Russkaya Opera Theater in Moscow. He graduated in Orchestral and Opera Conducting from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow under Professor Vladimir Ponkin. As a pianist, he studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid with Professor Joaquín Soriano and at the Moscow Conservatory with Professor Viktor Merzhanov. He has made several recordings for prestigious record labels and has collaborated with the main media outlets in Spain and Russia. He has performed in the most important concert halls in Spain, Russia, England, Austria, France, Belgium, and Italy, as well as in the Middle East and Asia in Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan. 

Since 2012, he has been a patron of the Eutherpe Foundation. He teaches at the Amaniel Conservatory in Madrid and at the Katarina Gurska Higher Education Center. He is the director of the Russkaya Opera Theater in Moscow.

WORLD PREMIERE OF THE ZARZUELA DE LOS PARAGUAS (THE UMBRELLA ZARZUELA)
April 5 and 6

Adaptation by Liuba Cid
Version, dramaturgy, and staging by Liuba Cid
Stage direction: Liuba Cid
Musical direction: Borja Quintas
Direction of the OSUNAV: Borja Quintas
Direction of the Unav Choir: Ekhi Ocaña

University of Navarra Symphony Orchestra
University of Navarra Choir
AGAO. Gayarre Association of Friends of the Opera
University of Navarra Theater Training Program
University of Navarra Creative Campus