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La Vida Breve (The Short Life) ES - 1913
Manuel de Falla 1876 - 1946 ES
Libretto by Carlos Fernández Shaw
First performance at Municipal Casino, Nice on 1 April 1913
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Spanish libretto
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Salud and Paco are lovers, but he agrees to marry a girl of his own richer class, Carmela. The wedding takes place, observed, from the street, by Salud. Her uncle Sarvaor offers to entertain the wedding-guests and Salud comes forward to accuse Paco, before falling down dead.
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