La Muerte de Colón (1992-1993, rev.1996) is the second of Spanish-American composer Leonardo Balada's two operas based on the life of the explorer. (The first, Cristóbal Colón [1984-1986], is also available on the Naxos label.) The recording of the second work comes from its premiere production in 2005, at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, where Balada has taught since 1970. It is more successful on every level than the opera to which it is a sequel. Cristóbal Colón is a work that's interesting rather than compelling, ...
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La Muerte de Colón (1992-1993, rev.1996) is the second of Spanish-American composer Leonardo Balada's two operas based on the life of the explorer. (The first, Cristóbal Colón [1984-1986], is also available on the Naxos label.) The recording of the second work comes from its premiere production in 2005, at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, where Balada has taught since 1970. It is more successful on every level than the opera to which it is a sequel. Cristóbal Colón is a work that's interesting rather than compelling, but this opera, with a libretto by the composer, is dramatically coherent, emotionally focused, and musically convincing. The character of Columbus on his deathbed, reflecting on the consequences of his actions in the New World and the devastation he brought to the indigenous culture, is psychologically complex, and even sympathetic in his dawning self-awareness. Balada intriguingly introduces a Mysterious Character, the protagonist's conscience, who emerges out of his unconscious...
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