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Severo Muguerza
Severo Muguerza (1883–1952) was a composer of Spanish, Basque, and Neapolitan zarzuelas and operettas. He was born in San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, Spain, and lived his later years in Cuba,
Severo Muguerza (1883–1952) was a composer of Spanish, Basque, and Neapolitan zarzuelas and operettas. He was born in San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, Spain, and lived his later years in Cuba, Venezuela, and Mexico. Career In 1911 Severo Muguerza and his orchestra accompanied the great Mexican soprano diva and actress, Esperanza Iris (1884–1962), known as the “Queen of Operetta” of zarzuelas and operettas, on one of the earliest phonographic recordings in the twentieth century, Aires De Primavera. Muguerza’s orchestra played La Cuarta Plana (1911), La Poupe (1911), Aires de Primavera (1911), Los Tres Deseos (1911), La Princesa del Dólar (1911), Vals de Amor (1911), Cura de Amor (1911), Maniobras de Otoño (1911), La Princesa de los Balkanes (1911), and La Hija del Príncipe (1911). Iris later built the Teatro Esperanza Iris in 1918, now called Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris, and is one of Mexico City’s oldest public venues for cultural events. At Madrid’s Teatro de la Latina in 1921, Severo Muguerza conducted the music for the one-act comic play La melindrosa (lyrics by Enrique F. Gutiérrez-Roig and Luis Gabaldón and music by Severo Muguerza) on April 15 and Noche de ronda,
- Era
- Late Romantic
- Lived
- 1883–present
- From
- Spain
- Known as
- composer