Celebrated from September 15th to October 15th, Hispanic Heritage Month honors the histories, cultures and contributions of Hispanic Americans whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Here at the Hispanic Society, we have planned a series of exciting events and activities that highlight the richness and diversity of Hispanic cultural heritage.
On Thursdays in September, join us for Cine al Fresco, presented in collaboration with Inwood Art Works. Enjoy classics of Spanish-language cinema under the stars with special pre-show live performances. Films are shown in their original languages with English subtitles. Performances are at 6pm, and films begin at 7pm.
On Thursday, September 4th, please join us for a showing of the 1953 Spanish Classic ¡Bienvenido, Mister Marshall!
following a pre-show music performance by Zarzuela al fresco!
RSVP is required: check back soon to register.
¡Bienvenido, Mister Marshall!
The film begins at 7pm
At 6pm, enjoy a pre-show music performance by Zarzuela al fresco! performed by singers Carla López-Speziale and Alejandro de los Santos and pianist Pablo Zinger.
About the artists:
Recognized for her “beautiful, warm voice with a secure and soft top and a powerful low register” (Basler Landschaftszeitung, Switzerland), some of her most notable roles are Carmen, Azucena, Isabella, Baba the Turk, and Dalila among many others. A winner of competitions such as the Vincenzo Bellini in Italy, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in New York and the Carlo Morelli competition in her native Mexico, she has performed at the Fine Arts Palace in Mexico, the Algiers Opera House, the Shanghai Concert Hall, Hong Kong’s City Hall, the Stern and Weill Halls at Carnegie Hall and the National Opera Center in New York among other venues. Her discography includes “Soirée musicale” with music by Rossini, “Alma mía” with music by Mexican composer María Grever, as well as collaborations in “Luz negra” with works by Alejandro Escuer, and “Denibée” with works by Gabriela Ortiz. As a Fulbright fellow, she received Master and Doctor in Musical Arts Degrees from the Manhattan School of Music. Upcoming performances include recitals in New York City as well as the alto solo in Mahler’s Third Symphony with the Mexico City Philharmonic. https://www.carlalopezspeziale.com/
Uruguayan-born New Yorker Pablo Zinger is widely acclaimed as a conductor, pianist, composer, arranger, writer, lecturer and narrator, specializing on Astor Piazzolla, tango, Spanish zarzuela, and Latin American music. He accompanied Plácido Domingo at Washington’s Constitution Hall, conducted for Paquito D’Rivera’s Carnegie Hall 50th. Anniversary Concert and the Moscow première of Piazzolla’s María de Buenos Aires, narrated Piazzolla’s Pueblo Joven at Tokyo’s Opera City and accompanied legendary diva Sarita Montiel in NYC. He toured for ten years with the Valencia-based Zinger Septet and has written for The New York Times, Opera News, and lectured for The New York Philharmonic. He has written the Latin-Jewish tango musical Bela with Ilan Stavans, and Las tentaciones de González (Tiene la muerte atada), premièred in 1999 to a NY Times rave. His show Bésame mucho (Latinas sing Latinas), at Repertorio Español , NY, won the HOLA and ACE prizes (2012-2015). He has been called The King of Zarzuela by Opera News magazine and was Musical Director of the Patty Disney Zarzuela Series at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, NM (2004-2011). Most recently, he conducted María de Buenos Aires with Opera San Antonio and Florentine Opera (Milwaukee) and directed a 2-week workshop Cantemos Zarzuela with Opera San Antonio and CMI. His CD’s include Tango Apasionado with Astor Piazzolla, Chamber Music from the South and The Clarinetist, with Paquito D’Rivera, Las Puertas de la Mañana (songs of Carlos Guastavino) and two albums of music by Carlos Suriñach with Bronx Arts Ensemble. Mr. Zinger has conducted the Costa Rica National Symphony, Simón Bolívar Orchestra (Venezuela), Maribor Philharmonic (Slovenia), Montevideo Philharmonic and Montevideo Pro Opera (Uruguay) and Bronx Arts Ensemble with Jazz greats Tito Puente, Dave Valentin, Néstor Torres and John Faddis.
Alejandro De Los Santos, a Colombian Bass-Baritone, specializes in Italian Opera and Spanish Zarzuela. He has performed internationally in Italy, France, Belgium, and the Czech Republic, as well as in U.S. cities such as San Antonio, Great Barrington, and New York City and is a member of the Grammy-nominated Trinity Wall Street Choir. He recently portrayed Dr. Dulcamara in Light Opera of New Jersey’s “L’elisir D’amore”, Talpa in Classic Lyric Arts Vocal Academy’s “ Il Tabarro”, and recently debuted as Ponce in Teatro Grattiacielo’s World Premiere of “The Tin Angel”.
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