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The 24th Season | 2012-2012

The Orchestra began this season with its second Mexico visit, this time to the famous Cervantino, appearing in Querétaro’s Teatro del Republica, San Miguel Oratorio San Felipe Neri, and Guanajuato Templo de la Valenciana.

Nuevas Armas de Amor (Cupids New Weapons of Love 

Sebastián Durón (1660-1716)

The season was marked by the Orchestra’s first fully staged production, the zarzuela of Sebastián Durón Nuevas armas de amor (Cupid’s New Weapons of Love) directed by Gustavo Tambascio (Spain), sets by Nicolas Boní (Argentina), costumes by Antonio Bartolo (Spain), starring Carla Lopez Speziale (Mexico), Irasema Terrazas (Mexico) and Anna Popov (Dallas). “…a masterful and constantly delightful production…” 

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Orchestra of New Spain takes its name from the vast colonial-era territory that once stretched across present-day Texas, Mexico, and the American Southwest. Rather than simply celebrating that history, our mission is to recover the music that came out of it — the composers, genres, and traditions that emerged from this cultural crossroads and have been largely overlooked ever since.

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