CANÇÓ D’AMOR I DE GUERRA

Premiered 100 years ago, in the midst of Primo de Rivera's dictatorship, the work incorporates a subtle exaltation of Catalan identity, setting Vallespir as an evocative backdrop for an ideal of freedom. The protagonist Eloi, a humble blacksmith, struggles simultaneously for his love with Francina and for his ideals, but this love is threatened by a convulsive environment marked by conflict and social tension. Finally, Eloi departs to war and returns victorious, while Francina has waited faithfully, in a reunion that resolves both the sentimental conflict and the collective one.

A song of love and war, the quintessential Catalan zarzuela, it is a work that combines passionate love, collective ideals, and identity.

With evocations of the Pyrenean landscapes and sardana airs, the score includes memorable pieces that have endured in collective memory, making the work one of the most beloved by the Catalan public. A hymn to love, freedom, and identity that, a century later, continues to move and connect with the