EL GATO MONTES

El Gato Mont's (The Wild Cat) is an opera in three acts composed by Manuel Penella, who also wrote the Spanish language libretto. It premiered on February 23rd 1916 at the Teatro Principal in Valencia. The opera enjoyed great success in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries and was eventually produced in English as 'The Wild Cat' in New York in 1921 with Penella conducting. After Pl'cido Domingo took on the role of Rafael in his opera El Gato Mont's, this brought renewed interest in Penella's work.
Manuel Penella Moreno (July 1880 ' January 1939) was a Spanish composer, born in Valencia. His father was the composer Manuel Penella Raga. He studied music with his father, director of the Conservatory of Music in Valencia. After graduating, he worked for a time as a church organist in his home town, but soon decided to devote himself to the theatre, spending most of his life traveling across both North and South America. On his first visit to America he worked as a military mus

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