Review of Santa Barbara Grand Opera's production of Francisco Barbieri's zarzuela, written contemporaneously with Bizet's "Carmen," includes a plot summary.

Preview of a concert in Chicago discusses this Spanish form of lyric theater and the interest shown in introducing it to US audiences by such groups as Opera Factory.

Check out photographs and a 20-minute RealPlayer clip of a zarzuela concert performed on Madrid's Plaza Mayor on "Madrid Day," which is celebrated every May 2.

Zarzuela, brought to Cuba from Spain during the colonial period, is held partly responsible for the use of Andalusian harmonic progression in sones.

Repertoire International de la Presse Musicale profiles this magazine, published in 1856 and 1857, dedicated to contemporary news on the Spanish form of musical theater.

Univ. of Illinois Press advertises this book on the Spanish form of operetta as it adapted to the New World, in particular Cuba. Refers also to N.Y.'s Repertorio Espanol.

Mezzo soprano at the Univ. of Calif., Irvine, provides a bibliography on this form of Spanish lyric drama, including dissertations, resource books, and discographies.

Profile of this form of lyric theater offers a general description, a breakdown of types, such as antigua and moderna, the "chico genre" and z. grande, and a history.

Describes this Spanish form of short plays with music and how it gave way, in the early 19th c., to the zarzuela. Lists such practitioners as Mison and Blas de Laserna.

Read a brief but detailed history of this Spanish dramatic form of royal vintage that includes music, especially popular airs and dances, and audience participation.

Profile of the form compares its popularity with that of its cheekier cousin, the tonadilla. Lists its most prominent composers, including Breton, Vives, and Arieta.