El gato montés ("The Wild Cat") is an opera in three acts composed by Manuel Penella who also wrote the Spanish-language libretto.
[1] The opera enjoyed great success in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries and was produced in English as The Wild Cat in New York's Park Theater in 1921 with Penella conducting.
Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville presented the title again in its 2021/22 opera season Teatro Maestranza - El gato montés with a production by Spanish opera director Raúl Vázquez that had the premiere at Opera de Tenerife in 2019, Auditorio de Tenerife - El gato montés and in Oviedo in 2021 Oviedo Filarmonia - El gato montés.
The first performance in Germany took place at Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern in 2018, under the direction of the Spanish conductor Rodrigo Tomillo.
[5][6] Orchestra Teresa Berganza Lorenzo Jiménez, Verónica Villarroel, Juan Pons, Carlos Chausson, Madrid Symphony Orchestra, Escolania de Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo Catalog #: 435776[7] Notes Sources