Lapuebla de Labarca

Today Lapuebla de Labarca is a town of 868 inhabitants, dynamic and marked by its agricultural economy related to the production and sale of wine of Denomination of Origin Rioja Alavesa.

Today Lapuebla de Labarca is a town of 868 inhabitants, dynamic and marked by its agricultural economy related to the production and sale of wine Denomination of Origin Rioja Alavesa.

Settled in the foothills south of "Cerro de Misamayor" on a craggy area called "Los Riscos" practically hung over the Ebro river, at an altitude of 429m.

The landscape also varies with the seasons, so the traveler can find a "naked" station where the vineyards are parallel or perpendicular lines revealing the chalky soil of this area during the winter.

Endowed with great powers for music, although he began studying at age 17, one of his teachers was Enrique Barrera, at 20 he was conductor and 25, senior musician Army.

In 1922, he directed the Band of the Foreign Legion, which remained at high artistic level She was among the best- and was frequently required to act in diverse populations; in that year, in October, he developed several concerts with flattering success in Zaragoza, during the festival of Pilar; one collaborated with the Orfeón Donostiarra in the interpretation of La Damnation de Faust, Berlioz, and the vibrant and martial Legionnaires Song.

He approached the opera; the first work that premiered was the operetta The Prince Pius, which followed the boy Brenes, The damn drink, The National Aviary, Children of the air, the tangles of Zambuco, cars, Chinita ...