La tercera es la vencida, de Francisco Kröpfl y Oscar Steimberg

Abstract

La tercera es la vencida is a kind of “stage divertissement”, or “earnest parody” of opera genre, as defined by the composer Francisco Kröpfl, and text author, the writer and semiologist Oscar Steimberg. Based on the Italian popular tale named El niño en la bolsa, compiled by Italo Calvino, this work was premiered in the context of Primer Ciclo Nacional de Ópera Contemporánea, on September 4th 2011, at Carlos Guastavino Auditoriun of Centro Nacional de la Música. The piece is divided into three large sections: the characters presentation, a development –which resembles a silent movie-, and a happy ending. Number three becomes especially significant, since it shows the tripartite structure of the tale, the number of characters and the compositional procedures used in this work. The expressionist atmosphere of music perfectly matches the tale abstraction. Besides, the story fits with the composer´s music style perfectly well, as it is well-known that popular tales easily adapt to different times or interpretations.