The PSOE asks the Government that the zarzuelas of the ZARZA project tour around Spain to bring the genre closer to young people

The Socialist Parliamentary Group has registered a Non-Law Proposition (PNL) in Congress, for debate in the Culture Commission, by which it proposes to encourage and expand knowledge about zarzuela among young people, through the ZARZA Project.

In the NLP text, to which Europa Press has had access, the PSOE urges the Executive to promote a study that evaluates the economic viability and collaboration models with local entities and public administrations so that the ZARZA Project, created by the Teatro of Zarzuela, can tour the entire Spanish territory.

“The desirable thing would be for the productions prepared by the ZARZA Project for representation at the Teatro de la Zarzuela to contemplate touring other Spanish theaters and thus contribute to extending the project throughout the territory, thus allowing an audience can enjoy live performances and get closer to this genre more easily,” say the socialists.

The objective of this proposal is to publicize both the project itself and the works that are adapted for this format in each season. In this sense, the socialists propose studying the possibility of addressing the achievement of economic resources from a specific company perspective of the Teatro de la Zarzuela.

Furthermore, the PSOE asks to promote collaboration between the Ministries of Culture and Education to guarantee that the promotion and advertising campaigns of the ZARZA Project reach the maximum possible number of young audiences and educational centers throughout the territory.

Likewise, they propose studying the feasibility of creating accounts for the Teatro de la Zarzuela and the ZARZA Project on streaming music platforms, as well as hiring expert personnel so that the musical pieces of the works represented can be heard by them. medium and promote the artists and musicians who are part of the performances.

In 2017, the Teatro de la Zarzuela launched the first production of the ZARZA Project with the performance of ‘La Revoltosa’. Since then, this initiative has sought to bring Spanish lyrical music closer to young audiences by adapting the genre, so that the works can be performed, primarily, before non-university students.

However, the PSOE considers that zarzuela has been “becoming displaced” in the collective imagination and has usually focused on a very specific and specialized audience. “For this reason, the objective pursued by the ZARZA Project is of vital importance to publicize an intrinsically Spanish musical genre among young audiences, while contributing to the search for new musical talents,” the socialists point out.

Each season, the ZARZA Project represents and adapts a work that is subsequently available on its YouTube profile in whole or in part. “Getting closer to young people would be an indisputable step in what has to do with a cultural policy aimed at territorial and social cohesion as it implies support for culture made by and directed at young people regardless of the place in which they are born or reside”, adds the PSOE.