Opera and Zarzuela in Santiago de Compostela.

Based on playbills, cast lists, as well as reviews and commentaries published in the press of the time, the works staged, the repertoires performed, and the artists who appeared at this theater have been meticulously reconstructed. An analysis of the various musical and theatrical programs will reveal the different musical, labor, sociological, and aesthetic lines that converged in the city's most important theater. It also demonstrates how programming influenced the transformation of public taste and demand in a constantly evolving city, as well as the problems or conflicts that arose with staged works or with the companies and artists who performed on its stage.