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	Main Page Repertorio Español was founded in 1968 to introduce the best of Latin American, Spanish and Hispanic-American theatre in distinctive, quality productions. more info >> Repertorio Español anuncia el lanzamiento de un disco compacto (CD) con la banda sonora y las voces del elenco original de su obra musical “Pantaleón y las visitadoras.” Gilberto Zaldívar, Founding President and Producer Emeritus of the acclaimed Spanish-language theater company Repertorio Español of New York, passed yesterday Tuesday, October 6 at 5:30pm at his apartment in the Gramercy Neighborhood of Manhattan in New York. He was 75 years old and died due to complications of Lewy Body Disease. Mr. Zaldívar was diagnosed with the disease in 2001. He is survived by his sister Nancy Zaldívar, his life partner Robert Weber Federico and his friend and Repertorio’s co-founder, René Buch. An exhilarating musical adaptation of Mario Vargas Llosa’s “Pantaleón y las visitadoras” (Captain Pantoja and the Special Service) will have its world-premiere at Repertorio Español on Monday, October 19, 2009 at 7pm. (Previews begin Wednesday, October 14, 2009.) This original adaptation by Jorge Alí Triana and Verónica Triana, will have music composed by Grammy Nominee Andrés Cabas from Colombia and choreography by Sunilda Caraballo from "Celia: The Musical". The production will be directed by Jorge Alí Triana. more >> 0 0,   Repertorio Español has been a leader in Spanish-language theatre for almost 40 years.

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