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Milagro de amor (1955 film)
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'Milagro de amor' is a 1955 Costan Rican zarzuela by the composer Alcides Prado.
Prado's zarzuela, to a libretto by his wife Carmen Carvajal de Prado, was inspired by Costa Rican folklore. It premiered at the Teatro Nacional and was such a success that a 16mm filmed version was made under the direction of the impresario Jos Gamboa.Mara Lourdes Corts El espejo imposible: un siglo de cine en Costa Rica - 2002 Page 111 "As es Costa Rica" Milagro de amor En 1955, el msico costarricense Alcides Prado mont en el Teatro Nacional una zarzuela inspirada en el folclor costarricense: Milagro de amor. El xito del espectculo fue de tal magnitud que se present ms de treinta veces a teatro lleno. El empresario Jos Gamboa, entusiasmado por el xito de la pieza, le propuso a Alcides Prado filmarla, con una cmara de 16 mm con sonido .... Gamboa's 16mm film was one of only three fictional films made in Costa Rica between 1955 and 1970.Maria M. Delgado, Stephen M. Hart, Randal Johnson 'A Companion to Latin American Cinema' 1118552881 2017 p.326 "Although the film enjoyed much success nationally, Costa Rica was made to wait 25 years for its next homegrown production, and between 1955 and 1970 only three works of fictional film were released Elvira (Carlos Alfaro MacAdam, 1955), Milagro de amor/Miracle of Love (Jos Gamboa, 1955), and La apuesta/The Bet (Miguel Salaguero, 1968)."
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Category:1955 films
Category:Costa Rican drama films
Category:Zarzuela
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