Salvador Videgain

Salvador Videgain García
Salvador Videgain García
Born	26 February 1886; Madrid, Spain
Died	12 October 1947 (aged 61); Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Actor, director and producer of theatre.
Children	Five: Salvador, Josefina, Manuel, Carmelo, Micky.

Salvador Videgain García (February 26, 1886 in Madrid – October 12, 1947 in Madrid) was an actor of comedy and zarzuela during the first half of the 20th century in Spain and América. He was born and died in Madrid. He was known artistically as Salvador Videgain, was a theatrical entrepreneur, author, actor, theater director, Spanish.

Career Biography

Salvador Videgain García was a descendant the Basques, Andaluces and Irish. He was an actor, businessman of theatre and creator of stars in Spain. Among the other new actors he introduced to works of theatre audiences for the first time, were Ángel de Andrés, Celia Gámez, Rafaela Aparicio, José Alvárez 'Lepe', Teresita Silva, Raquel Daina... He was the son of Salvador Videgain Gómez, an actor of theatre, and Antonia García, an actress and singer of zarzuela and comedy.

Although given his excessive modesty, because few people really knew, Salvador belonged to one of the most important families in the country plays the son of Antonia García de Videgain and Salvador Videgain Gómez from small felt the call of family art. Debuted in the arms of his parents in 1886, then intervene in children's performances, first with water last year (1889), In the time that because this was categorized as frivolous fame got overwhelmed launch the genre of the magazine, which then was imitated much especially after the theater season Martín. But never forgot his beginnings in the zarzuela and was the creator of possibly the anthologies of zarzuela and 4 monster program works in a day. Among his family, two sons were dedicated to acting intermittently, one came up to have the card profesional. This family did not want to continue the saga of actors because there is a tradition that does not want to stop working on this craft a successor due to the tragic vicissitudes suffered the same in this work. Sin But there is a family successor in a variant of this job, as a writer is Juan José Videgain, a Spanish writer, is a descendant of him.

The history of the past of his Videgain family is clearly of gentlemen who went down in the Spanish reconquest to take areas of the kingdom of Málaga-Granada towards the fifteenth century, being the Basque branch of that time that had recognized the lineage nobility, but it was during the different centuries when they were connecting with different relevant Andalusian lineages such as the Vilches, the Garcia, the Molina or the Guzman, making this very particularly different and diverse in genealogy to those of other branches of the same last name that did not descend to it .

Works,The first phase (1900–1909)

Videgain from small felt the call of family art. Debuted in the arms of his parents in 1886, then intervene in children's performances, first with water last year (1889), yet he dated his debut to an unexpected event, Salvador was studying for trade expert, when he got a substitution of a leading actor, the character was "anchor" of The Fist of Roses Ruperto Chapí, since that success no one expected what was going to get into the Spanish theatrical history. Without knowing it, because at the time of his early performance art was confusing, as a theater director would conduct the initial success of what would be called after the musical comedy in the early 20th century. In its early years, the early twentieth century, with the help of their parents start acting in a few roles as a substitute against eventualities actor with repertory works like The Fist of Roses, Giants, Rogues jealousy, The white house, The Feast of San Anton, The Ballad of light, The Barber of Seville, The unruly, The saint of the Isidra ... Then after the death of his father, continues to support his mother and brother of the famous master, Antonio Videgain in many provinces such as Cordoba, Barcelona, Bilbao, Zaragoza, Burgos and Alicante premiered his first works at the national level: the tunnel, heaven and earth,The girl's temple, Nido galante, La patria chica, the girl's boyfriend, and gets The huertanica go make a name as a comic tenor.

The second stage "The launch of the Star" (1909–1919)

After making a name as a comic actor in the provinces and having his first company, will begin in 1909 engaged in the Teatro de la Zarzuela in works such as chopping, Bohemians, The Horseman of the guard and the brand new club single by Pablo Luna a disastrous event occurs one night in November, after he kicked last night by the absence of a soprano, someone with a cigarette caused the fire most important of the genre, the theater is completely obliterated and only save the rooms of some artists and these by and have completed their trabajo.De there will be recruited for the Grand Theatre where the comedy begins to create music with titles like The Riviera, The soul of love, The white deer, The poet of life, or magazine with the fairyland all in (1910). Apollo Theater in Madrid triumphed in the genre of zarzuela in the 1910–1911–1912 and 1913 seasons. The titles speak for themselves: The trust of philanderers José Serrano, The car of the devil, Gloria in excelsis, The fate of Isabelita, For peteneras, Blood and Sand by Pablo Luna, The boy in the cafeteria of Rafael Calleja Gómez, Barbarossaof Sinesio Delgado, Anita Amadeo Vives's cheerful, lily among thorns drama Gregorio Martínez Sierra, La Romerito 1912 Paul Luna, El Goya fresco, The Daughters of Lemos, Cadets Queen Cuisine, The Tale dragon castizo Child, The musical lothario, Don Juan Women's, sing Mills, Brook, La Cocagne, Latino muses Manuel Penella, The joy of love, The new capital testamento.Curiosamente makes no room so many new players and began a tour ending in Spain, which lasts several years settling in Barcelona and Valladolid and manages to maintain its reputation and prestige and wait for his next great opportunity.

The third stage "as a great recognition of the scene" (1919–1936)

Martín achieved in the theater make great 1919–1920–1921–1922–1923 full seasons. Even the titles speak for themselves as large musical genre and revista.The corsair (1919), The Fall of the late (1920s), The perfect wife of Francisco Alonso, Linnet Courting (1921), Eye for an Eye, The Jewish capricious, The pretty haggard, Sanatorium of love, The great Pasha (1922), Venus in Chamberí, Women's body, The rush of pure, Dumb Time, The wedding gift (1923), Cabinet model, Present arms, The Land of the stars, The pool of Buddha (1923) by Vicente Lleo Balbastre. In the twenties his success as a director and comic actor are countless, especially after the bombing achieve gender starting to reach frivolous life is friendly, The Venetian Antonio Paso Díaz (1925), To brave love, The Garden of touch (1926), Date Night (1927), Aligui, Daddy doll, The Raja of Cochin and Punishes (1928) even helping out the careers of Celia Gámez. In the thirties continues with alternating successes genres in works such as carnations, The Severe released in Portugal, Beautiful women and Key (1933), The Founding Fathers (1935), The eager Pablo Luna (1935), which consolidate its reputation in both genders and revista. La zarzuela will take you through the theaters in northern Morocco and Andalusia in 1935–1936 premiering works such as The bunch of roses, Katie both of Pablo Sorozábal.

The fourth stage "Sustaining the opera" (1936–1947)

At this stage Salvador shows how for years has been keeping alive a genre like this for years zarzuela in a serious crisis of authors, without any subsidies and get their own money to revive the genre endures as something typically Spanish. As director of several opera premieres in Madrid obtains some during the warcivil Rosa de Triana (1937), The bell-ringer, Where are you going with shawl? (1938), Bartolo's Flute 1939, but as far as is known this time is the large number of works that go through the Teatro Ideal, at this time passes almost all the works of the country.The years zarzuela brings forty times of crisis, you have to alternate in all genres and appear in other more unusual for him and Joy (1946), first performance of Carmen Morell y Pepe Blanco. During the forties get success in magazines and musical comedies in works The arms and take, The Eye in Black, Women of Fire, Honeymoon in Cairo and My heart Ladybug Lady premiered in Barcelona (1943) as director of the company of Francisco Alonso and actor and director in the company of Luis Sagi-Vela (1944). As for the zarzuela achieved success in the company of Pedro Terol and Matilde Vázquez, Alhambra (1940), The house of the three girls, Real Artemio as Lily ivory (1945). As director of the company premiere of Elio Guzman witches dance together with Aníbal Vela (1942), The gypsy painter (1943) and Serrania (1944). In the same way was company (1947) through the cities of Zaragoza, Valladolid and Palencia with its extensive repertoire of works and premiering zarzuela The guitar of Aragón. The most prestigious of the 40th for him was to be the director of the company of maestro Manuel López-Quiroga Miquel in the theater Alcalá (1941) premiered Ugly Queen the master himself, Divine rebellion and The cat black With Pepita Embill and Plácido Domingo Ferrer. Also he was twice the company's director of Madrid's Calderon Theater, the first premiered at the Teatro Eslava witn Maurice Chevalier's operetta The Love Parade (1942) with Antonio Middle and Pepita Embil. La second in a shift that began in the summer of 1946 leaving the Calderon Theater in Madrid and Salamanca, where he led for the first time the Gran Vía theater, Seville, Gibraltar, Granada, Alicante, Zaragoza...

In 1947 He triumphed for Spain with his own company of zarzuela in the tour Zaragoza, Briviesca, Valladolid... After stopping to take a break and reform the company in October he became ill unexpectedly dying on the birthday of his second son, Manuel. The good Madrid society was able to go to his funeral in the sacramental of Almudena.

Filmography

Year	Film	Director
1935	Nobleza baturra	Florian Rey
1941	Stowaway on Board	Florian Rey
1941	La famosa Luz María	Fernando Mignoni
1942	El abanderado	Eusebio Fernández Ardavín
1942	La rueda de la vida	Florian Rey
1943	Orosia (film)	Florian Rey
1944	El rey de las finanzas	Ramón Torrado
1945	A los pies de usted	Augusto Cesar García Viñolas

Discography

It is known that recorded several albums in their time of great success in the world of magazine and musical comedy.

Title	Year	Discographyscs
The Perfect Wife	(1920)	Part (Portuguese fado) to the Odeon Records.
The Pure Trouble	(1921)	for the Odeon.
Pretty girls	(1933)	remastered to CD by Sonifolk.

Titles of works as a writer and author

As a librettist and playwright who collaborated known in most of his works with Juan Ortuño and part of the music with Manuel López-Quiroga Miquel.

Title	Authors	Year	Theatre
The braid of Aphrodite	S. videgain & Espeitia	(1915)	T. Nuevo (Barcelona).
The triumph of Cañete	Juan Ortuño & S. Videgain	(1915)	T. Cómico (Barcelona).
The monumental	Juan Ortuño & S. Videgain	(1916)	T. Cómico (Barcelona).
Happy festival!	S. Videgain	(1922)	T. Martín (Madrid).
The Cave of Wonders	S. Videgain	(1923)	T. Duque (Sevilla).
The red sign	Fernando Marquez Tirado & S.V. and M. López-Quiroga	(1924)	T. Duque (Sevilla).
Life is kind	S. Videgain & Manuel López-Quiroga Miquel	(1925)	T. Muñoz Seca (Madrid).
Red Light	S. Videgain & Manuel López-Quiroga Miquel	(1926)	T. Cisne (Madrid).

References

The real life and history of the theater (2005) Juan José Videgain ISBN 84-7828-135-5 . His life and his family.
The zarzuela Salvador Valverde (1979). Songs played him.
Dictionary of Spain and Spanish zarzuela MªLuz González and others (2002) ICCMU Vol II. ISBN 84-89457-23-9, His biography.
Dictionary theater akal (1997) Manuel Gómez García ISBN 84-460-0827-0, listed as company director and author on various pages.
Ramon Femenía magazine (1997) ISBN 84-86217-89-X, The greatest successes who got in magazine.
The scene in Madrid between 1918–1926 Ed.Fundamentos M.Fca.Vilches and Dru Dougherty (1995). His career as an actor, director and entrepreneur during those years.
The scene M.Fca.Vilches Madrid between 1926–1931 and Dru Dougherty (1998) Ed.Fundamentos. His career as an actor, director and entrepreneur during those years.
A century of Spanish cinema Ed.planeta Luis Gasca (1998) ISBN 84-08-02309-8 characters did in the films of that decade, see titles of the films.
Catalog of Spanish cinema movies Angel Luis Hueso 1941–1950 ISBN 84-376-1690-5 characters did in the films of that decade, see titles of the films.
Salvador in list theathe Apolo La correspondencia de España granvia.memoriademadrid.es/.../Imp_19606_hem_com_19100825_t.pdf
Nosotros los artistas (2017) ISBN 978-1-9796-6135-5

NEWS

La vanguardia Barcelona, (1904-1947).
El norte de Castilla Valladolid, (1905-1947).
ABC Madrid y Sevilla, (1905-1947).
El país Madrid, (1903-1926).
El heraldo de Madrid Madrid, (1903-1936).
El adelanto de Salamanca Salamanca, (1906-1947).
Ideal de Granada Granada, (1903-1945).
El correo vasco Bilbao, (1906-1947).
El heraldo de Aragón Zaragoza,(1906-1947).
El faro de Vigo Vigo, (1925-1947).
El Noroeste Oviedo, (1907-1947).
La prensa Barcelona, (1915-1947).
El Alcazar Madrid, (1940-1947).
Diario Madrid Madrid, (1939-1947).
Digame Madrid, (1940-1947).
Pueblo Madrid, (1939-1947).
Las provincias Valencia, (1931-1947).

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