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The Opera Factory made its debut in 1985 as a presenter of Spanish zarzuela with the full length production, with orchestra, of Los de Aragon by Serrano. Performed with the dialogue spoken in English and the arias sung in Spanish; the Chicago premiere heralded the presentation of zarzuela for the next 18 years. TOF (The Opera Factory) has presented Chicago premieres of Moreno-Torroba's Luisa Fernanda and La Verbena de Paloma (Breton) as well as the USA premieres of Bohemios (Vives), El Barbero de Sevilla (Gimenez), Adios a la Bohemia (Sorozabal) and Los Claveles (Serrano). TOF was awarded grants from the National Endomwnt for the Arts, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago CityArts I, Chicago Community Grant, Spanish Government, the Mexican Government and the Department of Interior of the USA. TOF has toured in Mexico and has appeared in El Paso, Texas at the Festival de la Zarzuela as well as the Siglo de Oro Festival. Other festivals include the Peruvian - American Festival in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as well as Hispanic festivals in and around Chicago.
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