Milagro de amor (Miracle of Love) is a 1955 Costan Rican zarzuela by the composer Alcides Prado Quesada [pt].
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 José Gamboa. Gamboa's 16mm film was one of only three fictional films made in Costa Rica between 1955 and 1970.
References
- María Lourdes Cortés" El espejo imposible: un siglo de cine en Costa Rica (2002) ISBN 9789968151887, p. 111: "Así es Costa Rica Milagro de amor En 1955, el músico costarricense Alcides Prado montó en el Teatro Nacional una zarzuela inspirada en el folclor costarricense: Milagro de amor. El éxito del espectáculo fue de tal magnitud que se presentó más de treinta veces a teatro lleno. El empresario José Gamboa, entusiasmado por el éxito de la pieza, le propuso a Alcides Prado filmarla, con una cámara de 16 mm con sonido ....
- Maria M. Delgado, Stephen M. Hart, Randal Johnson. A Companion to Latin American Cinema ISBN 9781118557525 (2017) p. 326: "Although the film enjoyed much success nationally, Costa Rica was made to wait 25 years for its next home‐grown 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 (José Gamboa, 1955), and La apuesta/The Bet (Miguel Salaguero, 1968)."
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