Analysis of Lautaro by Eliodoro Ortiz de Zárate: configuration of identities in Chilean opera

Abstract

In this article, the opera Lautaro (Chile, 1902) by Eliodoro Ortiz de Zárate is analyzed in search of elements that construct identities. Through the review of different structures of musical parameters, identification of musical motifs and their operation in the work, it is possible to recognize the mechanisms of representation of the indigenous and Spanish subjective identities in opera. It is proposed that the musical construction of identities is linked to Latin American nationalist movements in which indigenous figures were presented as a differentiating element of the European tradition.