ORINOCO is the name of the new musical from the VENEZUELA VIVA FOUNDATION, based on the novel DOÑA BARBARA by Rómulo Gallegos. Published for the first time on 1929, this novel is the masterpiece of venezuelan literature and narrates the struggle between civilization and barbarism surrounded by the beauty of the venezuelan plains. ORINOCO the musical combines the plot from this extraordinary novel with all the energy of "joropo" (venezuelan most representative folk artistic expression) and flamenco (which has common roots with joropo) through superb music, song and dance, with breathtaking images of the plains as background.