Astor Piazzola | Maria of Buenos Aires Tango opera at the Cultural Conference Center of Heraklion (video)

Saturday, April 27, 2024, at 9:00 p.m in the “Andreas and Maria Kalokairinou” Hall

After the soldout of November 2023, the tango opera in concert form by Astor Piazzolla “Maria of Buenos Aires” returns to PSKI for a single performance, on Saturday, April 27, at 9:00 p.m., in the “Andreas and Maria Kalokairinou” Hall, with the participation of an orchestral ensemble of young musicians, under his musical direction Giannis Protopapas.

Maria was born in a poor neighborhood in the suburbs of Buenos Aires “…on a day when God was drunk”. A song from a sparrow and a child’s lullaby from an out-of-tune bandoneon lead her away from home and innocence. In the heart of Buenos Aires, little Maria gets lost in the challenges of the city. Dark streets and the underworld claim her body, Tango wins her soul. The girl becomes a woman, becomes a shadow, wanders, dies with seven stabs and is reborn with seven rays of the sun. Her soul now free, she chooses the streets of Buenos Aires again. Maria was, is and will be. He roams the streets, lives among us and follows the tango music wherever it sounds.

An allegory of the birth, death and evolution of tango, in the form of a folk operetta in music Astor Piazzola and texts Horace Ferrer.

Coefficients

Soloist:

Soprano: Sylvia Struthou

Bass: Manos Christofakakis

Narration: Nikolis Avramakis

Bandoneon: Konstantinos Zigeridis

Orchestral ensemble:

Piano: Orestis Kousathanas

Flute: Konstantinos Psaroulakis

Electric/Classical Guitar: Vassilis Bausis, Kostas Sygletos

Drums/Percussion: Nikos Sygletos

Vibraphone: Miss Bausis

1st Violin: Georgios Hliavoras

2nd Violin: Yannis Mageiropoulos

Viola: Stefanos Simeonidis

Cello: Kostis Spyridakis

Contrabass: Lefteris Boutsolis

Musical direction: Giannis Protopapas

Translation of texts – Subtitling: Zoe Karabekiou

Read more here.

Ticket Presale

The pre-sale of tickets, worth €15, €12 and €10 (general admission) and €8 (unemployed, disabled, three children, many children, young people up to 25 years old) continues and the public can get them from:

• The Bookstore of Vikelaia Municipal Library (Monday, Wednesday, Saturday: 09:00 – 15:00 and Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 09:00 – 14:00 & 17:30 – 21:00, tel. 2813409247)
• Ticketservices.gr, from here.
• The Cultural Conference Center of Heraklion, before the start of the event

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