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

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 21:00, in the “Andreas and Maria Kalokairinou” Hall , with the participation of an orchestral ensemble of young musicians, under the musical direction of Yiannis 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 about the birth, death and evolution of tango, in the form of a folk operetta with music by Astor Piazzolla and texts by Horacio Ferrer.

Coefficients

Soloist:

Soprano: Sylvia Strouthou

Bassist: 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: Despina Bausis

1st Violin: Georgios Hliavoras

2nd Violin: Yiannis Mageiropoulos

Viola: Stefanos Symeonidis

Cello: Kostis Spyridakis

Double bass: Lefteris Boutsolis

Music director: Yiannis Protopapas

Translation of texts – Subtitling: Zoi Karabekiou

Presale of Tickets

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)

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The Cultural Conference Center of Heraklion, before the start of the event