Event

ECHOES FESTIVAL | TangOpera

'So beautiful!' BBC RADIO 4 (Womans Hour)

Launching with a sell-out concert at Southbank Centres Purcell Room as part of La Linea Festival, the TangOpera project offers a heady fusion of tango and high art. Exploring the rich and wonderfully complex lyric history of the Argentine tango, the programme traces its global trajectory from roots in bel canto opera, Italian canzonetta and the Cuban habanera through to the golden age of tango canción and Carlos Gardel, to the art songs of classical composers such as Guastavino, Bizet, Poulenc, Falla, Weill, Rodney-Bennett and - of course - Astor Piazzollas contemporary tango operita, María de Buenos Aires.

Conceived by British-Spanish pianist and Latin classical specialist Helen Glaisher-Hernández, this unique project features the sultry, exhilarating voice of pre-eminent Argentine soprano Rocío Giordano.

PLUS Join us after the concert for a complimentary glass of Argentinian wine!

Rocío Giordano: soprano
Helen Glaisher-Hernández: piano

PROGRAMME
Rodolfo Falvo: Dicitencello vuie
Jules Massenet: Manon - 'Adieu, notre petit table'
Carlos Gardel: El día que me quieras
Enrique Delfino Griseta
Carlos Guastavino: Pampamapa
Astor Piazzolla: Yo soy María | Ave María
Georges Bizet: Carmen - 'Lamour est un oiseau rebelle'
Francis Poulenc: Cest ainsi que tu es
Richard Rodney-Bennett: A History of the Dansant - 'Tango'
Reynaldo Hahn: Venezia - 'La barcheta'
Enrique Saborido: La Morocha
Jorge Cardoso: Milonga del agua herida

This event is part of Echoes Festival 2018 organised by ILAMS and the Instituto Cervantes