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Posted by DCA Theater on July 22, 2011 in Other, Summer Opera
María de Buenos Aires is a tango opera (tango operita) with music by Ástor Piazzolla and libretto by Horacio Ferrer which premiered at the Sala Planeta in Buenos Aires in May 1968.
Below is an image taken at the time of the original 1968 production (left to right are Ástor Piazzolla, Amelita Baltar (originated Maria) and Horacio Ferrer).
While María de Buenos Aires is seldom fully staged, there have been notable concert productions in recent years, often incorporating dance. Recent productions of the work have been seen around the globe:
Theatre Royal, Norwich in the United Kingdom (2004)
Opera São Carlos (Lisbon) in Portugal (2006, 2007, toured to Norway, 2007)
Gotham Chamber Opera at Skirball Center, in New York City (2007)
Teatro di Capua production, Lisbon (2008)
State Opera of South Australia with Australian dance company Leigh Warren and Dancers (2010)
Quantum Theatre in Pittsburg, PA (2011).
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