Hi listeros,
If anyone is visiting my neck of the woods in Southwestern Pennsylvania, I
recommend checking out a new production of Piazzolla's operita Maria de Buenos
Aires. It's playing here until April 17, and has gotten good reviews by both
newspaper critics and local tangueros. Ben Bogart is the bandoneonist for the
show and does a wonderful job. www.quantumtheatre.com
The storyline itself is a little weird. Maria represents tango music and she
dies and gets reborn as herself sorta'. Like I said, it's a little weird and
was composed in 1968. The music and the orchestra, however, are excellent.
Nice performances and the staging is creative. (This is a difficult piece to
do.) Modern dancers do some tango-like stuff, but they're not trying to
recreate authentic tango, which is fine. It's an excellent experience.
I saw the show on Monday, and I recommend it myself. The music and the story
went together very well, and give me a better understanding of some of
Piazzolla's work.
Trini de Pittsburgh
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