by the El Reportero’s news services
Lovers of the music by Spanish singer songwriter Joan Manuel Serrat are delighted in this capital, while Oct. 24, the date of his single concert in Nicaragua, at the National Theater Ruben Dario, is getting closer.
The concert is part of the world tour Untidy Anthology, the title of his latest album, which started in late February in Montevideo.
With this quadruple album, Serrat reviews his whole career and will have 30 guests colleagues to help him cover the extensive repertoire: Paquita la del Barrio, Silvio Rodríguez, Les Luthiers, Calle 13, Miguel Ríos and others.
With this tour, the author of the song Mediterraneo is celebrating his half-a-century career, which started on Feb. 18, 1965 at the studio Toreski, at Radio Barcelona.
Starting on Monday, when he will give his concert in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, the 71-year-old Catalan artist will perform in five other stages in Mexico, until October 17 in Puebla, to start then the Central American segment, with presentations in Guatemala (Oct. 21), San Salvador (Oct. 22), Managua (Oct. 24) and San Jose (Oct. 27).
Contemporary dance of Cuba to present Carmina Burana in Mexico
Danza Contemporanea de Cuba (DCC) will present in Mexico a version of Carmina Burana, winner there in 2009 of the Luna Award for the Performing Arts.
The work will be seen on Oct. 8 and 9 in the National Auditorium, main space for shows in the country, with capacity for 12,000 spectators.
This piece involves putting a backdrop of LED screens and a smaller circle one in the center, where they project a video of various contents, from the origin of the universe and some of the current events in any street to the possible destruction of everything we know.
The relation between the physical and spiritual seems inescapable in a piece that aims to tear the soul of anyone, and the dancers assume that with strength and conviction.
To complete the cast, the production includes 68 musicians, a choir of 100 voices, 35 children and three singers (a baritone, a soprano and countertenor), as pointed by DCC director, Miguel Iglesias.
To complete the cast, the production includes 68 musicians, a choir of 100 voices, 35 children and three singers (a baritone, a soprano and countertenor), as pointed by DCC director, Miguel Iglesias.
Uruguay pays posthumous tribute to writer Eduardo Galeano
With a tribute to Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano, who recently died, the 38th edition of the International Book Fair in Montevideo will be opened today by national and foreign authors.
More than 43 exhibitors and authors from Cuba, Argentina, Chile, United States and Nordic countries, and numerous Uruguayan intellectuals, are participating in the homage to the author of Las venas abiertas de América Latina (The Open Veins of Latin America).
According to the Uruguayan Book Chamber, organizer of the annual event, which runs until Oct. 11, some 175 cultural events will also be held.
