Maria de Buenos Aires

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Event Maria de Buenos Aires
Venue Dunstan Playhouse (2001-), Adelaide, SA
First Date 15 October 2010
Last Date 23 October 2010
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Performed in Spanish, Piazzolla's 'tango opera' Maria de Buenos Aires journeys deep into the nightlife and underworld of Buenos Aires. Its surrealist style engages actors, singers, magicians and tango dancers in a heady cocktail of hedonism, sex and death.
" ... Piazzolla wrote music that nees to be lived and breathed.Each movement of this operita captures a different facet of the tango, and of Maria, the cantor and "the Goblin". It is a great pleasure to reproduce his music as it was intended - complete with Argentinian Bondoneon player and stage full of performers." Timothy Sexton
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Opera
Tango
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Cherie Boogaart Actor and Singer María
Mark Oates Actor and Singer Cantor
Leigh Warren Choreographer
Kristen Hardy Chorus
Nicola Locke Chorus
Rachel McCall Chorus
Gabi Okoe Chorus
Lachlan Scott Chorus
Mark Stojani Chorus
Andrew Turner Chorus
Carol Young Chorus
Astor Piazzolla Composer
Jascha Boyce Contortionist
Kathryn Sproul Costume Designer
Andrew Gill Dancer
Bec Jones Dancer
Lizzie Vilmanis Dancer
Zaimon Vilmanis Dancer
Leigh Warren Director
Horacio Ferrer Librettist
Nigel Levings Lighting Designer
James James Magician
Timothy Sexton Musical Director
Alirio Zavarce Narrator
Nigel Levings Set Designer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Argentina
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Orchestral players are listed in the programme.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web http://theoperacritic.com/scheduledetails.php?schedule=ssabuenos1010
Programme University of Adelaide BSL Special Collections, Theatre Collection
Web http://www.bass.net.au/events/database/MARIA2010/
Event Identifier 94668
Dataset AusStage