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Mariami Bekauri in the title role, Madeleine Slater as Mimí/Marioneta I, Liliana Luna-Nelson as Helga/Sombra Superiora, Morayo Akande as Zazá/Medium, Noah Lubin as Duende, Jacob Mukand as Tito, Jacob Laden-Guindon as Gato/Analista I. The choreography was devised by Jonathan Adam, with Stanley Muñoz, Anjali Carroll, and Aida Palma in principal dance roles.
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Abulafia created a fully staged dance-theatre production of Maria de Buenos Aires, set close to the time it was composed - Argentina's 'Dirty War'. Maria, danced and sung by Julieta Anahi Frias, was one of the many who were 'disappeared' by the Military Junta. The production toured to
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Nussbaum and bandoneón player David Alsina. Spanish conductor Ramon Tebar led the production that was directed by Antonio Salatino and choreographed by Argentinian tango dancer Pablo
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Nashville Opera performed the work at the Noah Liff Opera Center from Nov 10–12, 2017. The production featured
Cassandra Zoe Velasco as Maria, Luis Alejandro Orozco as El Payador, and Luis Ledesma as El Duende. For the production the performance hall was turned into an exotic tango lounge with
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Enrique Andrade and the production was directed by John de los Santos. Bandoneon player Ben Bogart also performed. In March 2013, Opera Hispanica presented it at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City, Argentinean mezzo-soprano Solange Merdinian as Maria and
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Brown Opera Productions mounted the North American première production of the 1986 Tourcoing version in Providence, Rhode Island, between 13 and 15 March 2015, with stage direction by Alejandro J. García Morales, and musical direction by Eleanor Siden and Sami Overby. The expanded cast included
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on 11 May 2012 directed by Adam Adolfo, with Elise Lavallee as choreographer and Josh Bradford as music director. It was staged at the historic Rose Marine Theater. Starring as María, was Grace Neeley making her Artes de laRosa debut. The actress has been seen throughout the North Texas theatre
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in Anchorage between 21 and 24, January 2016. The conductor was Kinney Frost, with choreographer/director Adam Cates. The main roles were María (soprano Catalina Cuervo), El Duende (baritone Milton Loayza), El Payador (baritone Luis Orozco). The bandoneón artist was David Alsina.
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1166:1968 operas
1109:Discography
618:16 December
405:Minneapolis
390:Opera Today
297:, with The
295:Mario Kovač
254:Golden Mask
196:Egle Martin
191:nuevo tango
152:marionettes
1150:Categories
1100:Conjunto 9
1052:Libertango
1031:La Camorra
886:2017-11-13
594:2023-02-06
533:References
527:Tangus Dei
500:Tocata rea
455:black mass
399:presented
384:presented
338:Tony Award
282:(Sweden).
216:Kicho Díaz
150:; several
128:prostitute
77:1968-05-08
51:Librettist
1083:Ensembles
561:SCP 2005.
463:virginity
319:Dirty War
303:Bandoneón
208:bandoneón
174:himself.
136:Argentina
712:Archived
679:Archived
648:Archived
444:Synopsis
113:libretto
69:Premiere
61:Language
41:Operetta
961:Act II.
916:Sources
877:"Maria"
718:website
696:"Maria"
685:website
666:website
654:website
635:website
479:Alevare
451:brothel
164:Spanish
144:payador
140:payadas
124:surreal
75: (
64:Spanish
1171:Operas
1136:(1988)
1128:(1986)
1120:(1974)
1117:Summit
782:"Home"
291:Zagreb
183:ballet
148:duende
538:Notes
401:María
386:María
345:María
280:Piteå
172:Jesus
170:) or
168:María
101:opera
98:tango
96:is a
620:2019
467:Magi
459:hell
395:The
332:The
312:The
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