The witch Betty Garcés loved the participants of the Almagro Theater Festival – Art and Theater – Culture

With the recital "Siglo de Oro in las dos orillas", the curtain was lifted on the presence of Colombia at the Almagro Clbadical Theater Festival of which our country is invited d & # 39; honor. The concert was attended by soprano Betty Garcés and pianist Alejandro Roca who designed a repertoire in which distinguished Baroque pieces from Spain and Latin America.

The recital meant one of the most important points. The first weekend of the programming of the Festival of Almagro, not only because of the voice of Garcés as well set, as all the strings of the piano of Roca, but also because of its charm and its meaning from the histrion.

two worlds, this can really be shown that in Latin America this Golden Age also existed and was imbued in a very different way from what happened here in Spain ", said Garcés to El TIEMPO before the concert.

J. Turina's compositions on Lope de Vega's texts gave rise to the presentation, which took place at the historical Corral of las Comedias de Almagro Garcés also performed compositions by Granados, Mompou, Toldrá and Guastavino

The participants were pleasantly surprised to hear the sonnets of such renowned authors as San Juan de la Cruz, Luis de Góngora and Francisco de Quevedo, in the voice of A soprano with his own record

"It was a very interesting experience of enter the repertoire and the stories, the lives of poets and composers and their way of interpreting; this has given me the tools to my voice according to style, which is based on the richness of the texts, "added the Colombian.

In the middle of the concert, Roca commented that in his investigation of the vocal repertoire and Piano del Siglo Oro has found some pieces composed by Latin American musicians, so that the Colombian Ministry of Culture has commissioned Colombian composer Pedro Felipe Ramírez two new songs.This is as well as L & # 39; ungrateful left to find a lover and to pursue my world, that Ramírez created from the texts of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz

"I am very excited to play these songs for the first time times, created with Alejandro and me in mind, in my voice, and they were designed so that I could bring Sr. Juan Ines to life through who I am, "says Garcés about these two songs, which were the most famous of the recital.

The soprano and the pianist end the concert with a surprise, the song where are you going that is so cold in the morning, by Lope de Vega. With this repertoire, the soprano of Buenaventura, who lives in Bremen, continued to demonstrate her versatility, because in addition to the lyric repertoire, she also recently performed zarzuelas and now these baroque pieces.

"We work so many years and we study and it is studied and polished, and we realize that this is never enough, that there is always more to discover, and every time I am more grateful for the talent that I have been able to receive, which counts on these various qualities of music interpretation to be able to make a very personal proposal on the different styles, "concludes Garcés.

Prior to this concert, the Colombian ambbadador to Spain, Alberto Furmanski, inaugurated a Colombian traditional crafts exhibition at the Parador de Turismo de Almagro

The Colombian Proposal, supported by the Ministry of Culture and the Teatro Colón, will be completed by pieces "Macbeth" by Pedro Salazar and "Quijote, mirror of the man" of the theater troupe of Pereira; the concert 'De buen garbo y lindo porte', from the group Música Ficta, and the dramatic reading of 'El carnero ', by Juan Rodríguez Freyle, produced by the Teatro Colón and the Caro y Cuervo Institute.

"In fact, this invitation allows us to be part of one of the most important festivals in the world of clbadical theater, and for us, it's an excellent showcase to show another facet of our country, "said Alberto Furmanski. 19659002] Yhonatan Loaiza Grisales
Special Envoy of El TIEMPO in Almagro (Spain) *
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* At the invitation of the Clbadical Theater Festival of Almagro