MARÍA DE BUENOS AIRES
A ROK Adaptation
Performed Season 2013-14
Composed by Astor Piazzolla
Libretto by Horacio Ferrer
In this custom adaptation of MARÍA DE BUENOS AIRES, the audience learns the history of tango through the story of María: from the rural country, she arrives in rough-and-tumble Buenos Aires. Urban life affects and transforms her, until she is reborn, a sophisticated distillation of her former self.
Appropriate for middle schoolers, high schoolers, and families | Sung in Spanish, with English narration
Performance length: approx. 30 minutes
A ROK Adaptation
Performed Season 2013-14
Composed by Astor Piazzolla
Libretto by Horacio Ferrer
In this custom adaptation of MARÍA DE BUENOS AIRES, the audience learns the history of tango through the story of María: from the rural country, she arrives in rough-and-tumble Buenos Aires. Urban life affects and transforms her, until she is reborn, a sophisticated distillation of her former self.
Appropriate for middle schoolers, high schoolers, and families | Sung in Spanish, with English narration
Performance length: approx. 30 minutes