Hairspray, the award winning Broadway musical, opens in Buenos Aires on July 16th, at Teatro Astral.
Enrique Pinti, the great Argentine actor who starred on the Argentine version of The Producers, will perform the leading role of this musical comedy of John Waters. He will be Edna, the protective mother of a "big girl with a big hair and even bigger heart", whose only passion is to dance. The play takes place in the complicated context of the racial fights in Baltimore in 1962.
The role of Tracy Turnblad will be played by Vanesa Paz Butera, who was the winner of the reality show "Yo quiero ser la protagonista de Hairspray" (I want to be the protagonist of Hairspray). The play is in Spanish with a local adaptation.
Location: Teatro Astral. Avenida Corrientes 1639
On Friday, August 14th, 8.30 pm, the Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra, with the direction of Enrique Arturo Diemecke and the participation of mezzo soprano Virginia Correa Dupuy as soloist, will present a program consisting of a post-romantic poem by Richard Strauss, and two works by XX century Argentine composers: a symphony by Alberto Ginastera, in the 90th anniversary of his birth, and a work by Osvaldo Golijov, who has an outstanding international career.
The concert will start with the "Three Songs" by Golijov, based on poems written by women: "Lullaby", by Sally Potter; "Lúa descolorida", by RosalÃa Castro; and "How slow the wind" based on two short poems by Emily Dickinson. Mezzo soprano Virginia Correa Dupuy will be the soloist in this work.
The first part of the concert will end with "Variaciones Concertantes", by Alberto Ginastera.
The second part will be dedicated to Richard Strauss' symphonic poem "A hero's life", Op. 40, the biography of the same Richard Strauss, premiered in 1899.
Location: Teatro Opera. Avenida Corrientes 860.
Tickets from AR $ 26 to AR $ 150, on sale at Teatro Colon's ticket office: Tucuman 1171, Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm.
The day of the performance tickets can only be aquired in cash at Teatro Opera, from 5 pm.
