The Florentine Opera presents Piazzolla's Maria de Buenos Aires

Maria de Buenos Aires with the Florentine Opera

May 17 & 19, 2024
Friday at 7:30 PM | Sunday at 2:30 PM
Turner Hall Ballroom

Performance Events

Opening Night Dinner: May 17, 5:30pm

Pre-Opera Talk: May 17, 6:30pm and May 19, 1:30pm

Opening Night Post-Show Party May 17 after the show (Cash bar)

Run Time

1 hour, 40 minutes, plus one intermission

Performed in Spanish with English supertitles

Artists and Cast

Music by Astor Piazzolla
Libretto by Horacio Ferrer
Conducted by Pablo Zinger
Original Production Director Tomer Zvulun

With musicians from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

El Duende Blas Canedo González*
María Catalina Cuervo*
El Payador Gustavo Feulien*

Featuring The Baumgartner Studio Artists

The Story

Astor Piazzolla’s sultry and passionate nuevo tango fuels the surreal story of María, born “one day when God was drunk.” A poor girl comes to Buenos Aires and is drawn into a life of prostitution by the sound of the tango. She dies, her shadow continuing to stalk the city. Explore this drama of seduction, depravity, redemption, and rebirth in Buenos Aires’ urban underbelly. This sensual tango, told in the fading beauty of Turner Hall, will knock you over with its powerful storytelling and singing.

Rating: PG13 - Adult theme, death

For more info, please visit:

https://www.florentineopera.org/season-events/maria-de-buenos-aires-23-24