The ghost conjures up the forgotten voice of María through a crack in the tarmac of the road and tells her story. She was born on a day when God was drunk.
"I am María ... María Tango, María of the suburbs, María Night, María fatal passion, María of love for Buenos Aires am I!" - She comes from the suburbs in search of happiness, glows, gets intoxicated and plays, sells herself and dies to become a mythical figure. As a shadow, María wanders through a present of surreal encounters, tracing life backwards from oblivion to birth - until she finds redemption through poetry. On a holy Sunday.
The founder of Tango Nuevo, Astor Piazzolla, created an homage to the tango that originated in the run-down harbour districts of Buenos Aires with this abysmal passion story of María. Jazz, toccata and fugue are further ingredients of his sonic narrative between joie de vivre and melancholy. Director Johannes Erath traces María's passion in both senses of the word in his razor-sharp, poetic narrative language. (Source: Deutsche Oper am Rhein)
In Spanish with German surtitles.
