FULL MISA TANGO (Bacalov) Santa Monica CA 2019 Vera Lugo, William Martinez, Ryan Brown
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Misa Tango
- Composer: Bacalov Luis
- Libretto: based on the Latin ordinary of the Catholic mass but written in Spanish
- Venue & Opera Company: First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica, California
- Recorded: May 19, 2019
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Vera Lugo, William Martinez, Ryan Brown
- Conductor: James E. Smith
- Orchestra: Los Angeles Concert Orchestra
- Chorus: Chancel Choir
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Mariano Dugatkin
- Date Published: 2019
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Misa Tango is a mass in a tango style, an opera like nothing else ever written before. Conceived by Luis Bacalov, the work is based on the Latin ordinary of the Catholic mass but written in Spanish. Misa Tango is a total success, it combines in a entirely satisfying unity, what might be considered disparate elements, different musical genres, crating a nostalgic but joyful musical texture, stressing the Tango own character. Solo voices and instrumental rhythms, Buenos Aires bandoneon and violino solo, great quotes: Verdi is the first thought that comes to mind as the chorus begins the Kyrie, and the Gloria that follows it has strong echoes of Bernstein marked as “Tempo di Milonga”, to the very pronounced percussion in the Credo, Misa Tango is this all: a complete opera, exciting, always actual.
Luis Enríque Bacalov (30 August 1933 – 15 November 2017) was an Argentine-born film composer. He learned music from Enrique Barenboim, father of Daniel Barenboim – conductor of the Berlin and Chicago orchestras, and from Berta Sujovolsky. He ventured into music for the cinema, and composed scores for Spaghetti Western films. In the early 1970s he collaborated with Italian progressive rock bands. Bacalov was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Original Score, winning it in 1996 for Il Postino. Bacalov composed significant works for chorus and orchestra. Before his death, he was the artistic director of the Orchestra della Magna Grecia in Taranto, Italy.