María de Buenos Aires

The director’s vision

María de Buenos Aires is an enigmatic, cryptic production, full of poetic elements, primarily biblical and from the city where tango began its journey, Buenos Aires. Horacio Ferrer’s text is actually written in lunfardo, a slang term used by the lower classes of Buenos Aires.

Therefore, my main objective as director was to convey this story and its immense symbolic meaning to a Spanish audience, while also ensuring that the parallels Piazzolla and Ferrer drew between tango, art, María de Buenos Aires, and Jesus Christ were understood.

In my staging, I decided to stray slightly from a specific time and place, focusing on the universality of the story and its conflict, and emphasizing as much as possible the divine figure of María de Buenos Aires and her journey through this earthly world.

Throughout the centuries, art has always been in constant danger due to its subversive, reflective, and mind-activating nature, and that’s why many malicious people have tried to destroy or seize it. But art has managed to survive and transcend thanks to the heart and inspiration of good people. And this, for me, is ultimately the most powerful message that María de Buenos Aires tells. I think it’s something very important to reaffirm in this historical moment in which we find ourselves.