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SERRAT & SABINA:
„DOS PÁJAROS CONTRAATACAN“
The night of
17th of July
, the festival will open the curtain with the
incombustibles SERRAT & SABINA and their TITANIC’S ORCHES-
TRA. The only performance in intimate format in this tour will be a
unique experience.
THE BIGGEST MUSICAL:
FOLLIES, BY SONDHEIM
The best musical of this decade by the hand of Mario Gas will
arrive in Peralada in the two exclusives nights of
27th and
28th of July
. The version of FOLLIES by STEPHEN SONDHEIM has
been criticism and audience success in Madrid, where was opened
in the last February. Now, Mario Gas brings us this masterpiece of
musical theatre to Peralada, with a luxurious cast with Vicky Peña
in the top, Carlos Hipólito, Massiel and Asunción Balaguer among
many others.
MELODY GARDOT:
PURE SENSUALITY
Saturday
22nd of July
, MELODY GARDOT brings her velvet voice
and her sensuality to the stage of “l’Empurdà”. With only 22 years
old and 4 albums in the market, Melody Gardot has become into
absolute reference in the females present voices sphere. Her style,
deeply-rooted in the jazz with overtones behind blues and pop,
this artist fall in love with her voice, her piano and her guitar. With
his new album titled THE ABSENCE will promise cover the festival’s
night with sophistication, elegancy and a lot of passion.
HARRY CONNICK JR.
, MR. SWING
Following the tail of the biggest crooners of the history, from Frank
Sinatra to the present, and with a repertory with own compositions
and the most popular standards, HARRY CONNICK JR. will make
his debut in the Festival Castell de Peralada, after a career that has
taken to record more than 30 albums and participate, as an actor
and singer, in about twenty films. His incomparable voice, his pia-
nist talent and his characteristic swing that follows everywhere, will
promise, the night of
9th of August
in his only performance in
Spain, it will be an incomparable evening conducted by the com-
pass of the melodies of today and forever.
ORQUESTA BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB
FEATURING OMARA PORTUONDO
Qualified as an institution, the Cuban orchestra Buena Vista Social
Club is nowadays one of most important Latin jazz bands in the
world. 10th August they will arrive from La Habana with the big
Omara Portuando, to fusion, as nobody can do it, the bolero, the
salsa, the son and the standards of jazz. A show with authentic
Caribbean style.
A LEGEND:
DIONNE WARWICK
The black pop music has a name: DIONNE WARWICK, and
one stage, the stage of the FESTIVAL CASTELL DE PERALADA.
Legendary Goddess, since more than 40 years she has been
playing music for the soundtrack of several generations around
the world. Winner of some Grammy Awards, during the 60’s she
has become the queen of the top hits with famous songs as “I’ll
never fall in love again”, “I say a little Prayer” or “Do you know
the way to San Jose”, by Burt Bacharach, reinventing herself la-
ter with another hits as “ HYPERLINK „http://www.youtube.com/
results?search_query=Heartbreaker&search=tag“ Heartbreaker”
(with The Bee Gees) and “I’ll never love this way again” or with
“That’s what Friends are for”, recorded in aid of the fight against
the AIDS. With a powerful and captivating show, this live legend
of the Afro-American music will promise, for the night of 11th of
August, strong emotions to the rhythm of soul, pop and R&B.