Los veranos de la villa 2013. Music and entertainment in the evenings in Madrid

J. L. Gamallo. At the time the mayor Tierno Galván were created Los veranos de la villa (Summers of the town), kind of a big summer festival for entertaining during the summer nights that had to stay in Madrid or coming holiday. Logically over time have been varied characteristics, adapting to the tastes, more or less, of the moment. The scenarios, which were often outdoors and in some square in Madrid, have been concentrated in very specific, predominantly indoor places. If before the theater was one of the highlights, their presence is almost symbolic. In contrast, the performances can be seen as the highlight of the summers of the villa, with a variety of possibilities, with a strong presence of jazz and flamenco and representations of zarzuela, opera and symphony concerts. Here we will give a few strokes, concerts or performances highlighting those that seem most significant. From our hostel, due to its strategic location, you can easily stroll to the main places where they reach the various acts of the summers of the villa. The new Circo Price will be the framework of the main actions of jazz, flamenco, salsa, rock, etc.. So are Diego el Cigala (July 3), Eart, Wind & Fire (July 4), Wyston Marsalys (July 6), Esperanza Spalding (July 14), Blues Brothers Band (15DE July), Diana Krall (25 July), Elvis Costello (July 27), Dulce Pontes (July 29), and finally Luis Eduardo Aute (July 30). In the setting of the gardens Sabatini, against the backdrop of magnificent Baroque facade of the Royal Palace which will host popular concerts and performances, classical music, flamenco, in "cante jondo" and in dance, pop, ballet, etc.. The Summers are opened with the Concierto de Aranjuez, the unforgettable and hugely popular and page for guitar of Rodrigo and the Overture 1812 (July 6); farewell concert Paloma San Basilio (July 7th), the flamenco dance show "Carmen Amaya in memory "(July 9), Raimundo Amador and Jorge Pardo (July 10), Pastora Soler, who will present his new album A woman like me (July 17), Jose Merce (July 19), Cinderella, ballet on ice with music by Tim Dumcan and Edward Barnewell (July 23-August 4), Pilar Jurado (August 8); concert special National Youth Orchestra of Spain perform two great ballets of the twentieth century: the Amor Brujo (Love the Magician), with Carmen Linares and the Rite of Spring; Tomatito (August 10), the Swan Lake by the Moscow Ballet (August 11), the zarzuela hilarious and extraordinary music, Pharoah's court, of Vicente Lleó, his couplets of Babylonian are still wildly popular (13-25 August), Donizetti's comic opera opera live! (Le convenienze teatralie inconvenienze ed), where makes a parody of an essay of an alleged opera seria, with its emperors, vestals, legions, etc Another great scene is the recently restored Cuartel del Conde Duque where, among others, will be a concert Nino Bravo, in memoriam (July 12); Bolero in concert (July 19) Celtic Aires (July 26). In recent years one of the highlights of Summers was a special concert in our beautiful Plaza Mayor, led by Daniel Barenboim, but the crisis has swept away, and in its place will be a concert, also extraordinary memorial the celebration of the centenary of the birth of these two gigants of music that were Verdi and Wagner, with the Orchestra of the Community of Valencia, Madrid directed by the universal which is Placido Domingo, the overtures to La forza del destino, Nabucco, I Vespri Siciliani, Meistersingers, Rienzi, The Flying Dutchman, be heard in this unique location. Finally it should be remembered for some fun summer nights Madrid, the Ribera terrace on the Slaughterhouse, by the river Manzanares and Plaza de Legazpi, with free activities on weekends.