Juan Echanove Poesía

Juan Echanove

Women and Men of '27

This generation of Spanish male and female poets emerged in May 1927 to commemorate the third centenary of the Golden Age poet Luis de Góngora, organized by the physician and poet José María Romero for the Seville Athenaeum. We wanted to take a look at the most representative figures of this generation of Spain’s cultural rebirth.

Women, the most forgotten… often had to use male pseudonyms to publish their works. In this recital, women take an important place—those women of the 27 Generation known as “Las Sinsombrero,” a term coined to describe Spanish female artists born between 1898 and 1911 who worked in fields such as literature, poetry, painting, music, film, and philosophy. Many of these authors, upon the outbreak of the Civil War, went into exile and continued their work outside Spain.

I think it is a fitting tribute in this recital to these wonderful poets.

JUAN ECHANOVE - Performer

His countless and unforgettable works in theater, film, and television have made him one of the most highly regarded actors by the profession, critics, and the public.

On stage, he has performed in more than twenty plays. His previous productions include "To Be or Not to Be" by Ernst Lubitsch, which he also directed (Valladolid Theater Prize for Best Male Performance in 2022-2023), "The Feast of the Goat," adapted from the Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa, "Red" by John Logan (nominated for Best Actor in the 2018 Silver Frame Theater Awards); "Dreams," a free adaptation of "Dreams" by F. de Quevedo directed by Gerardo Vera (Ercilla Prize for Best Performance).

Among his stage performances, his roles as protagonists in Desaparecer. Direction: Calixto Bieto, Anselmo B. Dir.: Adolfo Marsillach or El público and Comedia sin título, directed by Lluís Pasqual stand out. As a stage director, he has orchestrated productions such as Visiting Mr. Green, People, Conversations with Mom, and The Assembly of Women, currently showing The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh.

Also noteworthy is his participation in numerous recitals, lending his voice, among many others, as narrator in Beethoven’s "Egmont" with the Oviedo Philharmonic Orchestra, to poems by Federico García Lorca alongside pianist Azumi Nishizawa, as narrator in Prokofiev’s "Ivan the Terrible" with the Orchestra and Choir of the Community of Madrid, or reciting texts between the incidental music numbers that Shostakovich composed for "Hamlet."

In film, he has worked with directors such as Pedro Almodóvar, Vicente Aranda, Jaime Chávarri, Francisco Regueiro, J. L. García Sánchez, Agustín Díaz Yanes, Fernando Colomo, Mariano Barroso, and Imanol Uribe, among many others. On television, he has participated in numerous productions, with his most recent being "Memento Mori," "Desaparecidos," and "El Cid," all for Amazon Prime Video.

LUIS SANTANA - Baritone

This Zamorano baritone began his musical studies at the age of five, studying with some of the greatest teachers such as Juana Peñalver, Consuelo Barrio, María Teresa Manzano, Miguel Zanetti, and currently with the eminent Spanish tenor Pedro Lavirgen and with Teresa Berganza.

He has performed in the most important theaters and concert halls in our country: Gran Teatro del Liceo, Auditorio Nacional de Música, Fundación Juan March, Auditorio de Zaragoza, Maestranza de Sevilla, Principal de Alicante, Cervantes de Málaga, Miguel Delibes and Teatro Calderón de Valladolid, Romea de Murcia, Auditorio de León, Fundación Príncipe de Asturias, Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid, Vigo, Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, Gran Teatro de Córdoba, Gran Teatro de Huelva, Falla de Cádiz, Batel de Cartagena, Principal de Vitoria, Victoria Eugenia de San Sebastián, Palacio de Congresos de Granada, Mérida, Circo de Albacete, Auditorio de Cuenca, San Lorenzo del Escorial, Maestro Padilla de Almería, etc...

Cities such as Rome, Paris, Milan, Naples, Budapest, Toulon, Bucharest, Donetsk, Iasi, Brașov, Lviv, Rousse, Riga, Oporto, Lisbon, Vienna, Eisenach...

He has been conducted by maestros such as García, Roa, Frizzi, Osa, Wilson, Alapont, Lencko, Vasilencko, Diadura, Monsalve, Abelló, Sainz Alfaro, Ortega, Popa, Mesa, Todorov, and many others...

Memorable concerts at the Basílica del Pilar in Zaragoza in the presence of Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the Auditorio Nacional de Música alongside the legendary Orfeón Donostiarra with the presence of Her Majesty the Queen, Mozart's Requiem at the Cathedral of Seville, Brahms' Requiem at the Old Cathedral of Salamanca, Tribute to Victoria de los Ángeles at the church where she was baptized, Tribute to Teresa Berganza and Antón García Abril. Tribute at the Auditorio de Lleida to Ainhoa Arteta. Concert tour with the great Nati Mistral, and the late Paco Valladares on Spanish poetry. Inauguration of the Soriano Musical Autumn Festival under the baton of Odón Alonso. Robles de Laciana Festival alongside Rosa Torres-Pardo, International Festival of Úbeda, Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, etc...

PROGRAM

Pedro Salinas (1891-1951)

• Here on this white shore (spoken)

• The rose and the willow (sung)

Federico García Lorca (1898-1936)

• The unfaithful wife (spoken)

• Zorongo (sung)

Luis Cernuda (1902-1963)

• I have come to see (spoken)

• The tree of oblivion (sung)

Jorge Guillén (1893-1984)

• The sea is an oblivion (spoken)

• Alfonsina and the sea (sung)

Vicente Aleixandre (1898-1984)

• To the sky (spoken)

• The wind (Song)

Gerardo Diego (1896-1987)

• Romance of the Duero (spoken)

• Romance of the Duero (sung)

Dámaso Alonso (1898-1990)

• Life (spoken)

• Thanks to life (sung)

Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881-1958)

• The final journey (spoken)

• Green goldfinch (sung)

Rafael Alberti (1902-1999)

• Today the clouds brought me (spoken)

• The dove was mistaken (sung)

León Felipe (1884-1968)

• Lone pilgrim (spoken)

• There are no more madmen (sung)

Miguel Hernández (1910-1942)

• Elegy (spoken)

• For Freedom (sung)

Ernestina de Champourcín (1905-1999)

• The Voice of the Wind (recited)

• Think of Me (sung)

María Teresa León (1903-1988)

• Struggle (recited)

• Memento (sung)

Concha Méndez (1898-1986)

• I Like to Walk at Night (recited)

María Zambrano (1904-1991)

• The Water Enthralled (recited)

• The Heart is Water (sung)

Rosa Chacel (1898-1994)

• The Guilt (recited)

Josefina de la Torre (1907-2002)

• I’m Going to Make a Necklace (recited)

• Little Folk Song (sung)

María Lejárraga (1874-1974)

• Prayer of Mothers Holding Their Children (recited)

• The Bread of Ronda (sung)

Margarita Ferreras (1900-1964)

• Through the Green, Green Olive (recited)

• Free (sung)

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