María Galiana y Luis Santana Contratación

María Galiana - Eterno Federico

Eternal Federico

María Galiana brings us, along with baritone Luis Santana and flamenco dancer Almudena Roca, this beautiful show in homage to one of the greatest poets in the history of universal literature.

The proposal brings the figure of Lorca to the audience, his death and anecdotes from his life, accompanied by images projected during the show where Santana lends his voice to the 16 popular songs collected and harmonized by our Eternal Federico between the late 1920s and mid-1930s. Ian Gibson has been involved in the selection of songs and texts and may optionally participate in the recital.

This show features for the first time three pieces that have not been heard before. The compositions that the audience will be able to hear for the first time correspond to Mariana Pineda, a children's ring-around-a-rosy song harmonized by Federico in a very simple way; Canción de otoño en Castilla, a sad work, with the melancholy of autumn, which he collected during his time in Burgos in 1934; and Duérmete niñito mío, a very gypsy lullaby, a score provided by Hispanist Ian Gibson, while the other two were in the Federico García Lorca Foundation.

The thread running through the show is these songs, both the unpublished ones and those already made known by artists such as Teresa Berganza or Victoria de los Ángeles. Songs which Ian Gibson contextualizes in different periods of Lorca's life so as to provide a more intimate approach to the Granadian poet. A Federico who was fascinated by the figure of Mariana Pineda, whom he could see every day from his home window in his youth. Parallel to his poetic, literary and theatrical work, he began his research into popular songs and ballads. Alongside Falla, he delved into flamenco, its music and lyrics, which allowed him to discover his deepest poetic self, alongside the gypsy community that surrounded him in his hometown of Fuente Vaqueros.

MARÍA GALIANA - Interpreter

Born in Seville in 1935, she earned a degree in Philosophy and Letters before beginning her fruitful career as an art history teacher in several high schools in her hometown.

In the 1950s, her acting vocation was awakened thanks to her participation in various university theater groups, although her first professional role for the cinema was in 1988 in Pasodoble, directed by José Luis García Sánchez. After that role, she appeared in films such as Malaventura (Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, 1988), Belle Époque (Fernando Trueba, 1992), Así en el cielo como en la tierra (José Luis Cuerda, 1995), Libertarias (Vicente Aranda, 1996), and Yerma (Pilar Távora, 1998), before her life took a turn with the new millennium.

She made her theatrical debut in 1990 with El amor de don Perimplín, by Federico García Lorca, and participated in La casa de Bernarda Alba under the direction of Amelia Ochandiano (1992), and directed by Juan Echanove in La asamblea de mujeres, by Aristophanes, among others.

In 1999, a few months before her retirement as a teacher, Solas, the debut film of Benito Zambrano, was released. That drama about loneliness, poverty, and stifled dreams earned her the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress, and her moving performance made her an unforgettable face of Spanish cinema. After that film, she has appeared in movies such as Fugitivas (Miguel Hermoso, 2000), Roma (Adolfo Aristarain, 2004), María querida (José Luis García Sánchez, 2005), and Tapas (Juan Cruz and José Corbacho, 2005).

Her popularity skyrocketed in September 2001, when TVE premiered the first episode of the series Cuéntame cómo pasó, where she has played the beloved grandmother Herminia in the longest-running series in the history of Spanish television ever since.

Medal of Andalusia in 2000, Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts by the Ministry of Culture in 2004, she has received other awards such as the Ondas in 1999, the award for Best Actress at the Tokyo International Film Festival (2000), the Union of Actors for Best Supporting Actress (2001), and the Cinematographic Prize Familia (Olas de Oro) for her human and professional career in the field of cinema.

LUIS SANTANA - Baritone

This Zamoran 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, Iași, Brașov, Lviv, Rousse, Riga, Porto, Lisbon, Vienna, Eisenach...

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

Memorable concerts at the Basilica of El 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 Her Majesty the Queen in attendance, Mozart's Requiem at Seville Cathedral, 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, Ubeda International Festival, Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, etc...

ETERNO FEDERICO

María Galiana, actriz

Luis Santana, barítono

Almudena Roca, bailarina

José Manuel Cuenca, piano

PROGRAMA

Es Verdad

Anda Jaleo - Canción

Gacela del amor imprevisto

Los Cuatro Muleros - Canción

Romance de la Luna, Luna

Las Tres Hojas - Canción

Preciosa y el Aire

Los Mozos de Monleón - Canción

Romance Sonámbulo

Sevillana del siglo XVIII - Canción

Llanto por Ignacio Sanchez Mejias

Las Tres Morillas - Canción

La Casada Infiel

El Café de Chinitas - Canción

Nana de Sevilla Nana del Caballo Blanco - Canción

Prendimiento de Antoñito el Camborio en el camino de Sevilla

Zorongo Gitano - Canción

Muerte de Antoñito el Camborio

Romance de Don Boyso - Canción

La Monja Gitana

Los Pelegrinitos - Canción

Soneto de la dulce Queja

Los Reyes De La Baraja - Canción

Granada, Calle de Elvira

La Tarara - Canción

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Recortes de prensa

Zamora 09/13/24

La archiconocida actriz María Galiana y el barítono Luis Santana embelesaron a los zamoranos en el incomparable marco del atrio de la Catedral, como parte de la programación de Fromago

Calahorra 10/24/22

La función tuvo lugar en el auditorio del centro cultural Hospital de Santiago, donde el numeroso público asistente disfrutó de un cuidado montaje pensado para dejarse llevar por las vivencias y los versos de San Juan y Santa Teresa

Córdoba 10/04/22

Poesía lírica y música lírica en un tan emocionante como sobrio recital de esta gran señora acompañada por dos músicos muy solventes y muy implicados por la propuesta.

Nerja 06/17/23

María Galiana y Luis Santana unen su talento en la Muestra de Teatro de Nerja