Petra Martínez

Let's make a deal

Petra Martínez, one of the most beloved actresses of Spanish cinema and theater, presents her new show "Let's Make a Deal" with Luis Santana, where she revisits the texts that have most marked her life journey by authors such as Benedetti, Neruda, Lorca, Amado Nervo, or Joaquín Dicenta, accompanied by the music of maestro Víctor Carbajo with arrangements tailored for this recital that completes an emotional sentimental journey.

PETRA MARTÍNEZ - Performer

Petra Martínez Pérez has developed an intense career in theater, film, and television. At the age of 16, she traveled to London, and upon her return, determined to become an actress, she joined the Madrid Studio Theater (TEM), where she trained under the guidance of master William Layton. There, she met Juan Margallo, her artistic and personal partner for the rest of her life.

In her early years, she stood out for her participation in the independent theater group Tábano. After the production of Los últimos años de soledad de Robinsón Crusoe and the dissolution of Tábano's historic sector, she joined theatrical collectives such as El Palo, El Búho, and El Gayo Vallecano; with the latter, she performed Ejercicio para equilibristas, by Luis Matilla and produced by the National Dramatic Center.

In 1985, she co-founded the theater company Uroc Teatro with Juan Margallo, who received the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts in 2011.

She currently plays Fina Palomares in the television series La que se avecina, joining the cast as a regular character in its eighth season.

Some of the most notable titles in her filmography include La mala educación (2004), La noche de los girasoles (2006), and La soledad (2008), by Jaime Rosales, which won awards at the 22nd Goya Awards.

Her television work includes: Teatro de siempre (1966), Cuentopos (1975), Estudio 1 (1976), Barrio Sésamo (1979-1980), Brigada Central (1989), Ana y los 7 (2002), Herederos (2007-2009), alongside Concha Velasco and Álvaro de Luna, La que se avecina (2014-present), and Sé quién eres (2017).

In 2022, she and Juan Margallo received the National Theater Award.

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, Iasi, Brașov, Lviv, Rousse, Riga, Porto, Lisbon, Vienna, Eisenach...

He has been conducted by batons of the stature of 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 Pilar in Zaragoza before Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the Auditorio Nacional de Música alongside the legendary Orfeón Donostiarra in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen, 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, International Festival of Úbeda, Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, etc...

PROGRAM

Serranilla - Marquis of Santillana

Serranilla - Joaquín Rodrigo

You Want Me White - Alfonsina Storni

Alfonsina and the Sea - Ariel Ramírez

I Like You When You're Silent - Pablo Neruda

The Rose and the Willow - Carlos Gustavino

Various Effects of Love - Lope de Vega

Think of Me - Agustín Lara

Heart Armor - Mario Benedetti

It's You - Juan Carlos Calderón

In Peace - Amado Nervo

Mediterranean - Víctor Carbajo

How Painful It Is to Love - Joaquín Dicenta

A Kiss and a Flower - Pablo Herrero

Sonnet of the Sweet Complaint - Federico García Lorca


The donkey is already dead - Federico García Lorca

I love you - Mario Benedetti

La Llorona - Popular Mexican

Portrait - Antonio Machado

Parables - Joan Manuel Serrat

The Locked-Up Woman - Rafael Alberti

The dove was wrong - Carlos Gustavino

The Day You Love Me - Amado Nervo

The Day You Love Me - Carlos Gardel

At dawn my beloved, at dawn - J.M Pemán

At dawn - Luis Eduardo Aute

Do not give up, not even defeated - Almafuerte

All a lifetime - Osvaldo Farrés

Let's make a deal - Mario Benedetti

Free - J.L Armentero and Pablo Herrero

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