BIENAL DE FLAMENCO DE SEVILLA
2008
DIEGO CARRASCO, ‘EL TIEMPO DEL DIABLO’
Don Diego
Silvia Calado. Seville, September 21st, 2008
‘El tiempo del diablo’.
Diego Carrasco: vocals. Miguel Poveda:
special collaboration, cante. Alfredo Lagos: special collaboration,
guitar. Moraíto: special collaboration, voice in
off. Jarcha. Las Peligro: Joaquina Amaya, Carmen Amaya,
Samara Amaya. Curro Carrasco de Navajita, Fernando Carrasco:
guitars. Ignacio Sintado: bass. Juan Grande: drums. Ané
Carrasco, Luisito Carrasco: percussions. Pepa Gamboa:
director. Antonio Álamo: dramatic art collaboration.
15th Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla 2008. Teatro Lope de
Vega. Seville, September 21st, 2008. 9 p.m.
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Diego
Carrasco (Photo Daniel Muñoz) |
That artists like Diego
Carrasco don’t need any justification to be
at a flamenco festival seems obvious. But you get the
feeling that without the ‘absolute premiere’
label, he might not have been on this bill. And the thing
is that he seems to be all right with the label since,
deep down, what the Jerez-born artist presented at the
Teatro Lope de Vega was an anthological concert, but with
a better presentation and neater than usual. And that,
because of (Pepa Gamboa and) ‘Don Juan Tenorio’,
a motif like any other to provide an extra thread to something
which already has one built-in. The return trip to hell,
a demonic ticktock, ‘roguishness’ to the beat.
The show was in itself a real delight.
At least it was for the die-hard Carrasco fans. And that
meant nearly one hundred percent of the audience, including
the respectable flamenco couple seated in the box at the
foot of the stage: Rafael el Negro and Matilde Coral.
In front of all of them, this Don Juan from the neighborhood
of Santiago did his utmost on stage, letting his artistic
greatness flow, his overflowing energy, his inherent flamenco
essence. He walks, he sings, he recites, he dances, he
laughs and he breathes to the beat. All of that’s
true.
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Diego
Carrasco (Photo Daniel Muñoz) |
Just as it’s true that he has that
ability all his own to make each performance a different
journey through his incredible discography. He sailed
through the Bay of Cádiz, recalled Fernanda de
Utrera, made Camarón… and Rancapino! present,
used up his lighter, remained alone at the deserted tablao,
dreamt about the flight of a bird, entered the fray, declaimed
in time the angel of love … And meanwhile, Las Peligro
became his own private ‘Ineses’. Miguel
Poveda had the boldness to sing the Lorca song about
the ladybug. The Jarcha finally made real the ‘baroque
flamenco’ of the past. Alfredo Lagos sprinkled the
night with guitar magic. The band of ‘carrascos’
clustered around the maestro. And Moraíto’s
voice revealed the secrets of hell to him, a beyond which
Diego Carrasco came out of more alive than ever. And us
with him.
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Diego
Carrasco with Las Peligro
(Photo Daniel Muñoz) |
Diego
Carrasco with Miguel Poveda
(Photo Bienal de Sevilla
© Luis Castilla) |
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And tomorrow…
• ‘Amor
brujo’, Orquesta Sinfónica
de Sevilla + Esperanza Fernández
Teatro Maestranza, 8:30 p.m.
• ‘El
cielo de tu boca’, Andrés
Marín
Teatro Central, 9 p.m.
In his new show, ‘El
cielo de tu boca’, Sevillian bailaor
Andrés
Marín experiments with the sounds
and meanings of bells. To do so, he has the
expert in this instrument, Llorenç
Barber, who has managed to turn all the bell
towers of a city into orchestras. Segundo
Falcón, Enrique Soto and José
Valencia contribute the cante to this conceptual
show in styles such as seguiriyas, bamberas
and cantiñas.
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