Flamenco returns to Noches del Español in a series dedicated to gypsy artists. Madrid's Teatro Español (Spanish Theater) is to devote nearly two weeks of its program to music performed by gypsies from various latitudes, with special attention to flamenco. Following performances by the Indians Musafir, the Romanian band Fanfare Ciorcalia, the Czech Vera Bila and the Macedonian Esma Redzepova, it's time for jondo art. Cantaor Duquende shares the bill on Saturday the 1st with bailaora Fuensanta la Moneta. On Sunday, October 2nd, José Mercé takes the live version of his latest album ‘Confí de fuá’ to the theater in downtown Madrid. Closing the series is Granada-born cantaora Estrella Morente with the tribute concert to La Niña de los Peines entitled ‘Estrella 1922’, October 6th to 9th. Flamenco returns to this venue on the occasion of the Fall Festival from November 16th to the 27th with ‘Canciones, antes de una guerra’ (‘Songs Before a War’) by the María Pagés Company.

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