Chano Lobato, Pepe Habichuela, Duquende and Gerardo Núñez are among those on the bill for the Veranos de la Villa season, which runs from 4th to 13th August 2004

Flamenco-world.com, August 2004
Photos: Daniel Muñoz

It isn't just Andalusia that gets to enjoy flamenco in summer. Madrid will take advantage of the wide-ranging cultural program of the ‘Veranos de la Villa’ season, leaving a privileged space aside for the flamenco arts. Between 4th and 13th August 2004, in the Sabatini gardens alongside the Royal Palace, and with only the heavens as a covering, there's to be a series of recitals featuring leading cantaores, guitarists and bailaores such as Chano Lobato, Pepe Habichuela and El Güito, to name just a few.

Other venues across the capital also made room for flamenco over the summer, as part of ‘Veranos de la Villa’. The Teatro Español will be showing ‘Romancero gitano’ by the Kalos company until 1st August. Salvador Távora takes ‘Imágenes andaluzas para Carmina Burana’ (Andalusian images for Carmina Burana) to the Muralla Árabe, alongside the Almudena Cathedral, between 19th and 22nd August. Arrieritos presents ‘Entablao’ at the Teatro Pradillo from 1st to 4th September. And the distinguished open-air venue Patio del Conde Duque played host to the collective production ‘Territorio Flamenco’ on 25th July this year. The end of July also saw the flamenco theater production ‘Cervantes entre palos’ performed in the gardens, and Joaquín Grilo played earlier in the month at the Centro Cultural de la Villa.

Chano Lobato

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