Organization

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Marzia Marzo

Evita Perón

Tenor

Cedric von Borries

Ché

Baritone

Kosma Ranuer Kroon

Juan Péron

Mathew Habib

Agustín Magaldi

Anna-Lena Müller

Perón's Mistress

Carla Antonia Trescher

Paul Henrik Schulte

Admiral

Conductor

Gabor Hontvári

André Callegaro

Stage director

Matthew Ferraro

Set designer

Carola Volles

Costume designer

Dramaturge

Beate Kröhnert

Mainfranken Theater Würzburg

English

Evita

Würzburg

Germany

Mainfranken Theater

Evita Lloyd Webber

Public

German

Approved

In flashbacks, “Evita” traces the key stages in the life of Eva Duarte de Perón, who came from a humble background. Born as an illegitimate child in a village in Argentina, she joined the bar singer Magaldi at a young age and moved to Buenos Aires with him. There she worked as a singer and received minor film roles before rising to become First Lady of Argentina alongside statesman Juan Perón. Evita is honored by the poor as a saint for her social commitment, her early death shocks the whole country.

Eva Perón is one of the most fascinating and at the same time not undisputed personalities of the 20th century. A legend during her lifetime, she became a myth after she died of cancer in 1952. Her body only found its final resting place in the La Recoleta cemetery in Buenos Aires after a twenty-year odyssey. Against the background of Evita's dazzling life story, it proves to be a dramaturgical trick when the character of Che - based on the revolutionary Che Guevara - is assigned the role of moral judge in the musical with an equally controversial male myth of the 20th century. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice had their first sensational success in 1971 with "Jesus Christ Superstar", which they were able to build on with "Evita". The song "Don't cry for me

Evita by Lloyd Webber, From (2019/2020), Directed by Matthew Ferraro,, Conductor Gabor Hontvári, André Callegaro, Mainfranken Theater, Würzburg, Germany

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