Maria de Buenos Aires-Tango Opera

"Composed more than 30 years ago, this "little tango opera" remains a work of stunning originality. Indeed, the alchemy achieved here by tango master Astor Piazzolla--whose avant-garde, quasi-symphonic meditations on this vital dance form have achieved renewed popularity--and librettist Horacio Ferrer involves a particular amalgam of music and surrealist poetry that is part cabaret, part smoky Sprechstimme, and ultimately sui generis. Violinist Gidon Kremer and a tight ensemble of colleagues show keen empathy for this symbolist allegory of an ambiguous, archetypal journey of the soul." --Thomas May (Amazon.com)