For Evita

Welcome to the grand “perona” celebration of Grec 2023, a scenic and musical event that turns the admiration for Argentina’s former first lady into a religious fervor. Some believe in aliens, some believe in God, and some believe in Lewandowski or George R.R. Martin… There are also those who believe in Eva Perón, like the organizers of this celebration, a group of “peronas,” as they call themselves, who will talk to you about Evita and sing songs. Some of these songs are related to the story being told, while others come from the musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Tim Rice. You will hear a medley of songs by the great Raffaella Carrà and “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina,” among many other songs appropriately translated into Catalan. Eva Perón is one of the essential characters to talk about Argentina’s recent history, and despite the years that have passed since her death in 1952, there is still no consensus about her figure. Was she a defender of the underprivileged or a manipulative populist? Some have a clear opinion, like the organizers of the evangelical-perona mass that will take place in Montjuïc. Without her, who filled Franco’s Spain with beans during times of hunger, who dared to tell the Generalissimo and his lady, Doña Carmen, what they didn’t want to hear, and who saved Concha Márquez Piquer’s life by providing the imported medicine she needed, our lives would have been different.
The show is an adaptation of “Requiem for Evita,” a piece that won the Teatre Barcelona award for Best Musical in 2017 and was a finalist for the BBVA Awards.