Ángela Torres and a pop music show that becomes a play

-“I love you, Angelita!” children and adolescents shout at the top of their lungs.

The curtain opens on the imposing Great Rex and a dream scenery captivates the public. On the stage, on a grand piano transformed into a walkway of bushes, up there and with the microphone in hand, is Angela Torres. With a background of curtains, soft blue lights and a screen that shows the oil-painted landscape on the cover of his new album, he begins his tour: don’t forget me.

After three sold-out shows, Ángela capped a historic weekend. During two and a half hoursthe show – because he not only sings, he also dances and acts – transforms the room into a true play.

Angela’s voice live is even more magnificent than what is perceived on the platforms. It is accompanied by instruments such as pianos, harps and xylophones, creating a dreamlike atmosphere. The mezzo-soprano demonstrates that, although the autotune be fashionable, she doesn’t need it: her airy voice and impeccable technique allow her to tackle any song that is put in front of her.

Angela makes it clear that she not only seeks to be a pop star. At this stage of don’t forget meembraces her origins as an actress and integrates them masterfully. At certain moments, the lights become dim, almost like a movie projection, and on the main screen Angela is seen adding in a casting. For what work? The viewer will discover that in the end, when he or she manages to understand the entire concept. Meanwhile, we explore this world created by the artist where everything seems perfect.

after singing Platerdthe song that opens the album and the visual narrative, electropop explodes with Oops. There, Ángela greets her audience and walks around the stage until she is alone in a corner, under a spotlight, to perform Red light. In that intimate moment, where the lyrics explore the fears of not being enough for the other, a staircase appears where “her friends” (her dancers) are waiting to help her cure this love sickness through vibrant electronic choreography.

Vertigothe long-awaited song that she released with a video clip a month ago with her current partner, the streamer Marcos Gileswas sung euphorically while the screen projected a collage of iconic scenes from romantic cinema: from Titanic and Lady and the Tramp until Call Me by Your Name.

Later, a door appears on the scene. A dancer plays at touching her and disappears. The sound of the violin and the xylophone, the projection of clouds and stars, and Angela’s long dress refer to the innocence of Peter Pan meeting Wendy. After a dance straight out of a story, he sang don’t forget me while the audience got up from their seats to accompany her, before she herself crossed that door into another episode of the show.

It was the turn to meet again her first EP: La chica de fuego, that was present with topics such as Hello, Guapo and LNDF . But the climax of nostalgia came with The pink life. The Rex turned that color and people exploded. It was 2016 when the topic came up; Angela came from participating in My Hope and began his controversies in the Dancing. There was still time for the success of Simona. In that context created a hit which, ten years after its premiere, continues to sound with the power of a hymn chanted by everyone.

In the last of her three performances, Ángela sat on the edge of the stage next to her guitarist for the most emotional moment: inviting her mother, Gloria Carrá, to interpret together will teach methe classic by the Spanish artist Bebe. There was also space for memory when dedicating the song to him The girl of fire to his grandmother, the mythical Lolita Torresfrom whom he inherited the artistic surname like his uncle Diego.

In Saturday’s show, Ángela had Juliana Gattas, the singer of Miranda!, as a guest, with whom they performed the song Make up in bed.

Between cries and hugs, Ángela was not limited to the stage. He went down to the seats and walked around the theater singing AWHCan acoustic bachata-pop, among her fans. Back on stage, he read a sign that asked “sing a little saint” (from the novel Simona) and, out of repertoire, he gave it a cappella for his audience.

One of the most “iconic” moments was seeing adolescents no older than 16 years singing along with her I can’t wait to never see you again. Many of those present were not even born in the ’80s, but thanks to the reversal of Angela, the classic Valeria Lynch Today it is shouted with the same force as the original from 1984. Also, with a mixture of nerves and experimentation, he was encouraged to cover it. The faker of Ozuna.

Towards the end, the narrative of the “play” closes. The screen shows a spiteful Angela for believing that she didn’t make it to the audition. While waiting for the bus, convinced that this role was for her, she returns to the studio to claim it. In a scene of total drama, they confirm: “You are in, you were left for the role of ‘Angela‘congratulations”.

The closing was a party with Where are my friends and Favorite, that made the entire theater dance. Throughout the night, the cries of love for her did not stop. Those children and teenagers who filled the Rex not only saw a singer; They found in Ángela a reference for freedom and expression. That’s how powerful his pop is.