The 1972 opera "María de Buenos Aires" is a unique collaboration between Astor Piazzolla and poet Horacio Ferrer, blending tango with jazz and operatic elements to create a melancholic portrait of Buenos Aires. This recording features a stellar lineup, including Oscar Cardozo Ocampo and Roberto Goyeneche.
- This recording was produced by Amilcar Rodriguez and engineered by Carlos Piriz.
- The album reached number 26 on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums chart in 1972.
- The libretto by Horacio Ferrer tells the story of a woman born from tango itself, whose life is a metaphor for the soul of Buenos Aires.
Astor Piazzolla was a bandoneonist and composer from Argentina, renowned for pioneering the genre known as Nuevo Tango. At the time of "María de Buenos Aires," he was already a well-established figure, having recently returned to Argentina after years in New York and Europe.
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