Three truck wardrobes, electrical and camera equipment They parked the car at the back door this Tuesday. Alicante Main TheaterWhere are they planning to shoot the scenes this Wednesday? Camilo Superstaran original series AtresPlayer PremiumThe Spanish version of the musical, which tells how the artist of Alcoy Camilo Sestolu insisted on having it premiered in our country with great success in the 70s. Oh my god Superstar. The Spanish production started recording at the end of last January and will stay in Alicante for two days.
It has not yet been announced what kind of scenes the technical and artistic team will shoot in Alicante. will register on wednesday part of the story inside Colosseumalso in Alicante Royal High School CasinoThey also requested permission here. Last week, the production team also shot in Almansa with dozens of extras, and after Alicante, the production company isn’t planning to shoot elsewhere in the state, not even Alcoy, but the team will travel to Alicante. Tenerife To finish filming, according to sources consulted.
Camilo Superstar the story of how camilo sesto He embarked on the adventure of making a Spanish version of the English musical. After being fascinated by Andrew Lloyd Webber’s original production that The Man of Alcoy saw in London and premiered in Spain in 1975 as lead actor and producer. At that time, it was the most modern and cross-border musical of the time, which managed to revolutionize and make history in the country in the midst of dictatorship.
The series is directed by a Galician actor Alejandro Jato (Every time we love, serve and protect) as the passionate 26-year-old Camilo Sesto and wraps up the cast. Adrian Lastra, Natalia Reyes, Pepe Ocio, Javier Godino, Vito Sanz, Oscar de la Fuente and special cooperation Evgenia Silvaas Lucia Bosé and Elena Rivera.
The series is written by Tatiana Rodríguez and she is executive produced by Montse García, Sonia Martínez and Curro Novallas. Novallas with Federico Untermann as first and second unit managers, respectively.
This is a production Buendia Canary Islands Studies together Atresmedia Television and will have four episodesshe focuses on the stage from the moment the singer sees the musical until it successfully premieres in Spain with a band. Angela Carrasco In the role of Mary Magdalene.
At the start of filming, according to Atresmedia, the editing will include not only moments from rehearsals, the cast and the premiere, but also pieces from some of the most emblematic performances of the era and compositions the artist created at the time.
History
The production was a full adventure. failures, some are accidental, but most stem from the situation of the moment. Threats and sabotage from ultra-Catholic movements willing to do anything to thwart its premiere, to evade the black-handed censorship of its representative, will be interspersed with the challenges inherent in a production of this magnitude.
Alcoyano was not alone because there are other idealists in this company who, as can be seen in the series, feel the urge to risk and bring the most revolutionary rock opera of the moment to this country, search for the right theater, undertake the technical assumption. Deployment demanded the play, choosing the cast, and premiering the musical as Franco dies. In addition, Camilo Sesto had to honor his record label commitments that required him to deliver his next album on the same dates.