A dramatic comedy with music by Julio Awad and arrangements of traditional Spanish songs. And two popular characters, Luis Mariano (The Prince of Operetta) and Carmen Sevilla (The Bride of Spain), while filming Imperial Violets in 1952. The action takes place on a set. This cute friendship cannot exceed certain limits due to the homosexuality of the great tenor, who wants to marry the actor so that his exiled parents can return. He helps her without intending for this marriage of convenience. Classical features and contemporaneity combine in the struggle for survival with the bittersweet and slightly uneven, but very valid taste of El Novio de España, written and directed by Juan Carlos Rubio. Christian Escudero plays to his versatile potential, and the versatile Carmen Raigón exudes comfort without being too wordy. The qualified cast is completed by Didac Flores and the masterful and ironic Marta Valverde, who interacts with the audience. Or the beautiful voice of No-Do, Chema Noci, in the cinematic newsreel of Francoist propaganda. Themes such as friends with double lives, sexual freedom and gender equality continue to survive despite the distance. A musical with copla, cuplé, operetta, zarzuela and popular song, with the text having its own weight, in this emotional story based on specific facts freely interpreted. It’s about evoking the famous couple. Under the choreography of Rubén Olmo, embracing the situations spoken, sung or danced in the historical framework of the 50s, Repressive Francoism, exile and exaltation of coexistence, living with respect for people and loving their own way. This strange work belongs to a trilogy already seen in the Alicante Colosseum, with its historical memory and secret Spanish musical repertoire, in its first part, In a Strange Land, about the imaginary meeting between G. Lorca, Rafael de León and Concha Piquer.
Source: Informacion
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