Another year has come at night Felipe VI will enter the homes of millions of Spaniards His speech at the start of the Christmas Eve dinner, and sadly, is more contextual than complex in the political map of the country where the head of state is the arbiter.
Before I leave this month of December, among all the cultural events that take place in Spain, I was very interested in the 9th and 10th, as part of the Temporada Alta festival in Girona, held at the Municipal Theater. Sondheim x Sondheim show, all directed by Gas, directed by Mario Gas and where 21 actors get together to sing parts of four performances from 1995, 2000, 2012 and 2021: Golfus de Roma, Swenney Todd, A Little nitht music and Madness . I haven’t been to Girona but nothing could make me happier I have to attend these evenings to hear three of my favorite singers, Jordi Boixaderas, Muntsa Ríus, Teresa Vallicrosa and 18 others in this macromontage in music format.
Felipe VI was declared persona non grata by the Municipality of Girona in 2015. Turning everything into a cultural key, I think about the amount of public money that events like the Temporada Alta festival enjoy. It cannot be compared to the cynical figures that Alicante culture walks at a snail’s pace. Two Mediterranean cities, not regional capitals, one submissive, the other disobedient. The first thing that comes to mind when you think of king’s speech. This first- and second-class Spain in which we live is more unequal and fragmented than many are willing to admit.