Queen at the Ballet releases new Barcelona music video to launch Joburg season
Powerhouse vocalists Angela Kilian (best known for her role in Sunset Boulevard and Evita) and Joburg’s own rocker Cito (from Wonderboom as well as Jesus Christ Superstar) recorded their performance of Barcelona as a music video ahead of their live performances in the Joburg season of Queen at the Ballet. Photo courtesy The CoLab Network.
“This isn’t your regular, conventional ballet,” says Collett Dawson, associate producer of Queen at the Ballet, as it was announced recently that the show’s top vocalists, Cito and Angela Kilian, have recorded Freddie Mercury’s big showstopper, Barcelona, as a music video and audio recording.
Originally made famous by Queen’s lead vocalist, Freddie Mercury, and operatic soprano, Montserrat Caballé, Collett Dawson had the following to say about this new recording: “Every single time this number is performed, it brings the house down – and in Queen At The Ballet even more so; where Cito and Angela will soon be singing it alongside 24 of South Africa’s finest dancers; the entire cast providing the show’s climax”.
As a teaser ahead of Queen At The Ballet’s first and much awaited season in Joburg – at the Joburg Theatre from 26 March till 13 April 2014 – watch the Barcelona music video here (from Dream Canvas Productions on Vimeo):
And if you’re looking for the MP3 track, simply click over to SoundCloud here and enjoy listening to the song as often as you like. The music arrangement is by Michael Hankinson.
Did you know?
Freddie Mercury had been a long-time fan of opera, and he especially appreciated Montserrat Caballé’s talent. They first met in Barcelona in 1987, but it was only later, after the city had been chosen to host the 1992 Summer Olympics that the two singers started to collaborate on the Barcelona song (and the album), which would later become known as one of Mercury’s greatest hits.
The song was written by Freddie Mercury and Mike Moran and was already causing shivers down spines long before the start of those Barcelona Olympics thanks to live performances such as this one, where Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé performed at the open air La Nit festival in Barcelona on 8 October 1988.
Queen At The Ballet has been choreographed by Sean Bovim of Bovim Ballet and you can read more about this innovative and highly entertaining show in our earlier story: Queen at the Ballet brings rock ballet en pointe to Joburg.
Booking Details:
Dates: 26 March – 13 April 2014, Wednesdays to Saturdays 8pm and Sundays at 3pm.
Venue: The Mandela at Joburg Theatre, Johannesburg
Tickets: from R100 to R280 via www.joburgtheatre.com or by calling the theatre’s direct ticketing line on 0861 670 670.
Discounts: Discounted rates for scholars, students, pensioners and groups of ten or more are available.
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