For 11 years he has been working on this play that tells the love story between Malinche and Hernán Cortés. “It is the culmination of one of the works of my life,” said the producer.
The presentation took place on September 7 in the Spanish capital, with a song about the conquest of Mexico performed by the cast of the musical, 95% Spanish, with a Mexican protagonist, the singer Andrea Bayardo, and with a minimal presence, almost testimonial, describes the critics, of Latin American talents and of African descent. For Cano, the cast has a notable miscegenation.
“When I am attacked, which happens sometimes, I don’t like it. Nobody likes to be shot, but if you are there and have been doing this professionally for more than 42 years, what I do is that I go back to the past and look and say: ‘It makes me horny to be attacked,'” Cano defended himself , in reference to the differences he has had to face during this montage.
Mexico had to be part of this because it is a celebration of the country
Cano assures that from the beginning he has understood that “it could not be done without the hand of Mexico.” “I made an agreement with the INAH (National Institute of Anthropology and History) that has helped me all the time. Mexico had to be part of this because it’s a celebration of the country,” says the composer of “Ay, Que Heavy.”
About the severe criticism regarding cultural appropriation and the celebration of a genocide that represented the conquest, in addition to being a sensitive issue in the Americas, the leader of this production stoked: “They were received Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita… We will receive criticism like any musical with a historical component, but it is important that people see it because the world is the way it is because of what happened there, “he justified. “That miscegenation, that interaction gave rise to that. It is preferable to accept it positively than negatively, ”he added.
We will receive criticism like any musical with a historical component
Let us remember that in recent months the Mexican president asked the king of Spain to apologize to the native peoples for the conquest that occurred in 1521 in the territory that Mexico now occupies.
What is it about
Malinche
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Malinche is a musical that focuses on addressing the miscegenation of Mexico after the conquest of Hernán Cortés. Being a musical, its songs have lyrics in which there are no dissimulations towards the invasion of the Spaniards to the Mexica, the civilization that carried the hegemony of the Mesoamerican region.
When it premieres
Malinche
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The musical Malinche will premiere on September 15 in Madrid and will be performed at Ifema until November 27. The show lasts three hours. The music has rock, hip-hop and flamenco themes. Cano was inspired by what is currently being done on Broadway in New York, which is why he has set designers and technical production that came from the United States. Tickets cost from 35 euros (700 Mexican pesos) to 125 euros (2,500 pesos).