Mikis Theodorakis - América Insurrecta (Canto General Chile, 23.04.1993)

Chilean premiere of the oratorio "Canto General" on April 23, 1993 at the Teatro Monumental in Santiago, twenty years after the originally planned premiere, which did not take place due to the military coup in Chile on September 11, 1973.
Pablo Neruda was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971 for his poem "Canto General". Mikis Theodorakis composed the first seven parts of Canto General, including America Insurrecta, in France in 1973, after selecting the poems with Pablo Neruda in Paris and Salvador Allende in Santiago.

Canto General
America Insurrecta
(Insurgent America – Aufständisches Amerika)

Music by Mikis Theodorakis
Lyrics by Pablo Neruda
Petros Pandis (baritone)
Coro Ars Viva Santiago & Coro Sinfonico de la Universidad de Chile
(Choir conductors: Waldo Aranguiz & Guido Minoletti)
Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile & Orquesta Filarmonica de Santiago
Conducted by Mikis Theodorakis

Co-Produced by Asteris Kutulas/Asti Music
Published by Schott Music

Bei diesem Fernseh-Mitschnitt handelt es sich um die chilenische Premiere des Oratoriums "Canto General" vom 23.4.1993 im Teatro Monumental von Santiago, zwanzig Jahre nach der ursprünglich geplanten Uraufführung, die aufgrund des Militärputsches am 11.9.1973 nicht stattfinden konnte.

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[Margarita-ffp]

❤❤❤❤❤❤ενας και μοναδικος Μίκης Θεοδωράκης θα τον θυμομαστε παντα οσο

[Miguelde]

Great to read about the story behind „Canto General“. On the evening of September 10, 1973, Mikis Theodorakis, his orchestra, Maria Farantoui, Petros Pandis and a choir of young singers from Stockholm, were in Mendoza, Argentina. The next day they were supposed to cross the Andes to go to Santiago de Chile. Only a bit more than 200 km or so away. There they would meet Pablo Neruda, a long time friend of Mikis. In the Stadium of Santiago the concert was planed to take place. The now finally completed composition of large parts of the "Canto General". But that night was the beginning of 9/11 in Chile, which the USA, partly responsible for it, is so keen to keep quiet about. Pinochet and his cohorts overthrew the legitimate government and murdered Salvator Alliende. The stadium became a mass prison and immediately the site of many murders, to which the well-known singer Victor Jara also fell victim. Mikis and his ensemble had to return to their European exile. Neruda died of a heart attack just a week later. His body was buried at his home in Santiago. But a group of marauding soldiers broke into the house and desecrated the body. I get goosebumps when I see this shot from this very stadium, so many years later. THANKS A LOT!

[Rudolf.Aigner]

Very emotional and extremly powerful song. Petros is the sole singer who can present it as it should be. Thanks for sharing. ❤

[apostolise]

Canto General is like a national anthem for all Latin Americans and most of the Greeks don't even know its existence