About the actress Adriana Bottina falls the Chavela Vargas young man from the musical Chavela forever Vargas, which will go up on April 10 at the Movistar Arena in Bogotá, and that shows the deceased interpreter in three stages: girl, young and adult, with many songs and feelings.
Bottina is the Chavela who got drunk with José Alfredo Jiménez, the one who sang his creations and even the one who received Paloma, the wife of the composer and singer, the clean clothes that she took to the canteens to change.
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In the midst of a pandemic and a lonely night in Bogota due to restrictions, Bottina met with Manuel José Álvarez, director of the musical, and Samir Estefen, the producer. At the end of a long interview they told him that the character was his.
Since that moment, Bottina has not stopped looking for how to feed the heart of her Chavela. “I spend it analyzing what is the best way to solve her life, because every bit that I can contribute is part of the tribute to a special and controversial woman.”
In this process, the letters that Bottina writes to Chavela Vargas in her privacy have been very important, “a way of showing her how I focus on the character and my opinion of how I see her, not as Adriana the actress, but as a spectator of her life”.
Also, because it was not so easy to find common ground. “The love for music and that we both came to a big city looking to fulfill ourselves, no more.”
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Adriana Bottina, who is from Palmira, has starred in soap operas such as Nobody is Eternal in the World and has established herself as a singer, she says that she arrived in Bogotá “with the expectation of singing in a big place. I know how difficult it is to find a place to live, have friends and start from scratch. But unlike Chavela, I come from a beautiful home, with a loving mom and dad, there are good relationships with my brothers, and now with my husband and my children. And I will always want to return to where I was born, unlike Chavela, who only returned to Costa Rica once, when she was older, and wanted to leave as quickly as possible. “
Regarding the singer’s loneliness, Bottina affirms that the musical, therefore, he shows almost permanently his Chavela with the other two: the girl (Ana Sofía González) and the adult (Carmenza Gómez), “as if they supported each other, because they are the only thing they have.”.
Her young Chavela is that of “the hardest stage, when she made the most difficult decisions with a chisel and hammer.”
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All this he tells the spirit of Chavela in his letters, many of them very long and that he also keeps. “They are conversations about my struggles and my fears as an actress. But I also tell her that I understand her and do not judge her ”.
Where and when?
‘Chavela forever Vargas’. Friday, April 9 and Saturday, April 10, 8 pm Movistar Arena. Calle 63 Carrera 30, Bogotá. Ballot reports at Tuboleta.com
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