Versos Olvidados by Angelita Montoya

Flamenco vocalist Angelita Montoya presents “Versos Olvidados,” a tribute to the women poets of the Generation of 1927 who have long been forgotten.

Soulful vocalist Angelita Montoya, daughter of dancer Antonio Montoya and singer Antonia Rodríguez, La Negra, belongs to one of the most well-known Flamenco linages, the Montoyas. Since making her debut at the age of nine in the Flamenco show Nuevo Día, she has worked with Familia Montoya, Fernanda de Utrera, Chocolate, Camarón, Chano Lobato, Manuela Carrasco and Pastora Galván, among others.

For this program, she presents Versos olvidados (Forgotten Verses), a tribute to the women poets of the Generation of 1927, such as Cristina de Arteaga, Concha Méndez, Gloria de la Prada, María Teresa Roca de Togores, Ana María Martínez Sagi, Carolina Valencia, and Zenobia Camprubí. With music by Alejandro Cruz Benavides, she is accompanied by Benavides on piano and Fran Cortés on guitar.

Program

• Cancionero de mi tierra (Zambra)
• La pescaora (Soleá)
• Mi galera de oro (Alegrías)
• Mi ambición… Cantar (Canción por bulerías)
• Indestructibles recuerdos (Bolero)
• Romance del Sur (Seguiriya)
• Tu cuerpo moreno (Canción errante)
• Risas y Besos (Tangos)
• No quiero mirar atrás (Bulerías)
• Versos Olvidados (Fandangos)