The program opened with various performances of young flamenco artists that set the mood and opened our appetite for the main program.<\/p>\n
Alonso Rancapino<\/strong> is one of the most popular current stars of flamenco. He came with the solid backup of Antonio Higuero on guitar, crisp and unwavering, his eyes glued to the singer like sea limpets.\u00a0 Alonso delivers an updated version of 1970s-style singing with exquisite delicacy, good taste and intelligent shading.\u00a0 His sole\u00e1 was more comforting than painful, and in this restrained style, he closed this cante with no acceleration or chirpy major key ending\u2026am I the only one who dislikes those tidbits?<\/p>\n In alegr\u00edas,\u00a0tirititr\u00e1n\u00a0<\/em>sounded like a lullabye, and the singer continued to employ extreme restraint, making fine use of his silky half-voice, while Rancapino senior was lurking in every phrase. A potpourri of tango songs stitched together with \u201cnayno\u201d choruses, buler\u00eda songs and free-form fandangos was laced with crying sounds to complete the singer\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n Singer Jes\u00fas M\u00e9ndez<\/strong> came next with his jolt of Jerez power, what a contrast, with lung-power comparable to that of his auntie Paquera.\u00a0Elegant dark suit and tie, reserved personality and the fine guitar accompaniment of Pepe del Morao.\u00a0 His sole\u00e1 was full of power, and a set of classic tangos with styles from C\u00e1diz, Triana, Piyayo and el Titi served to remind us that there are good things to be discovered in 4 by 4 binary rhythm.\u00a0 Free-form fandangos were followed by buler\u00edas, with a big wink to Mora\u00edto in the guitar, and Jes\u00fas sang classic forms of the Plazuela.<\/p>\n Smoke machine, shawls, bata de cola and melodrama\u2026 Eva Yerbabuena<\/strong>\u2019s in town!\u00a0 But this time, with no-nonsense dancing, three strong singers, Enrique Extreme\u00f1o, Miguel Ortega and Alfredo Tejada, in addition to her great guitarist Paco Jarana with percussionist Antonio Coronel for alegr\u00edas and sole\u00e1, straight up. In a festival such as this, there was no \u201cdanger\u201d of experimental theater getting between us and the brilliant dancing of Eva Her Majesty Yerbabuena. Just energy and commitment at the service of flamenco. Between dances, the trio of singers delivered a good assortment of abandolao forms, and the end of the sole\u00e1 brought red-hot classic buler\u00edas cupl\u00e9, each song danced like a miniature soap opera.<\/p>\n A tribute to the figure of Silverio Franconetti<\/strong> on the one hundred and thirtieth anniversary of his death, included numerous descendants of the historic singer who was raised though not born in Mor\u00f3n.<\/p>\n Antonio Reyes<\/strong>, looking and sounding much like Rancapino junior, sang with the underestimated guitar of Manuel Parrilla. Antonio\u2019s control, subtlety and restraint did indeed remind you of Alonso Rancapino who had opened the main program, and the similar physical appearance of the two makes you look twice. \u00a0Antonio sang sole\u00e1, warm and sweet, a tango song and the only siguiriya of the evening, serene and understated, ending with varied buler\u00edas and fandangos.\u00a0 It\u2019s tempting to believe this laidback approach to cante is how it was back in the time of Silverio.<\/p>\n We were sent off with the well-prepared local group of Paco el Leri<\/strong>, a mainstay of Mor\u00f3n flamenco.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Rancapino Chico. Festival Gazpacho Andaluz 2019, Mor\u00f3n de la Frontera (Sevilla). Foto: Estela Zatania<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n Jes\u00fas M\u00e9ndez y Pepe del Morao. Festival Gazpacho Andaluz 2019, Mor\u00f3n de la Frontera (Sevilla). Foto: Estela Zatania<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n Antonio Reyes y Manuel Parrilla. Festival Gazpacho Andaluz 2019, Mor\u00f3n de la Frontera (Sevilla). Foto: Estela Zatania<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi. My name is Estela, and I\u2019m a flamenco festival junkie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":13845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-estela-flamenca"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Rancapino](\"https:\/\/www.expoflamenco.com\/archivo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/expoflamenco-gazpacho-moron-2-rancapino-chico-foto-perezventana.jpg\")
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