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Day 5 - Madyson Duguid - Tours and Tenors!

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Hello from beautiful Buenos Aires!

Today Shrine embarked on two wonderful tours that helped me feel more connected to the history and feel of this city. First was a tour of the Teatro Colón opera house, with its high marble walls and stained-glass ceilings, it was a lovely blend of Italian, French, and English architecture. After the tour (and for me a yummy lunch of the juiciest fried chicken) we hopped over to the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, where we had the opportunity to see 3 exhibits from Argentinian artists with a wide range of styles and mediums. I've included some of my favorites for you, and if you're caught up with my posting buddies, you can see we have similar taste!

León Ferrari, "Música", Ink on Paper

Hose Horna, "La Marinetta
(The Puppet), Sculpture



  
















Mondongo, Juliana Laffitte and Manuel Mendanha,
"Calavera #05 (Skull #05)" Plastiline on wood

Once I had thoroughly looked over the different exhibits (it took me a while since I have never been to an art museum before) we had the time to catch some dinner, and then I went with a small group back to Teatro Colón to see Javier Camarena (Tenor) in concert! He was wonderful and consistently belting out C fives! For readers who are unfamiliar with music mumbo jumbo, we'll just say that it’s pretty high for a tenor. We sat in the nosebleeds, as high up as you can get, in the standing room only part of the opera house. In my humble opinion, these were amazing seats for what they are. Teatro Colón has borderline perfect acoustics, so even when Camarena was just speaking to the audience without a microphone, we could hear him as clearly as if we were sitting 3 balconies below. I've never had standing seats before, but they were a great way to watch a performance, since I like to sway and move to the music. However, after the 12 songs that were programmed came and went, as well as the first encore song, I was expecting the lights to rise and to be on my way. Camarena, of course, had something else in mind. We were treated to a total of 6(!) encore songs, 3 of which were sing-alongs of popular Spanish songs with the audience. While I didn’t know the songs well, it was so nice to hear them sing along, as well as give him tireless applause after every song.  I'm excited for what we have planned for the rest of our trip, so stay tuned for more updates!

-Madyson



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