Nouvel Opéra Fribourg presents “María de Buenos Aires (Mary of Buenos Aires)”, Astor Piazzolla’s operita. Three performances take place at Nuithonie, Villars-sur-Glâne, from Tuesday 24 to Thursday 26 November 2026.
The story
Astor Piazzolla wrote the music and Horacio Ferrer the libretto. The work premiered on 8 May 1968 at the Sala Planeta in Buenos Aires. It is billed as an “operita” in eighteen scenes.
For this score, Piazzolla expanded his quintet of the time. He added viola, cello, flute, percussion and a second guitar. The work calls for three voices, including a narrator who speaks more than he sings.
The operita then travelled worldwide. Houston Grand Opera gave the American premiere in 1991. The Ballet de l’Opéra national du Rhin danced it in 2019.
Who organises it
NOF – Nouvel Opéra Fribourg – Neue Oper Freiburg produces the show. Negracha Productions and La Cité Bleue Genève co-produce it. The State of Fribourg, Loterie Romande and the Fribourg Agglomeration support it. Equilibre-Nuithonie hosts it in its season.
What to find
The theatre describes this version as an ever-changing re-creation. Sol García sings María. Diego Valentín Flores plays Gorrión and Sebastián Rossi the Duende.
William Sabatier is artistic director and plays the bandoneon. Amélie Parias stages the work and Benjamin Broillet designs the costumes. The Quatuor Terpsycordes joins seven musicians on stage.
The show is sung in Spanish with French surtitles. On Thursday 26 November, a milonga, or tango evening, follows the performance.
Practical information
- Dates, Tuesday 24, Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 November 2026
- Time, 7 pm on 24 and 25 November, 8 pm on 26 November (sold out)
- Duration, 1 hr 50 min
- Venue, Nuithonie, Rue du Centre 7, 1752 Villars-sur-Glâne
- Price, 40.–, concessions 35.–
- Language, sung in Spanish with French surtitles
- Tickets, online on the Equilibre-Nuithonie website or on +41 26 350 11 00
Links
- Official site, Equilibre-Nuithonie, María de Buenos Aires
- Company, NOF – Nouvel Opéra Fribourg
- All events across French-speaking Switzerland, Genève Infos Agenda
Sources
- Equilibre-Nuithonie, María de Buenos Aires (Astor Piazzolla), accessed on 14 November 2026
- NOF – Nouvel Opéra Fribourg, home page, accessed on 14 November 2026
- OperaWire, Nouvel Opéra Fribourg Unveils 2026-27 Slate, accessed on 14 November 2026
- Wikipedia (secondary source), María de Buenos Aires, accessed on 14 November 2026
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