I want from now on , that in every corner of the house, we to be novice lovers, who learn to multiply, Maridalia Hernandez sang and the Havana public attending her last night concert at Covarrubias Hall, in National Theatre, did nothing but ovation her.
Maridalia, with unparalleled charisma and communication power that excited the audience, sang ¨Para quedarte¨, her most “demanded work”, which she barely remembers and always intends to remove from the list of her performances, but someone always mentions it and she must ¨ gladly interpret it .“ That hit has marked her career, dating back 32 years, and with it, she won the first prize at Viña del Mar Festival (Chile) in 1986.
However, the Dominican singer wanted to make a review of her professional life in the Caribbean island. This is a land of music and she wanted to show here her way of interpreting the Cuban repertoire, hence we could appreciate the songs ¨Drume negrita¨, by Eliseo Grenet, where we saw a very personal and contagious version; ¨Vamos a ver¨, by David Torrens, and ¨A puro grito¨, by Amaury Gutierrez. This last piece is part of her album ¨Libre¨, which she is also promoting in Havana.
Her contact with Cubans was also magical, so she wanted to invite a guitar virtuoso, maestro Rey Montesinos, to accompany her on two boleros: ¨Honor a la verdad¨ and Hiereme¨. While she also sang a version of Adalberto Alvarez´s ¨A Bayamo en coche¨, which she preferred calling ¨A Santiago en coche¨, to pay homage to the city where s he was born in, Santiago de los Caballeros.
From the famous merengue from her country, Maridalia brought ¨Morivivi¨, while she also evoked, in a combination of that rhythm with flamenco, the work ¨Vivo enamorao¨, by Camarón de la Isla.
Her duo with her compatriot Sonia Silvestre was a special moment of the night, and also the interpretation of singles immortalized with Juan Luis Guerra and 440 orchestra. From her stay in that group she performed ¨Amor de c onuco ¨ and the hit ¨ Ojalá que llueva café¨ .
“You do not know the emotion I feel by being here,” she said at the beginning of the evening, and reiterated it almost two hours later, when, excited, said goodbye to a land to which she will undoubtedly return as promised, for Cubans to appreciate again her powerful voice. “I’m happy,” she stated, and with a farewell gesture on her face said goodbye to Havana.
