When actress Veronica Ronda got… Calderon Theater stage in Valladolid I was barely 11 years old. Remember that it was with the zarzuela “Gigantes y Cabezudos”. She was born in Madrid, and her relationship with the city of Pisuerga goes back a long way. in … As a child, she studied and trained at the École Supérieure des Arts Dramatics and took her first steps with local companies. Therefore, her return to “playing at home” makes her particularly “excited,” but above all “nervous and excited” at the same time, she admits.
Today, Wednesday, the translator participated in a press conference at the aforementioned Valladolid Theater Presentation of the musical “Mamma Mía!”, which comes to Valladolid in the middle of Christmas, from December 26 to January 3Before traveling to Salamanca. Veronica Ronda plays Donna Sheridan, a heroine brought to life on the big screen by Meryl Streep, a “lover” to a character who came to her “in a moment of artistic and personal maturity.” “Having that reference in cinema and in previous theatrical performances is a responsibility,” she said, stressing that she “snatched” the role “with great enthusiasm” and saw what she could contribute to a production that had been on the bill for 25 years.
She explained that the “big challenge” for her comes “in the second part of the show,” which is “the most dramatic and intimate.” He has to perform five songs in a row “where the emotional exposure is very high and controlling the degree of emotion by singing those high notes is complicated”. However, she considered the role of Donna “the great gift this profession has given me.”
“It’s made me more relatable to the women in my family and friends,” she said, before noting what she thinks she brings to the role: “In the first act, my madness and humor; in the second, a lot of emotion and sensitivity.”
The actress highlighted the infrastructure involved in animating the musical, “With 55 people on tour” and eight trailers Let’s say “impressive set design” – the work of Ricardo Sánchez Cuerda -. He also noted the “challenging” choreography by Iker Carrera and the stage direction of Juan Carlos Fischer, who wanted to give the production an “almost cinematic symbol” so that the viewer would feel that it was “almost violating the privacy” of the actors.
“Let’s He gave the Valladolid fans an amazing journey“, promised the actress, who considers her artistic arrival in the city of her birth as a “return to my roots.”
He insisted, “Mamma mia!” It is a musical “for all audiences”, as evidenced by the fact that among the spectators there are “from 5-year-olds to people over 90”, who “also know the repertoire” and sing “those ABBA songs, which have crossed” half a century.
This was also pointed out by the Education and Culture Advisor of the Valladolid City Council, Irene Carvajal, who noted that the production, 25 years after the draft, has already impressed 65 million spectators in 440 theatres, in 16 different languages.
Likewise, she highlighted the opportunity of its arrival at Christmas, a common family reunion event, because for the councillor, this musical “represents the intergenerational meeting of families, a song of complicity and friendship.”
“It’s the great tribute to love, but not just the romantic love that movies sell us, but all kinds of love; “It is a reunion with youth, a song of freedom, a tribute to ABBA music, what we were and what we are today, motherly love, and that is why it moves the viewer so much,” agreed Veronica Ronda.
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