The singer Elis Reginawho died in 1982, wins the show Elis 80 in honor of your 80th birthday. With tickets sold out more than 40 years after the artist’s death, the event takes place this Friday (28), in the Unimed space, for about three thousand people.
João Marcello Bôscolimusic producer and son of the singer, and brings artists who worked with her to the center of the stage. Among them, João Bosco, Fagner e Ivan Lins — Pedro Mariano49, one of the children of the Brazilian interpreter, also participates in the show.
In conversation with CNNthe producer commented on the sold out tickets and recalled the fear of the mother being forgotten after early deathAt 36, on January 19, 1982. He was only 11 at the time.
“I’m very happy [pelo medo da mãe ser esquecida não ter se concretizado] Because, for those who have left 43 years, to mark a show where people know that she will not be physically present and this show exhauses like this… of course, there is the name of these artists all who will be present, but is always a source of great joy and Always some degree of surprise“Commented the businessman about the presentation.
For him, Elis Regina’s voice and personality have become transcendentaleven conquering the new generations. “It’s great to know that she managed to cross these time portals, which close and open from time to time,” said Bôscoli.
Elis Regina’s “great worldview”, according to the businessman, is one of the reasons for this success even decades after the singer’s death. “She had an empirical notion where things were going,” he said.
The identification of new generations with Elis Regina also comes, in Bôscoli’s opinion, for the few social changes in Brazil and in the world since the 1980s.
“The big questions she addressed are still there, showing that she has a little of her futuristic view, but also a little of things did not walk as they could in some fields: I never imagined that in 2025 we would still have the war [por exemplo]”He added.
How will Elis 80 be?
The show has a script based on Elis’s partnerships with other artists, such as Ivan Linswho must touch “Leave Me alone” and “Magdalene”; João Bosco must present “the drunk and the balancing” and “bullet with bullet”; Fagner“Mucuripe” and “noves outside”; and Pedro Mariano“No Campo House.”
João Bôscoli, who began to organize Elis 80 at the end of last year, failed to count on the presence of Gilberto Gil82, who also worked with the artist, due to. The producer also tried to take 82, but to no avail. “I couldn’t go,” he said.
The Elis 80 stage also displays artist’s personal effectswith the best known clothes of Elis Regina. “As it has a lot of material, it is always difficult [escolher]Because you have a greater number of renunciation than choices to be made, ”said John of the curator process for the show.
Another highlight of Elis 80 is the Technology applied in the artist’s catalog. With the use of artificial intelligence, the voice of the Brazilian interpreter appears with clean audios of presentations and interviews, which contained, for example, noise. The show has versions of Capella and also accompanied by a band.
“The studio and the stage are the artist’s natural habitats. But She spent much more time on stage than recording records. She recorded the records in three or five days, in a week or two. At shows, she was all year round – sometimes more than a year, as is the case [da turnê de] ‘Fake brilliant’, ”recalled the businessman.
HAS CNN– And not even in other shows. “It is magical to think that at the height of technology, what we need to do to feel the Elis present in a room, in a theater, in a place like Unimed, is close“He added.
The report tried to contact the team of Maria Rita47, Elis Regina’s youngest daughter, to try to understand why she will not attend the event, but had no return until this publication. In an interview with Istoé magazine, João Bôscoli claimed to be for the sake of agenda. The space is still open and will be updated when it has an answer.
80 years of Elis Regina, the singer who enchanted Brazil
