About This Song
About "María de Buenos Aires, Pt. 1: Yo Soy María" by Christian Kiefer
The opening aria of Piazzolla's tango-opera arrives as a defiant, smoky declaration. Kiefer's arrangement lets the bandoneon and voice coil like cigarette smoke in a dim Buenos Aires café. Swagger and sorrow collide, a woman claiming her own myth before the night swallows her.