Harry Potter flies at the Teatro Colón

Another beautiful experience that combines film and music is taking place these days at the Teatro Colón.

After the functions of

takes place in concert

, in which the screening of the original film by Chris Columbus is joined by the Orchestra Stable from the Teatro Colón playing live music composed by

.

Benjamin Pope, the director of the Orchestra on this occasion, in an improvised Spanish and helped by cards presented the concert and joked a lot.

"Cheer, clap, boo, make a lot of noise," he encouraged the crowd that packed the Colón.

“Is there anyone from Gryffindor in the room?” Pope asked, mentioning one of Hogwarts' four wizarding houses, and to which the Sorting Hat sent Potter.

“Hufflepuff?

Ravenclaw?

And, already with a sinister voice, "Slytherin", which aroused the most deafening response in the room.

Harry Potter on the screen, and the Stable Orchestra, on stage.

Photos Gian Franco Resera

Benjamin Pope, in addition to having directed international orchestras such as the Royal London Philharmonic, the Scottish National, the Berlin State and the Munich Symphony, has experience in concert film projections.

In addition to

, he's done

,

and the original

trilogy .

So he knows how to handle the public's anxieties and engage them.

Benjamin Pope, a conductor who is an expert in concert film projections.

The reactions of the spectators did not wait.

As if it were a play, in which when an actor appears on stage for the first time, he is recognized, applause erupted with the first image of

(Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and, above all, Emma Watson (Hermione Granger).

Later, it was difficult to know or measure if the applause at the end of a scene was due to what was seen on the 12-meter screen, or was directed to recognize the Orchestra.

The audience reacts, cheers, boos...

It is true that the soundtrack written by John Williams is full of great moments, in addition to the leitmotifs, which accompany and could be said to improve situations in the film, the first in the saga and in which Potter discovers who he is, who they were. his parents and arrives for the first time at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

When he boards the train with a smoking locomotive, the 5972 Hogwarts Express, on platform 9 ¾, and travels by boat with the beginning students to the College, the Quidditch match... Each one will choose their moment, their scene, and perhaps they will bristle the skin when remembering how he lived that very thing when he saw it for the first time in a cinema (or at home watching a DVD, or on cable or streaming).

Ovation.

There were several moments in which the room erupted in applause.

Because more than 21 years have passed since the premiere of the film.

It was in 2016 that the company CineConcerts and Warner Bros. Consumer Products announced the Harry Potter Film Concert Series, the world tour of concerts to celebrate the Harry Potter films.

The first

was held that year, and since then it is estimated that more than 3 million have attended one.

And the world tour is scheduled to include more than 2,973 performances in more than 48 countries around the world until the year 2025.

all sold out

Go the clarification that the tickets are completely sold out for the functions that remain, this Saturday at 10.30 and 20 hours.

And that the prices oscillated between $8,650 - the cheapest in the night show - to $29,500, in the morning, with shipping included.

It was due to the success of the nocturnal shows, last night and today, that this morning was added.

And the tickets flew like the characters in the movie on their magical broomsticks, playing Quidditch.

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