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Julio Iglesias has his friend Oscar de la Renta sing with him in the Dominican Republic
There are occasions when a performance surprises, and that is what happened today in Santo Domingo, where the Spanish singer Julio Iglesias succeeded in persuading his friend, the Dominican designer Oscar de la Renta, to come up on stage and sing with him.
The Spanish singer Julio Iglesias performs a concert in the Santo Domingo Sports Palace, during his world tour "Julio Iglesias in Concert," to celebrate his forty-year career. EFE
"You may not imagine it, but he is, from Finland to China, the most important ambassador of the Dominican Republic," declared the Spanish singer to an audience eager to find out to whom he was referring. With these words he introduced de la Renta, who tentatively sang, along with the friendly laughter of Iglesias because of the way he was singing, the song "To All the Girls I've Loved Before".
It was one of the most enjoyable moments for an audience pleasantly surprised by the Madrid star's performance, in which he also sang "Quijote" together with the local idol, Fernando Villalona, who was the opening act of the show. "I cannot leave the Dominican Republic without singing with Fernando. I think that Fernando and Juan Luis (he said in reference to Juan Luis Guerra) are two of the masters in the history of the music of their country".
And from this moment erupted the wild enthusiasm of the audience, who gave at least five standing ovations to thank the star of the evening with their applause for the gift of a performance, filled with allusions to the Caribbean country, in whose east coast, in Punta Cana, Iglesias resides during much of the year.
And it's that the singer demonstrated, two and a half years after his last performance in Altos de Chavon, as his popular song states, "la vida sigue igual," because, the same as in previous occasions, he had the audience of about eight thousand, who completely filled the Santo Domingo Sports Palace, eating out of his hand. This is the first of the two Dominican performances on his tour, which will be completed in this country with another performance next Saturday in the Cibao Arena complex, in Santiago (north).
"It's a day of nervousness. Always when I am at home I have this slight anxiety. Thank you for so many years, for so much affection," he said at one moment, and added later that the Dominican Republic "is a country of love".
Dressed in his usual dark suit, vest and tie, the singer of "Me olvidé de vivir" said also that his father instilled in him a love for this West Indian country, telling him that "in the Dominican Republic love has no age." "I fell in love with your country; these are not just words, but also actions," revealed the singer, who affirmed that, although he was born in Spain, of an Andalusian mother and a Galician father, he feels Dominican.
It was a little more than two hours in which, accompanied by guitar, bass, saxophone, percussion, keyboard and drums, the artist performed some 35 songs.
Among all of them stood out "Hey," with which Julio Iglesias, in an emotional interpretation, received the strongest applause of the audience in a standing ovation.
Article From: www.julioiglesias.com
Source: EFE, cited by the website of Telecinco Spain
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