Omara Portuondo live in concert.
ON TOUR

Omara Portuondo

6
critic concert reviews
global

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

75
%
Based on 
6
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 6 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Omara Portuondo is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths. Omara Portuondo concert reviews describe live shows and performances as exhilarating and powerful.

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VIDA (12 May 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
global
Origin
La Habana, Cuba (10/29/1930)
Bio
Omara Portuondo (born in Havana, Cuba on 29 October 1930) is a Cuban singer whose career has spanned over half a century. Portuondo was born in October 1930 in Havana, one of three sisters; her mother came from a wealthy Spanish family, and had created a scandal by running off with and marrying a black professional baseball player.
Has Performed With
Diego El Cigala

Critic Concert Reviews

The Guardian (UK)

July 22, 2016
60
%
The Buena Vista Social Club star and Spanish flamenco singer deliver a powerful if patchy set, with RaUl Rodriguez and Mario Mas exhilarating in support

NME (UK)

September 12, 2005
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Osaka, Japan

musicOMH (UK)

March 12, 2002
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On a cold spring evening in the drab surrounds of London what could be better than some Latin passion? First on stage came support act Lila Downs a Mexican girl with her Mexican band.

NOW Magazine (Canada)

June 27, 2019
100
%
Toronto, Canada

Rhythm Passport (UK)

July 21, 2016
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The voices of Portuondo and El Cigala, as well as the mastery of the musicians that accompanied them, created a quintessential experience with a musical interpretation that described the indescribable and express the inexpressible.

ConcertNews.be (Belgium)

August 12, 2009
60
%
Openluchttheater Rivierenhof, Deurne, Belgium on August 12, 2009

Past critic reviews published in

GIGsoup (UK)

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