Let us not look for further turns in the matter.
Romeo Santosat his first “sold out” concert this weekend at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium As soon as he sang the first verse of his song “Pañuelo” in San Juan, which was a “stick” in a duet with Spanish singer Rosalía, he simply joined the crowd of bachatero fans who saw him singing in every pocket of his pants .
Ancient Bithorn exploded on Saturday night. About 15,000 people gathered from the grandstands in general and the boxes to the special arena area opposite the stage where Santos performed his concert “Formula Volume 3” as part of his international tour that includes several countries in America and some cities in America. presented The United States.
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A huge screen, fireworks and a large room where the singer could move and conquer in a relaxed manner were part of the stage of the show.
Indeed, singing to a full house is nothing new for the nicknamed “King of Bachata”, whose first name is Anthony Santos and whose genes and DNA have prime Caribbean blood in his bloodline: his father is Dominican and his mother is Puerto Rican.
Bachata singer Romeo Santos offered an unforgettable concert to the delight of his fans in the Hiram Bithorn Stadium last Saturday evening. (David Villafañe Ramos) Santos began his presentation with his song “Pañuelo” to the cheers of those present. (David Villafañe Ramos) Over 15,000 people came to the Hiram Bithorn Stadium to hear the “King of Bachata” sing. (David Villafañe Ramos) But singing on crowded stages is nothing new for the artist, who has been filling stages with people who love his music since the 90s. (David Villafañe Ramos)Romeo sang about 32 songs in his performance, many of them combined in medley style. (David Villafañe Ramos) “Puerto Rico,” Romeo called aside before moving on to the second block of songs. “Thank you for being there. Carolina at home, Santurce, Río Piedras…” said Romeo, who also thanked his family for being at the concert. (David Villafañe Ramos) Today, Sunday, he will be performing again at the Hiram Bithorn and he already has two sold-out performances at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan on the weekend of May 27 and 28. (David Villafañe Ramos)Romeo Santos has sold more than 25 million records and there is no more famous Bachatero in the world than this Dominican -Puerto Rican man who was born and raised in the Bronx, New York.(David Villafane Ramos)
Since then he started singing with the bachata group adventure (1996) in New York, when the group had a very strong international influence with the song “Obsession” in 2002, Santos walks through stages that are crowded from tepe to tepe. For example, he experienced it with Aventura when Madison Square Garden in New York nearly exploded in September 2007. And he has experienced it repeatedly, this time as a solo performer, in the famous venue in the Big Apple and in different parts of the world.
In Puerto Rico at the same time, Santos sang Hiram Bithorn, already accompanied by the Aventura group, to a full house before embarking on a solo career in 2011.
Santos was like a fish in water on Saturday evening and the audience enjoyed his concert from the first minute.
During the concert, Santos sang 32 songs that he recorded over the course of his five record productions as a solo career. Several of the themes were combined into medleys.
Songs like “La Diabla”, “Eres mía”, “Mar”, “Cancioncitas de Amor” and “Odio” made it possible for the audience to enjoy, sing and dance to bachatero rhythms which were and are a hit with the voice of Romeo.
The bithorn’s sound and acoustics can sometimes betray the best singers, and sometimes the continuous phrasing of the bachata that Romeo plays became marred and incomprehensible, but that didn’t matter at the time. . The audience, fans of the singer, perfectly knows each of his lyrics and songs and did not stop singing. They had a lot of fun.
“Puerto Rico,” Romeo casually called out before moving on to the second block of songs. “Thanks for being there. Carolina at home, Santurce, Río Piedras…” said Romeo, who also thanked his family for being at the concert.
Themes like “Immortal”, “Ayúdame” and “Promise” followed in turn. Before performing the song “Bebo,” Romeo offered a toast. “I want to toast to bachata, to the bachateros. Long live Puerto Rico,” he said. “How hot it is in Puerto Rico,” he also shouted, feeling the effects of the humidity and heat that blanketed the stage and its surroundings.
As I said, Romeo is not Romeo. It’s more like his alter ego.
He started his career at Aventura as Anthony Santos, but he later explained that he changed his stage name to Romeo, which he says gave him more personal and emotional security at the time as he was a bit shy on stage. This Romeo tore him away from the tragic and melodramatic work of the English author William Shakespeare and his play Romeo and Juliet.
Last March in Chile, Romeo Santos managed to sing for more than 120,000 fans in nine performances as part of his artistic tour.
Today, Sunday, he will be performing again at the Hiram Bithorn and already has two sold-out performances at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan over the weekend of May 27th and 28th.
From the hand of Romeo, during his time with Aventura and in his career as a soloist, the bachata genre has evolved with new arrangements and fusions. Nothing compares to the birth of bachata in 1962 in the Dominican Republic by singer and composer José Manuel Calderón. Back in the 1960s, it was the famous Dominican conductor Rafael Solano who gave the genre the name bachata but gave it a derogatory approach that over time turned into a positive one through the will of the Dominican people. Bachata was not much appreciated nor appreciated by Dominican high society.
Romeo has also been very proactive, collaborating with great artists from the bolero, ballad, urban genres and of course bachata. By the way, the urban genre suits him wonderfully and the audience accepts it without hesitation. Usher, Tego Calderón, Juan Luis Guerra, Anthony Santos, Marc Anthony, Don Omar, Wisin y Yandel, Daddy Yankee, Bad Bunny, Julio Iglesias, Karol G, Rosalía and others have recorded with Romeo.
As a singer, Romeo does not own a super singing instrument. However, his “trick” with the voice has taken him on an international tour, and that is the case. He knows what he has, he takes care of it and he also knows how and where to use it. With good intonation and diction, Romeo’s voice has something azuquita about it, as if a nightingale is gracing his vocal cords, and he falls in love with that range, at times with plenty of sensuality.
And on Saturday night he proved it.
Some say that Romeo “suffered” from what they call puberty, which is nothing but what happens when a teenager’s voice doesn’t change before he’s hit puberty. And Romeo speaks with the same sweet and subtle intonation that sings the same way.
In fact, he sometimes sings a cappella between the songs of his concert and tour. He has sung various refrains and verses of his songs a cappella in interviews on several occasions, as some believe that his finely tuned and subtle voice is the product of a technological device. Romeo quickly lets him know that this is not the case.
Last night Romeo, accompanied by a band of ten musicians and two choir singers, played the medley with “Imitadora”, “Necio”, “Perro”, “Take me with you” and the well-known “Overdose”. . The songs “Siri”, “Volví”, “She wants to drink”, “Farsante”, “X if we return” (another style of music he recorded as a duet with Karol G), “Noche de Sexo” were also part of it the agenda.”, “Mother-in-law” and “Boomerang” (a cappella). In addition, the Puerto Rican ballad singer was a special guest of the music night Ednita Nazario.
Romeo Santos has sold more than 25 million records and there is no more famous Bachatero in the world than this Dominican-Puerto Rican who was born and raised in the Bronx, New York.
Last night’s concert was opened by DeejayMad, who from 9:30pm to 10:30pm got the crowd dancing and singing to old-school reggaeton and urban music.
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