Soraya Ravenle sings songs from the repertoire of Dalva de Oliveira (1917 – 1972) in the show 'Minha Estrela Dalva', written by Renato Borghi João Caldas / Disclosure ? THEATER MUSICAL REVIEW Title: Minha Estrela Dalva Dramaturgy: Renato Borghi Director: Elias Andreato and Elcio Nogueira Seixas Cast: Soraya Ravenle, Renato Borghi, Ivan Vellame and Elcio Nogueira Seixas Rating: ? ? ? ? ? Sharp blade that tore souls and hearts with melodramatic singing that echoed throughout Brazil throughout the 1940s and 1950s, through records of sambas-canção, boleros and passionate tangos, the clear and anguished voice of Vicentina Paula de Oliveira (May 5, 1917 – August 30, 1972) – singer from São Paulo immortalized with the stage name Dalva de Oliveira – was already translated onto the stage, in 1987, by the singing of actress Marília Pêra (1943 – 2015), protagonist of the show “A Estrela Dalva”, written by actor and playwright Renato Borghi. In this theatrical musical, a young actress debuting in the spotlight, Soraya Ravenle, was part of the chorus. Cut to 2026! Almost four decades after that shy debut, already renowned as one of the best actresses in theater musicals, Soraya at 63 years of age experiences the supreme miracle of convincing as Dalva de Oliveira in the dramaturgical delirium of “Minha Estrela Dalva”, another show written by Borghi about the performer of the ranch march “Bandeira Branca” (Max Nunes and Laércio Alves, 1970), the last success of her career that reached a peak of popularity in the 1950s. In the 32nd musical of her theatrical career, Soraya Ravenle – an actress projected in 1999 as the star of the show over the singer and composer Dolores Duran (1930 – 1959) – achieves a personal triumph by evoking Dalva's brilliance both in her sharp and sometimes cutting singing and in the haughty posture of an artist who carried scars on her face (due to a car accident) and above all on her soul, but without ever lowering her head. After a successful season in São Paulo (SP), the musical “Minha Estrela Dalva” arrived in the city of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), where it will run at Teatro Claro Mais until September 27th, from Thursday to Sunday. Soraya Ravenle stars alongside actor and playwright Renato Borghi in the musical starring singer Dalva de Oliveira (1917 – 1972) João Caldas / Divulgação Without following the path of mimicry, a dangerous route given the unparalleled strength of Dalva's singing, Soraya succeeds in seeking the state of mind and singing of an artist exposed and vilified in the public square when, in a bold decision for a woman from the 1940s, she decided to break the partnership in the life and music he maintained with the composer Herivelto Martins (1912 – 1992), with whom Dalva was part of the Trio de Ouro in a formation completed by Nilo Chagas (1917 – 1973). In music, Dalva achieved resounding success in his solo career in 1950, the year in which the star scored five consecutive hits – “Ave Maria” (Jayme Redondo and Vicente Paiva), the samba “Olhos verde” (Vicente Paiva) and the samba-songs “Errei, sim” (Ataulfo ??Alves), “Que ser?” (Marino Pinto and Mário Rossi) and “Tudo finished” (Osvaldo Martins and J. Piedade) – sung by Soraya Ravenle on stage, under conventional musical direction by William Guedes, with astonishing naturalness and paradoxically already expected by those who saw the actress transform into Isaura Garcia (1923 – 1993), another star of the radio era, in a musical staged in 2018. Soraya shines sovereignly in the scene of “Minha Estrela Dalva”, but the shine is collective and it is fair to highlight Ivan Vellame's ability as a singer and interpreter of the two most beloved loves important works by Dalva, Herivelto Martins and Manuel Nuno Carpinteiro (1945 – 1994), presented in the text as “Bruno”. With Vellame as Herivelto, Soraya shares a medley with songs from the marital dispute between Dalva and Herivelto, experienced in the media ring. With Vellame as “Bruno”, the actress stars in a seductive musical number with tangos from Dalva's repertoire. Soraya Ravenle is Dalva de Oliveira (1917 – 1972) in the musical in which Ivan Vellame stands out as Herivelto Martins (1912 – 1992) João Caldas / Disclosure And, in addition to Dalva as Soraya, the author himself, Renato Borghi, played by Borghi himself in the present time, and in his youth by Elcio Nogueira Seixas, co-director of the show, hovers in the scene as an entity of Brazilian theater. orchestrated under the direction of Elias Andreato with metalanguage resources. As the title “Minha Estrela Dalva” already indicates, the musical exposes Dalva’s vision through the personal and delusional perception of Borghi, an ardent follower in the star’s footsteps since the singer’s golden days in the Rádio Nacional auditorium. In Borghi's rapture, Dalva is the most complete translation of the musical universe of the German composer Bertolt Brecht (1898 – 1956), populated by disadvantaged people placed on the margins of society, like the protagonist of the song “Jenny dos pirates” (Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, 1928), sung by Soraya when the delirium of Borghi's imagination materializes on the scene. If it weren't for her luminous voice that ranged from contract to soprano with exceptional range, Dalva de Oliveira would have been pushed aside by the moralistic society of the singer's time. In the musical, visited in the dressing room by Borghi, the star is already experiencing a twilight phase, with her shine tarnished by everyday cognac and by an ageist market that already saw her as an outdated singer. However, in the illusory back and forth of the scene, the star shines in the golden times of songs like “Ave Maria no morro” (Herivelto Martins, 1942) – one of the most breathtaking numbers in the musical script – and transcends in the finale of the show with the singing of “Hino ao amor” (Edith Piaf and Marguerite Monnot, 1950, in a Portuguese version by Odair Mazano, 1959). There, in that moving conclusion, Soraya Ravenle already experienced the supreme miracle of transcending herself on stage as an interpreter translating the body, soul and song of Vicentina Paula de Oliveira. Soraya Ravenle gets it right by deviating from the path of mimicry when playing Dalva de Oliveira (1917 – 1972) in the musi