The Metro: World renowned Mariachi Vargas to perform at Detroit Opera House
The Detroit Opera House is hosting Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan on May 9. Journalist Martina Guzman and Detroit Opera’s Community and Audience Engagement Director Arthur White join The Metro to discuss the highly renowned mariachi band and the genre as a whole.
Mariachi Vargas will be performing at the Detroit Opera House this weekend.
This weekend Detroit will experience a legendary performance. The Detroit Opera house is hosting Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan on Saturday, May 9.
The ensemble has been performing for over a century and is considered to be the world’s best mariachi bands.
The style of music grew in popularity after the Mexican Revolution and has remained a representation of unity for the country and its people ever since.
Martina Guzman, a journalist and the founder and program director of VERDAD, and Arthur White, the director of community and audience engagement at the Opera House, join the show to discuss Mariachi Vargas and the broader genre’s relevance today.
Additional event details can be found here.
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