Tonight, for the first time in fifty years, a full concert of O Amante de Júlia ’s works will be performed at Theatro Municipal in São Paulo. The 42 songs will be played by a chamber orchestra. The seat in the front row, Row G, Seat 7, has been left empty.
The final entry, dated March 12, 1971, is not a song. It is a letter. o amante de julia
Then, the tone shifts. Songs from late 1970 become fragmented. Words are crossed out. Pages are stained—Dr. Lins believes with wine, or perhaps something else. A song titled "A Visita" describes the lover watching from a parked car as O Doutor hits Júlia in the foyer of her own home. Another, "O Silêncio do Telefone," is a litany of unanswered calls over eight pages. Tonight, for the first time in fifty years,
On the seat, the producers have placed a single dried rose. The final entry, dated March 12, 1971, is not a song
“I paid two cruzeiros for it,” Otávio, now 78, recalls in his small apartment surrounded by vinyl. “The record was warped. I almost threw it away. But when I put the needle down… meu Deus. It was like hearing someone sing from the bottom of a well.”