Camarón de la Isla — Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, 1987

Live concert filmed in 1987 at the Cirque d’Hiver in Paris, this document captures Camarón de la Isla (1950-1992), the greatest flamenco voice of the 20th century, at the height of his art. The Gypsy cantaor from San Fernando runs through the great flamenco palos — alegrías, bulerías, tangos — with the searing power and rhythmic freedom that revolutionised the genre. Alongside guitarist Paco de Lucía and later Tomatito, Camarón brought flamenco into modernity; this Parisian capture offers precious testimony, taken abroad before a won-over audience. The staging’s restraint places the entire focus on the cante: the unique grain of the voice, the tension of duende, the dramatic intensity of every phrase. For the flamenco enthusiast, this full concert is an essential archive, immortalising an artist of immense influence who died prematurely and became a legend. A rare, remastered live concert that restores the raw emotion of an evening on which flamenco reached, on the Parisian stage, an overwhelming truth.