In Opera Australia’s production, Eva Perón wins over a nation with a Christian Dior dress and steely determination, and a killer ballad steals the show
When Eva Perón finally transcends her peasant roots to become the first lady of Argentina, she is aware that her dizzying ascent is as much about appearance – a careful cultivation of stardom – as substance. “Christian Dior me!” she cries hungrily, as aides dress her on the Sydney Opera House stage. “From my head to my toes!”
At the very end of Evita, after she has passed away from cancer at the age of 33, that same tune is used again. This time, however, men in suits gather somberly around her deathbed. They sing not of jewels and dresses, shoes and bags, but eyes, ears and hair. Evita – the sweetheart of the nation, the saint of the South America – is to be embalmed: frozen forever as a young woman. A mummified mannequin.
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