By Alfonso Rodríguez |
Miami (EFE) It has come from Latin America and Spain.
“I feel nostalgic, I don’t know what to say, because that last concert is not coming up yet, it’s not on the door,” said Guadalupe Contreras Ramos, artistically Lupita D’Alessio, 69, nicknamed the “Sleeping Lioness,” who points out that her retreat sees it still “in the distance”, but within a process towards which it is advancing.
Although precisely in the coming months she will say goodbye to the United States forever, she claims not to know when she will offer the last concert of her career, nor does she even consider it, an artist who achieved international fame by winning the OTI Festival held in Santiago de Chile with the theme “Como Tú”.
“I do not plan to die on stage, because I am not that kind of artist nor am I the type to cause pity,” said the singer, who for decades stood out for her interpretation of songs for soap operas in Mexico.
“I like to go on my feet, up, successful and healthy. I will be 70 years old next year and I think it is time to start thinking about retiring, since it is a wise decision,” said the singer of legendary titles such as “Movers”, “That man”, “Lies” and ” Not crazy”, among many others.
The Mexican visited Miami (Florida) this Friday to promote what will be the farewell to her public in the United States as part of the “Gracias tour”, with which she wishes to thank the public that has followed her for more than 50 years for the support she received. from this side of the border.
Lupita D’Alessio tour of the United States
The concerts of this tour began in Mexico in January and now spans the United States between September 22, in Paso Robles (California), and October 22, in Dallas, performances that will take them to ten cities, including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Antonio, Houston and Chicago.
“Latinos in the United States are the ones who have made Lupita D’Alessio,” said the singer born in Mexico City, after clarifying that the success of more than five decades is also owed to the public in other countries.
“Also to the people of Spain and other parts of the world, because music has no borders,” he said, after noting that in all these years he has managed to have the support of millions of people and sell “millions and millions of records ”.
“Mexico is my country and I love it deeply, but there is also Latin America and many people who want to see Lupita in the United States,” said the interpreter, who became known at the Festival in the early seventies of the last century. International Popular Song of his country.
Regarding what those who come to say goodbye to her on the American tour can expect, she said that she is going to sing her most important hits, but she qualifies that not all of them, because, if so, “it would never end”.
Five decades of work and difficulties
Lupita D’Alessio reflected on these more than five decades of experience to recognize that “not everything has been rosy” in her long career, since, as she said, “personally it has not been easy”, after qualifying that Despite this, she feels good and “very proud” of her work.
The singer pointed out that she does not know if there are artists who will take over in Mexico when she retires, but that what matters to her is “to remain in the hearts of the people.”
“The important thing is what you leave in people, that has been the work of my whole life, reaching that delicate fiber through songs and interpretation,” he said.
The singer will be accompanied on the US tour by her son Ernesto D’Alessio as a guest artist.
Mexican Lupita won the “Legend Award” in 2022 at the latest edition of the Latin American Music Awards.