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El opio

Music by Francisco Canaro. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1931–1967.
1931: 1 · danced 6 times1940: 1 · danced 2 times1951: 1 · danced 0 times1952: 1 · danced 0 times1962: 1 · danced 0 times1967: 1 · danced 0 times
1931’40’50’601967
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1931: 1, 6; 1940: 1, 2; 1951: 1, 0; 1952: 1, 0; 1962: 1, 0; 1967: 1, 0

  1. Carlos Di Sarli recorded it in 1940 and 1951. One other orchestra recorded it more than once.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

El opio was composed by Francisco Canaro.†

Credit

Music
Francisco Canaro

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 more we know of

1930’40’50’60

Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.

  1. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Nov 14
    Not danced on film yet
    1967
  2. Carlos Di SarliInstrumental · RCA Victor · Apr 17
    2 dances
    1940
  3. Carlos Di SarliInstrumental · Music Hall · May 9
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  4. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMost dancedInstrumental · Odeon · Oct 23
    6 dances
    1931
  5. Francisco CanaroInstrumental · Odeon · May 29
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  6. Florindo SassoneInstrumental · Odeon · Sep 21
    Not danced on film yet
    1962
  7. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogue
  8. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1931–1967 · danced on film 2007–2015

20072015
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2009: 1, 2010: 1, 2011: 1, 2015: 1

Diego Amorín & Cecilia Capello2010 · 2:42

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sDominic Bridge & Veronica Toumanova2009
  2. The 2010sDiego Amorín & Cecilia Capello2010

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. La CatedralAlmagro
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370021945

Single source

TodoTango · tema/5559

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Francisco Canaro

Single source

Listen

  1. El opioFrancisco Canaro1931
  2. El opioCarlos Di Sarli1940
  3. El opioCarlos Di Sarli1951
  4. El opioFrancisco Canaro1952
  5. El opioFlorindo Sassone · no clip yet1962
  6. El opioJuan D'Arienzo1967

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