Rodriguez’s performance at this capital’s Movistar Arena Theater, with a capacity of 17,000 people, lasted more than two hours last night.

“I came here for the first time in October 1972, 53 years ago,” said the Cuban singer-songwriter, who received a standing ovation when he began singing “Santiago de Chile,” which he wrote upon hearing the news of the 1973 coup d’etat against the government of former President Salvador Allende.

Although Rodriguez dedicated almost the entire first half of the performance to his latest album, “Queria saber,” the classical pieces marked the concert.

The audience sang along with the trova singer some of his most iconic songs, such as “El Necio,” “Venga La Esperanza,” “Ojala,” and “La Era Esta Pariendo Un Corazon,” to mention only some.

Silvio also performed “Yolanda” by Pablo Milanes, “Creeme” by Vicente Feliu, and “Te perdono” by Noel Nicola, to remember prominent trova musicians of his generation.

A special moment was his performance of “Te recuerdo Amanda,” one of the emblematic pieces by Chilean singer-songwriter Victor Jara, who was assassinated by the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship.

With his performance in Chile, Silvio Rodriguez continues a tour that began at the stairs of the University of Havana and will later continue through Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, and Colombia.

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