José Ángel Trelles (born José Ángel Amato; 28 August 1944 – 10 December 2022) was an Argentine singer, composer, and stage actor.

Life and career

Born in

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, Trelles became first known in the 1970s thanks to his participation in the musical TV-show ''Siete y medio'' and later for winning the musical competition held in the TV-show ''Canciorena'', which got him a contract with the record label RCA. During his career he recorded about two dozen albums and collaborated as a singer and a composer with important artists such as Sandro de América,

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, Raúl Lavié. His most important collaboration was with Astor Piazzolla, with whom he toured nationally and abroad as a member of his ensemble Octeto Electrónico, even performing at the

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. As a stage actor, Trelles got his first success starring in the 1979 musical '' Aggiungi un posto a tavola''; he later played leading roles in numerous stage works, notably co-starring alongside Milva in a successful rendition of the Piazzolla-penned

operetta Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs, and dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, length of the work, and at face value, subject matter. Apart from its s ...

María de Buenos Aires ''María de Buenos Aires'' is a tango opera (''tango operita'') with music by Ástor PiazzollaSCP 2005. and libretto by Horacio Ferrer that premiered at the Sala Planeta in Buenos Aires on 8 May 1968. The first part of the surreal plot centers o ...

''. In 2018 he released a collection of short stories, ''El Bar de Los Milagros''. Trelles died on 10 December 2022, at the age of 78.

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