{"id":249726,"date":"2025-07-09T03:42:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T03:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/249726\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T03:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T03:42:08","slug":"first-listen-rachel-zegler-sings-dont-cry-for-me-argentina-from-evita-at-the-london-palladium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/249726\/","title":{"rendered":"First-listen: Rachel Zegler sings Dont\u2019 Cry For Me Argentina from EVITA at the London Palladium"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first single is dropping from Jamie Lloyd\u2019s blockbuster reimagining of Evita<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 now playing at the London Palladium.<\/p>\n

Star of the show Rachel Zegler<\/a>, who plays former Argentine First Lady Eva Per\u00f3n in the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical, features on the first single to be released from the production, singing Act Two opening anthem \u2018Don\u2019t Cry For Me Argentina\u2019.<\/p>\n

Alongside a studio version of the classic song, the digital version will also feature Rachel Zegler singing the song live from the balcony outside of the London Palladium \u2013 where she performs the song every night to crowds outside the theatre<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Don\u2019t Cry For Me Argentina\u2019 single will be released on streaming, including Spotify, Amazon and Apple Music, this Friday 11 July 2025. You can pre-save the song here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The single was first released last week as an exclusive blue 7\u2033 vinyl, which is now available for purchase<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s still no news of a date for the release of the full casting recording of Evita.<\/p>\n

First-listen: Don\u2019t Cry For Me Argentina<\/p>\n

Evita<\/a><\/strong> opened at the London Palladium<\/a> last week, with near\u2011unanimous five\u2011star reviews from London critics. <\/a><\/p>\n

Directed and reimagined by Jamie Lloyd<\/strong> (Sunset Boulevard<\/a>,\u00a0A Doll\u2019s House), Evita stars Golden Globe winner Rachel Zegler<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> (West Side Story, Snow White) as Eva Per\u00f3n, and Diego Andres Rodriguez<\/a><\/strong> (Sunset Boulevard) as Che.<\/p>\n

The cast also includes James Olivas<\/a><\/strong> (American Idiot) as Juan Per\u00f3n, Aaron Lee Lambert<\/a><\/strong> (Hamilton<\/a>) as Agust\u00edn Magaldi and Bella Brown<\/a><\/strong> (Hadestown<\/a>) as The Mistress \/ Alternate Eva.<\/p>\n

See more photos and videos of Evita at the London Palladium ><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ensemble of Evita includes Carl Au, Gabriela Benedetti, Shakara Brown, Damian Buhagiar, Kyeirah D\u2019Marni, Sally Frith, DeAngelo Jones, Lucas Koch, Natasha Leaver, Michael Lin, Diant\u00e9 Lodge, Louis Mackrodt, Mireia Mambo, Mia Mullarkey, Perry O\u2019Dea, Alysha Sontae, Monica Swayne, Jon Tsouras and Harrison Wilde, with Myla Carmen, Barney Hudson, Nathan Louis-Fernand, Kirsty Anne Shaw, Ricardo Spriggs and Regan Bailey Walker as Swings. Auora Breslin, Lois Haidar, Siena Merilind-Wu and Ffion Rosalie Williams share the role of The Child.<\/p>\n

Joining Jamie Lloyd in the creative team are: Choreography by Fabian Aloise, Set and Costume Design by Soutra Gilmour, Music Supervision and Musical Direction by Alan Williams, Lighting Design by Jon Clark, Sound Design by Adam Fisher, Casting by Will Burton CDG, US Casting by Jim Carnahan, Wigs, Hair and Make-up Design by Carole Hancock, Children\u2019s Casting\/Children\u2019s Administration by Harry Blumenau, Fight Direction by Kate Waters, Props Supervision by Lily Mollgaard, Intimacy Coordination by Ingrid Mackinnon, Associate Direction by Rupert Hands, Associate Choreography by Amy Thornton, Resident Direction by Cory Hippolyte, Resident Choreography by Paris Green, Associate Set Design by Rachel Wingate, Associate Sound Design by Kelsh B-D, Associate Lighting Design by Luc\u00eda S\u00e1nchez Rold\u00e1n, Costume Supervision by Rachel Woodhouse, Assistant Sound Design by Harry Barker, and Orchestral Management by Andy Barnwell and Rich Weedon for BW Musicians.<\/p>\n

Booking tickets to Evita<\/p>\n

EVITA is playing at the London Palladium until 6 September 2025.<\/p>\n

Book tickets to EVITA at the London Palladium in London.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Evita<\/p>\n

London Palladium,\u00a0London<\/p>\n

Book tickets<\/p>\n

<\/a> <\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcf7\u00a0Main photo: Evita at the London Palladium. Rachel Zegler. Photo by Marc Brenner<\/p>\n

Related News<\/p>\n

More ><\/p>\n

<\/a> Latest News<\/p>\n

More ><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first single is dropping from Jamie Lloyd\u2019s blockbuster reimagining of Evita \u2013 now playing at the London…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231701,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[80187,748,90982,393,80185,4884,80840,257,66333,80186,91371,16,15],"class_list":["post-249726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-andrew-lloyd-webber","tag-britain","tag-diego-andres-rodriguez","tag-england","tag-evita","tag-great-britain","tag-jamie-lloyd","tag-london","tag-london-palladium","tag-rachel-zegler","tag-tim-rice","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114821211806036620","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}