Einstein, Princess Diana, Mick Jagger: in addition to Madonna, remember other famous guests at Copacabana Palace | Madonna in Rio

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An iconic building at Avenida Atlântica 1,702, the Copacabana Palace turned 100 years old in 2023 with a history marked by the constant coming and going of celebrities. Many of them registered in Golden Bookwhich has collected signatures from distinguished guests since 1923.

The queen of pop, for example, is in the same room she used in 2008, when she was in Rio for a show on the “Sticky and Sweet Tour”. The suite has also hosted great personalities such as Mick Jagger, Paul MCartney, Elton John, Gisele Bunchen and Princess Diana.

The first celebrity to set foot in the Palace’s sumptuous halls was the French singer, actress and star Mistinguett, stage name of Jeanne Bourgeois. She was at the inauguration, on August 13, 1923, and was supposed to perform. There was no performance, but Mistinguett caused a stir all the same.

The physical Albert Einstein was one of the first to sign the Golden Book, during his stay in 1925. Another prodigious mind featured in the book was Santos Dumont.

The columnist Ibrahim Suedwho had a column in the newspaper O Globo from 1954 until his death in 1995, frequented that address so much for work and leisure that he was honored with a statue on the door in 2003.

The 1933 film “Flying to Rio” introduced Copacabana Palace to the world. The hotel was the setting for the story where American musician Roger (Gene Raymond) comes to Brazil to win over a rich Brazilian woman, Belinha de Rezende (Dolores del Rio).

Among the best-known sequences is the dancing of ballerinas on the wings of an airplane, with the Copacabana Palace in the background.

After the 1933 film, many stars occupied the suites at the Copa. Among the big-screen muses who were photographed there are: Ava Gardner, Marlene Dietrich, Jayne Mansfield, Rita Hayworth, Brigitte Bardot and Gisele Bündchen.

In the name of the good neighbor policy with the United States, Orson Welles He was at the Copa in the 1940s. Walt Disney also. It would have been at the hotel, in fact, that he made the first sketch of what, some time later, would become the character Zé Carioca.

Charles and Diana visited Brazil in 1991; princess swam at Copacabana Palace

Copacabana Palace also hosted kings, queens, princes and princesses.

The English royal family was among those who were most present. In March 1931, the then Prince of Wales and later crowned Edward VIII and his brother, who would ascend to the throne as George V, checked in at 1702 Atlantic Avenue.

The Copa, in fact, was responsible for the menu for the two’s first lunch in Rio de Janeiro, at an official event, at Palácio Guanabara.

George V’s daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, also stayed at the hotel, on her only official trip to Brazil, in 1968.

Ten years later, it was the turn of another former Prince of Wales, the current King Charles III, to stay at the Copacabana Palace. He stayed there the four times he was in the country.

The Copacabana Palace even witnessed all the marital statuses of the current English monarch: in 1978, he was single. In 1991, Charles was accompanied by his wife, Princess Diana — when she left aside the ceremony and greeted the people waiting for her at the hotel door with kisses. The images in which she swims in the hotel pool marked the visit and went around the world (see video above).

The Golden Room, the hotel’s concert hall, received, at its inauguration, Maurice Chevalier. Over time, names like Carmen Miranda, Nat King Cole It is Josephine Baker appeared at the scene.

And, just as tourists or because of shows in Rio de Janeiro, the singer was at the Copacabana Palace Janis Joplin It is Mick Jagger in the 1960s. He and his Rolling Stones colleagues even stayed at the hotel several times.

In 2013, it was the turn of fans of Justin bieber camp on the hotel sidewalk. The singer, who performed at Praça da Apoteose, waved from the balcony.

Madonna’s performance in Rio will be the end of her world tour and the biggest show of the artist’s career. North American DJ Diplo was announced as a special guest.

This is the 4th time that Madonna has performed in Brazil. The last one was 12 years ago. She has already presented the country with ‘The Girlie Show’ tour in 1993, the ‘Sticky and Sweet Tour’ in 2008 and ‘MDNA’ in 2012.

This time, the performance on the sands of Copacabana will be the singer’s only one in all of South America, and Brazilian fans will be able to see up close – whether on the sands of the beach or in the comfort of home – the pop diva perform the biggest hits of her time. extensive career.

Madonna has a bill with a structure worthy of a queen:

• 200 team members will occupy 90 rooms from the hotel where Madonna will be staying;
• 270 tons of equipment arrive in 3 cargo planes;
• 3 trucks take part of the equipment to the hotelwhere 3 gyms will be set up;
• 27 trucks will go straight to the stage mounted on Copacabana Beach;
• O stage has 24 meters in front and 821 square meters of areatwice the size of those assembled so far on the tour;
• in addition to the main structure, the singer will circulate around three walkways and 1 elevator;
• for the show, there will be 45 wardrobe trunksInside them, for example, there are 40 boxing gloves for one of the choreographies.