Adriana Varela, born Beatriz Adriana Lichinchi on May 9, 1952, in Avellaneda,
Buenos Aires, Argentina, is an Argentine tango singer and actress. She began her
professional career in the early 1990s performing at Café Homero in Buenos
Aires, where tango singer Roberto Goyeneche became her mentor. Her debut album
Tangos (1991) was followed by Maquillaje (1993), Corazones perversos (1994),
Tango en vivo (1997), Cuando el río suena (1999), and Más tango (2000). In 1999
Quincy Jones invited her to represent Argentina at the Concerts of the Americas
in Miami under the musical direction...