Arduious in the brilliant, fluid movements of their fingers that seemed to dance across the body and neck of their guitars during their fiery duet, Rodrigo and Gabriela were the epitome of Passione Latina and Grace in their explosive, sold-out performance Tuesday night at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Burning much of their improvised setlist like a fuse doused in gasoline, the Mexico City duo and flamenco instrumental heroes ignited a wild celebration among a crowd that swooned and danced to songs from their vast discography. They captured the elegant plucks and rhythms of their crowd favorite, "Tamacun," from their self-titled first album Rodrigo y Gabriela, dazzling with the intricate riffs and folk sound they honed in their early years in Ireland. Their cover of Metallica's "Orion" illuminated how their Latin past was infected by rock and roll. "It's not very common to play in places like this with people sitting down," Rodrigo Sanchez mentioned immediately after the short intermission. "You're so damn civilized." It was then that Gabriela Quintero's flamenco-derived percussive technique captured the allure of Rodrigo Sanchez's stylized hits and strums, and the duo descended into an hour-long inferno that featured hits from their three most recent albums, 11:11 , Area 52 and 9 Dead Alive. "Santo Domingo" highlighted Quintero's striking and frenetic playing, as he tapped and touched his guitar strings almost simultaneously, creating a clean, indiscernible rhythm between the two. Then there was "Torito", with its interscalar solos and riffs, which Quintero described as a "tribute to nature and animals", and had some of his most inventive tunes... half paper... acoustic jam who had the crowd swaying to his uplifting beats and lighthearted lyrics. He then promised to play some "East Coast and West Coast hip-hop," a promise he kept near the end of his set by covering a song by both A$AP Rocky and Kendrick Lamar. His cover of the latter's hit "Money Trees" had the crowd singing along to the lightning rhythm of Heckendorf's tongue, accompanied by the extraordinary dance of his fingers on the guitar. It is noteworthy to mention that the whole evening went off without a hitch, Heckendorf took the stage at 8pm. on the dot and not even ten minutes after he left, the lights went down at 8.57pm for Rodrigo y Gabriela. The entire composition of the evening, from the venue to the artists, was impeccable in its execution to best welcome the audience and create an atmosphere and a night that would be at least unforgettable.