El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego
Gabriela Lena Frank
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Date
- 18:00 / Cancelled 18:00 / Sold out Saturday, 18:00
Location
Grand Auditorium Calouste Gulbenkian FoundationPricing
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- New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
- Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor
- Deborah Colker Direction
Gabriela Lena Frank
El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego
Opera in two acts
18:00 / Act I
19:12 / Intermission of 35 min
19:47 / Act II
20:46 / End of opera
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The excessive love of painter couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera is the narrative centre of composer Gabriela Lena Frank’s first opera. With an original libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz, El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego follows an inversion of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, with Frida leaving the world of the dead for a final farewell to Diego. The score, directed by conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, was praised by the New Yorker magazine for its “confidence and rich imagination”, while Deborah Colker’s staging and choreography emphasise the atmosphere of magical realism.
Credits
Libretto
Nilo Cruz
Set designer
Jon Bausor
Costume designers
Jon Bausor e Wilberth Gonzalez
Lighting designer
Adam Silverman
Choreographer
Deborah Colker
Cast – In order of vocal appearance:
Paul Corona – Bass (Villager)
Angel Raii Gomez – Tenor (Villager / Young man)
Scott Conner – Bass (Villager)
Carlos Álvarez – Baritone (Diego)
Gabriella Reyes – Soprano (Catrina)
Isabel Leonard – Mezzo-Soprano (Frida)
Nils Wanderer – Countertenor (Leonardo)
Lianne Coble-Dispensa – Soprano (Guadalupe Ponti)
Kresley Figueroa – Soprano (Frida Image)
Mary Beth Nelson Zaros – Mezzo-Soprano (Frida Image)
Cecelia Mckinley – Alto (Frida Image)
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