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“Frida,” the opera by Robert Xavier Rodriguez, will be staged in El Paso, Texas, US on Aug. 27th
18 August 2022
The opera will be staged by El Paso Opera on August 27th, starring Catalina Cuervo as Frida Kahlo and Riccardo Herrera as Diego Rivera. Cuervo and Herrera have performed the roles in numerous other cities over the last several years.
El Paso Opera artistic director Justin Lucero gives it his own interpretation. “He has it being on her deathbed and going through the memories of her life,” she said, which makes El Paso’s production unique – though the interpretation. “He has it being on her deathbed and going through the memories of her life,” she said, which makes El Paso’s production unique – though the music and story are the same.
(from krwg.org)
At this link you can listen the interview to El Paso Opera Executive Director Arianne Marcee, explaining their project.
El Paso Opera’s original plans for the opera were put on hold during the pandemic, so the production has been two years in the making.
