Metropolitan Opera · 2024–25 season

Ainadamar

Osvaldo Golijov

Saturday, November 2, 2024

The story

Poet Federico Garcia Lorca's life was a fountain of tears.

The hero's fate

Firing squad.

The cast

Margarita XirguSoprano Angel Blue^*
Federico García LorcaMezzo-soprano Daniela Mack^*
NuriaSoprano Elena Villalón^*
Ramón Ruiz AlonsoFlamenco singer Alfredo Tejada^*

* Cast for the run; a cover may have sung this night.

Notes

Date confirmed by Matt (calendar also had a stray 2024-11-09 entry).

The production

Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya
Director: Deborah Colker
Production: 2024
Length: 1 h 20 min

The opera

Premiere: 2005
Libretto: David Henry Hwang
Language: Spanish

Ainadamar (from the Arabic عين الدمع 'Fountain of Tears') is an "opera in three images" by Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov to a libretto by American playwright David Henry Hwang translated from English into Spanish by Golijov. In a series of flashbacks, it tells the story of the famous Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca and his muse, the actress Margarita Xirgu, their opposition to the Falange, accusations of homosexuality against the playwright, and events leading to his execution by the Falange. Lorca is a breeches role sung by a mezzo-soprano. The opera was first performed at Tanglewood on 10 August 2003, substantially revised for a performance in Los Angeles on 29 February 2004 and adjusted further for its premiere at Santa Fe Opera on 30 July 2005, after which it was recorded.

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