The New York Times – Music:
The performers of a Met Opera production about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera have been promoting the show in decidedly unoperatic places, including a cemetery.
Category: El Ultimo Sueno de Frida y Diego (Opera)
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Frida Kahlo Photos: What Made the Painter a ‘Living Work of Art’
The New York Times – Music:
Plaster corsets and Tehuana skirts, men’s wear and spider monkeys: These are the things that made Frida Frida.
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Review: Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Reunited in Opera
The New York Times – Music:
“El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego,” Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz’s fantasy about two titans of Mexican art, arrives at the Metropolitan Opera.
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San Francisco Becomes an Opera Capital
The New York Times – Music:
Audiences could take in works by Strauss and Kaija Saariaho, as well as a new one by Gabriela Lena Frank about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.
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From the Underworld to Our World: An Opera About Frida and Diego
The New York Times – Music:
Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz’s work at San Diego Opera puts the story of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera in the context of the Day of the Dead.