Artists reincarnate: Frida Khalo and Diego Rivera take center stage in SF’s newest opera. “El último sueño de Frida y Diego” will be San Francisco Opera’s first Spanish language show.
The artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera — perhaps the most celebrated luminaries of Mexican culture in the United States — are set to be cast in a fresh, revelatory light June 13 when San Francisco Opera presents “El último sueño de Frida y Diego” , marking the first time the company has staged a Spanish-language opera in its 100-year history.
“And it was really important for Frida because it was the first time she left Mexico and left behind everything she loved, so she truly wanted to make a statement about who she was as a Mexican woman and as an artist. So she started painting professionally here, and also her image truly transformed here and became what we now know.”
Ballina designed the opera’s set to colorfully and dynamically portray the story of Mexico’s famous pair of married artists through a series of moving paintings — many self-portraits of them of different sizes will be recognizable — within a large frame that vividly depicts the world of the living, where an ailing Rivera wishes to see his recently deceased beloved again, and the world of the dead, where Frida rests.
San Francisco dancers show all to raise money for AIDS in upcoming show Volunteers prep for the annual Broadway Bares SF strip-show fundraiser “We decided we didn’t want to use projections or any high-tech special effects because this is a world about painting where physical materials matter, and so we use very simple, purely theatrical tricks,” Ballina said. “The set pieces fly in and out or move laterally, giving the illusion of the audience following the characters from one painting to another, going down from the world of the living into the underworld and moving around La Casa Azul.
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Amy Schumer mocks Hilaria Baldwin's Spanish heritage scandal: 'This chick is from Boston'Amy Schumer revisited Hilaria Baldwin's Spanish heritage scandal in Netflix stand-up show after the former Bostonian yoga instructor claimed to be from Spain.
Read more »
Spanish Star Alejandro Sanz Signs With Sony Music: ExclusiveThe beloved musical icon had been at Universal since 2011.
Read more »
Spanish rocket company PLD Space signs deal with France's ArianespaceSpanish startup PLD Space has signed a memorandum of understanding with France's Arianespace to develop joint services to launch small satellites into orbit, the Spanish company said on Wednesday.
Read more »
Not your abuela's telenovelas: How Spanish-language streamers are shaking up TVFor brands like Tplus and Vix, reimagining one of Spanish-language TV's most venerable formats is just one path to finding a younger, larger audience.
Read more »