Ainadamar or Fountain of Tears (Golijov) Bloomington 2023
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Ainadamar or Fountain of Tears
- Composer: Osvaldo Golijov
- Libretto: David Henry Hwang Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Musical Arts Center, Indiana University, Bloomington, Jacobs School of Music
- Recorded: February 3 & 4, 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Erin Koolman, Maya Davis José, Noah Lauer, Theo Harrah, Bennett Spotts, Shan Ding, Kathiana Dargenson, Olivia Prendergast, Ginaia Black, Jessica Gu, Conner McWhirter, Gavin Hughes, Martín Ramírez Jr.
- Conductor: David Neely
- Orchestra:
- Chorus Master: Walter Huff
- Choreographer: Rosa Mercedes
- Stage Director: Jeffrey Buchman
- Stage Designer: Gronk
- Costume Designer: Camille Deering
- Lighting Designer: Mike Schwandt
Information about the Recording
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
- This Recording is NOT AVAILABLE from a proper commercial or public source
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Quote from Wikipedia:
Ainadamar (Arabic for ‘Fountain of Tears’) is the first opera by Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov. The libretto was written by American playwright David Henry Hwang and translated from English into Spanish by the composer It premiered in Tanglewood on 10 August 2003 and, after major revisions, the new version was given its premiere at the Santa Fe Opera on 30 July 2005.
The opera tells the story of playwright Federico García Lorca and his muse, Catalan actress Margarita Xirgu. A unique aspect of this opera is that the part of male Lorca is a breeches role performed by a woman. Subtitled “an Opera in Three Images,” Ainadamar is told in reverse in a series of flashbacks, and involves Lorca’s opposition to the Falange, accusations of homosexuality, and his subsequent murder.
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