FULL Las Misticas De Mexico Washington DC 2024 Shana Oshiro, Hunter Shaner, Elizabeth Mondragon
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Las Misticas De Mexico
- Composer: various
- Libretto: Anna Deeny Morales based on Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Gloria Anzaldúa, Toña La Negra, Maria Grever, Chavela Vargas Teresa Lara, Frida Kahlo Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, DC
- Recorded: March 15 &16, 2024
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Shana Oshiro, Hunter Shaner, Elizabeth Mondragon, Maribeth Diggle, Elise Jenkins, Anarmer Castrello, Peter Joshua Burroughs
- Conductor: Tina Chancey
- Orchestra: Instrumental ensemble
- Chorus: Children's Chorus of Washington
- Stage Director: Maribeth Diggle, Timothy Nelson
- Costume Designer:
- Lighting Designer: Luis García
Information about the Recording
- Published by: INSeries
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: Vimeo FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
“Las Místicas de Mexico” brings together music, poetry, art, and creative expression of over four centuries of mystical Mexican female artists. The iconic poet nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, songstresses María Grever, Toña la Negra, and Chavela Vargas, and images by the great Frida Kahlo are joined with contemporary voices of Mexican women creatives continuing the legacy of making visionary art. These artists adorn an anonymous 11th-century chant drama in a new English translation by Anna Deeny Morales, who leads a team of non-Mexican female artists finding inspiration in Mexican mystical art. The production is a collaboration with the Mexican Cultural Institute to celebrate 100 years of bilateral relationships between our two countries. Audiences will experience this immersive art installation with transporting projections by Abigail Hoke-Brady and a new work imagined by one of DC’s most acclaimed artists, Marta Pérez García. Tina Chancey (Desdemona), of the Hesperus Ensemble, leads the music for the mobile performance, featuring ten of IN Series most beloved vocalists, the Children’s Chorus of Washington, and traditional Mexican dance.
Quoted from LiveMusicProject
RUN OF SHOW
Oración Caribe by Toña la Negra
Cielito Lindo – as imagined by Marta Gomez
Como Póden Júrame by María Grever
Rosa da Rosas – from Cantigas de Santa Maria
Corrido Templado (from Óyeme con los ojos) by Allison Sniffin
La Llorona by Chavela Vargas
Danza a Tonantzin (from Óyeme con los ojos) by Allison Sniffin
Río Bravo by Gabriela Ortiz
Cantilena (from Óyeme con los ojos) by Allison Sniffin