Frida (opera)

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Frida (1991, rev. 1993) is an opera based on the life of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo with music by Robert Xavier Rodriguez, book by Hilary Blecher, lyrics and monologues by Migdalia Cruz, conceived by Hilary Blecher. It was commissioned by the American Music Theater Festival (now Prince Theater) and premiered in Philadelphia in 1991, starring Helen Schneider as Frida. It has subsequently been produced at American Repertory Theater (Boston), the Brooklyn Academy of Music, City Summer Opera (San Francisco), the Houston Grand Opera, the Vienna Schauspielhaus and in Recklinghausen and Nordhausen (Germany). In 2007, the opera was produced at the Festival de Mayo in Guadalajara in a Spanish translation by Josefina Garcia.

[edit] Recordings

• Musical Theater Works Concert Suite from Frida – Angelina Réaux, Soprano; Voices of Change; Robert Xavier Rodríguez, Conductor CRI, CD824

[edit] References

• Listing on G. Schirmer website [1]
• Additional information on composer's website [2]
• New York Times Article [3]