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The Metropolitan Opera: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego

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On May 30, the Metropolitan Opera's 2025-26 Live in HD season comes to a close with a live transmission of American composer Gabriela Lena Frank's first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico's painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, with libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz. Fashioned as a reversal of the Orpheus and Euridice myth, the story depicts Frida, sung by leading mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead and reuniting with Diego, portrayed by baritone Carlos Álvarez. The famously feuding pair briefly relive their tumultuous love, embracing both the passion and the pain before bidding the land of the living a final farewell. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Met-premiere staging of Frank's opera, a "confident, richly imagined score" (The New Yorker) that "bursts with color and fresh individuality" (Los Angeles Times). The vibrant new production, taking enthusiastic inspiration from Frida and Diego's paintings, is directed and choreographed by Deborah Colker.

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Elizabeth 8h Voices were phenomenal as always at the MET! I had never been to an opera in Spanish before and it was lovely. The fact that the tenor was from Spain made it all the more special. The actual Frida was much sadder looking with an almost angry countenance. Frida at the MET was beautiful - stunning! See more Penelope H 1d I loved this opera. I want to see it again! The music was beautiful. The costumes were very colorful. The story was interesting. My favorite character was Catrina. See more SHAWN 1d The performers were wonderful and the costumes beautiful. The intermission interviews were so interesting/ See more Josy 2d We saw this opera at the MET and seeing it on the screen helped me better understand the story. Seeing the costumes, the stage setting, visual expressions and listening to the interviews with the lead opera singers was wonderful! Truly enjoyed it. See more Elena 2d Great production. Great voices. See more James-Henry 2d The Regal Theater at Eastview (Rochester, NY): There is a problem with the speaker on the audience's left in Theater 9: Certain tracks were too quiet, and then suddenly appropriately loud, then quiet again. This diminished the quality of the experience. See more Read all reviews
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Deborah Colker

Director

Gabriella Reyes

Catrina

Isabel Leonard

Frida

Nils Wanderer

Leonardo

Carlos Álvarez

Diego

Gabriela Lena Frank

Original Music

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Synopsis On May 30, the Metropolitan Opera's 2025-26 Live in HD season comes to a close with a live transmission of American composer Gabriela Lena Frank's first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico's painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, with libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz. Fashioned as a reversal of the Orpheus and Euridice myth, the story depicts Frida, sung by leading mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead and reuniting with Diego, portrayed by baritone Carlos Álvarez. The famously feuding pair briefly relive their tumultuous love, embracing both the passion and the pain before bidding the land of the living a final farewell. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Met-premiere staging of Frank's opera, a "confident, richly imagined score" (The New Yorker) that "bursts with color and fresh individuality" (Los Angeles Times). The vibrant new production, taking enthusiastic inspiration from Frida and Diego's paintings, is directed and choreographed by Deborah Colker.
Director
Deborah Colker
Distributor
Fathom Entertainment
Genre
Drama, Musical
Original Language
Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
May 30, 2026, Limited
Runtime
2h 48m