Organization

Stage director

Leonard Foglia

Singer

Sishel Claverie

Renata

Vanessa Alonzo

Lupita

Soprano

Claudia Chapa

Woman

Baritone

Hector Vasquez

Guadalupe Paz

Chucho

San Diego Opera

Others

San Diego Opera Chorus

Orchestra

San Diego Symphony Orchestra

Spanish

El Milagro del Recuerdo -  (The Miracle of Remembering)

San Diego

United States

Civic Theatre

Main Stage

El Milagro del Recuerdo Martínez, J.

Public

The Miracle of Remembering

English

Approved

In a small town in Michoacán, Mexico, two women, Renata and Lupita, are raising their families while their husbands, Laurentino and Chucho, work as braceros in the United States. Laurentino manages to come home for Christmas, but his return enflames an ongoing argument with Renata about his long work trips. Will Laurentino’s urge to support his family overshadow Renata’s desire to keep her family together in a rapidly changing world?

This new mariachi opera, a prequel to 2013’s Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, lovingly explores family traditions in the face of life-changing decisions and dreams of something more.

Sung in Spanish, this opera marks the welcome return of mezzo-soprano Claudia Chapa, who made her Company debut as La Badessa/Zita in 2022’s The Puccini Duo, as Josefina. She is joined by mezzo-soprano Sishel Claverie as Renata and baritone Héctor Vásquez, who made his Company debut as Capitán in 2018’s Florencia en el Amazonas, as Aba. Stage Director Leonard Foglia (Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, El pasado nunca se termina, and Moby-Dick), returns to stage his libretto.

The Miracle of Remembering by Martínez, J., From (2023/2023), Directed by Leonard Foglia,, Civic Theatre, San Diego, United States

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