Andreas Mitisek / Recenzie

Bravo to Long Beach Opera for their summer production of Robert Xavier Rodriguez’s “Frida,” which ended June 25. An opera as colorful as artist Frida Kahlo’s life and work, “Frida” explores the passion and pain and beauty of an important artist. It was made all the more magical being set in the Museum of Latin American Art’s sculpture garden under the stars and tied to a small, but wonderful exhibit of photography of Kahlo by Nickolas Muray.