Company

Singer

Baritone

Octavio Moreno

Laurentino

Tenor

Cecilia Duarte

Renata

Vanessa Alonzo

Lupita

Efraín Solís

Mark

Soprano

Zulimar López-Hernández

Diana

Efraín Corralejo

Rafael

Daniel Montenegro

Chucho

Isaac Quiroga

Victor

Minneapolis

United States

Minnesota Opera

David Hanlon

Conductor

Stage director

David Radamés Toro

Set designer

Arnulfo Maldonado

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Carolina Ortíz

Makeup artist

Wendy Frank

Emma Gustafson

Chorus master

Celeste Marie Johnson

Repetiteur

Erica Guo

Saint Paul

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Minnesota Opera Chorus

Minnesota Opera Orchestra

Spanish

English

Cruzar la Cara de la Luna - To Cross the Face of the Moon

Cruzar la Cara de la Luna Martinez,José

Public

Opera

To Cross the Face of the Moon

Approved

Music-theatre

Where there is love, there is home.
The U.S./Mexico border isn’t the only obstacle dividing the Velásquez family. Cruzar la Cara de la Luna tells the story of a multigenerational Mexican American family separated by countries, cultures, and consequences in search of new possibilities. As their grandfather journeys back in time to reflect on his life in his final days, the members of the Velásquez family must make their own migration across land and through memory, searching their hearts to discover where they belong. Richly interwoven with mariachi tradition and a newly arranged orchestration, this modern story reminds us that family knows no borders.

To Cross the Face of the Moon by José Martinez, From Minnesota Opera (2023/2023), Directed by David Radamés Toro,, Conductor David Hanlon

Credits (Cast & Crew)

Minnesota Opera

David Hanlon

David Radamés Toro

Cast

Octavio Moreno

Cecilia Duarte

Vanessa Alonzo

Efraín Solís

Zulimar López-Hernández

Efraín Corralejo

Daniel Montenegro

Isaac Quiroga

Crew

Arnulfo Maldonado

Arnulfo Maldonado

Carolina Ortíz

Wendy Frank

Emma Gustafson

Celeste Marie Johnson

Erica Guo

Ensemble

Minnesota Opera Chorus

Minnesota Opera Orchestra

Program, About & Synopsis

Photos 1

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues 4