Opera Philadelphia to Present AINADAMAR at Academy of Music, 2/7
By: Tyler Peterson Jan. 24, 2014
The Grammy Award-winning opera about the life and death of Federico García Lorca is brought to the stage in a vivid new Spanish production making its only U.S. appearance
Opera Philadelphia continues its 39th Season in February with the only U.S. appearance of a vivid new Spanish production of Ainadamar, the Grammy Award-winning first opera from Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov. On the heels of a three-year, three-city tour of Spain conducted by Corrado Rovaris, Opera Philadelphia's Jack Mulroney Music Director, the production will be presented in five performances at the Academy of Music, February 7-16, 2014.
The opera tells the story of the celebrated Spanish playwright and poet Federico García Lorca, who was executed in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War. Ainadamar is an Arabic word meaning "fountain of tears" and is a natural spring located in the hills above the city of Granada, the site where the poet was killed. A co-production of the Fundación Ópera de Oviedo, Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada, and Festival Internacional de Música de Santander, the production premiered in Granada in 2011, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of Lorca's assassination.Videos