Music Director/Conductor, Mary Chun working with the Juana chamber orchestra. Photo by Taso Papadakis
¡Chicanísima! - Celebrating the life of Olga Talamante
¡Chicanísima! is an opera tribute celebrating the life of Chicanx/LGBTQ+ Icon and Activist, Olga Talamante. ¡Chicanísima!, commissioned by Quinteto Latino, premiered at Brava Theater in San Francisco May 16th, 2024.
Las Tres Mujeres de Jerusalén (The Three Women of Jerusalem)
Las Tres Mujeres de Jerusalén (The Three Women of Jerusalem) is a Spanish language work commissioned by LA Opera. It is based on The Passion seen through the eyes of the three women Jesus meets at the Eighth Station of the Cross. It premiered March 19, 2022 under the baton of Maestro James Conlon, at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in Los Angeles. Stage Direction by Eli Villanueva. Spanish translation of the libretto by Dr. Rita Urquijo-Ruiz.
Principal Cast: Maria Elena Altany, Ashley Faatoalia, Gabriela Flores, Alaysha Fox, Michael J. Hawk, Jacob Ingbar and Peabody Southwell.
Juana - a Spanish language chamber opera
'Juana' is a Spanish language chamber opera about the great Mexican poet, nun and feminist icon, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Music by Carla Lucero and libretto by Alicia Gaspar de Alba and Carla Lucero. 'Juana' is based on the book Sor Juana's Second Dream by Alicia Gaspar de Alba. The world premiere was November 2019 in Los Angeles with Opera UCLA. The East Coast premiere was in Summer 2022 with dell'Arte Opera Ensemble in New York. Music Director, Mary Chun and Stage Direction by Sara E. Widzer.
WUORNOS - Opening Chorus and Aileen
WUORNOS is a grand opera about “America’s first female serial killer”, Aileen Wuornos, which premiered at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, winning “10 Best of Stage” from The Advocate and OUT magazines.
Music Director, Mary Chun and Stage Direction by Joseph Graves.
The Everywhere of Her - at Historic Wilshire Ebell Theatre
The Everywhere of Her - an educational music drama with book and lyrics by Velina Hasu Houston and music by Carla Lucero, was commissioned and produced by The Ebell of Los Angeles and premiered March 2023 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre.
Navona Records releases Piano Spectrums
Navona Records releases Piano Spectrums, a compilation of solo piano works including pieces from my first opera, WUORNOS!
The collection of pieces is brilliantly interpreted by Anna Kislitsyna, who performed my work and the work of nine other composers at Carnegie Hall on June 24, 2022.
To learn more about this recording please click this link: https://bit.ly/PIANOSPECTRUMS
For tickets to attend the Carnegie Hall performance in June, please click here: https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2022/06/24/Anna-Kislitsyna-Piano-0800PM
"La Llorona" from House of Names was included in the Film Girl Film Festival 2022.
Heidi Duckler Dance’s Reckoning Ramona is a retelling of the Ramona legend through the lens of Ramona reclaiming and embracing her own Indigenous heritage. This compelling dance film premiered in 2021.