Concert - Tres Minutos
May 15, 2022 - 5:30 pm
Hear their story: a family separated by a border
Featuring the world premiere of Tres minutos, the one-act opera that we’ve commissioned from composer Nicolas Benavides and librettist Marella Martin Koch, with dramaturg Hector Vega. Soprano Vanessa Isiguen and baritone José Rubio star in the roles of Nila and Diego, a sister and brother who share family bonds but not citizenship. Allowed a brief supervised reunion at the US-Mexico border that separates them, they wrestle with questions of identity, duty and belonging. The compelling work explores the intimate human dimensions of an important issue for our time.
Join us at 5 p.m. for a pre-concert talk with composer Nicolas Benavides and librettist Marella Martin Koch.
Program
Theme with Variations (1936) Hans Krása
Mikhail Shmidt, violin Natasha Bazhanov, violin
Susan Gulkis Assadi, viola Walter Gray, cello
Podium Suite, Op. 3 (1928) Géza Frid
Mikhail Shmidt, violin
Jessica Choe, piano
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Remarks: Consul General of Mexico Héctor Iván Godoy Priske
Tres minutos
Music by Nicolas Lell Benavides
Libretto by Marella Martin Koch
WORLD PREMIERE COMMISSIONED BY MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE
Vanessa Isiguen, soprano
José Rubio, baritone
Brendan Tuohy, tenor
Directed by Erich Parce
