Frida (opera)

Frida is an opera based on the life of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo with music by Robert Xavier Rodriguez, book by Hilary Blecher, lyrics and monologues by Migdalia Cruz, conceived by Hilary Blecher.

Performances

It was commissioned by the American Music Theater Festival (now Prince Music Theater) and premiered in Philadelphia in 1991, starring Helen Schneider as Frida. It was revised in 1993. It has subsequently been produced at American Repertory Theater (Boston), the Brooklyn Academy of Music, City Summer Opera (San Francisco), the Houston Grand Opera, the Vienna Schauspielhaus, in Recklinghausen and Nordhausen (Germany), and by the Society for New Music (Syracuse, New York). In 2007, the opera was produced at the Festival de Mayo in Guadalajara in a Spanish translation by Josefina Garcia. Original Cast: Helen Schneider (Frida Kahlo); Marc Krause (Diego Rivera); Karen Hale (Mother/Lupe Rivera/Mrs. Rockefeller/Mrs. Trotsky); Alba Quezada (Cristina/Mrs. Ford); David Toney (Mr. Kahlo/Mr. Rockefeller/A. Cachucha/Edward G. Robinson/Petate Vendor)

Recordings

Musical Theater Works Concert Suite from Frida – Angelina Réaux, Soprano; Voices of Change; Robert Xavier Rodríguez, Conductor CRI, CD824

References

Frida Kahlo

List of paintings

Selected paintings	Self-Portrait with Monkey (1938) The Suicide of Dorothy Hale (1938) What the Water Gave Me (1938) The Two Fridas (1939) Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940) The Wounded Table (1940) The Broken Column (1944) The Wounded Deer (1946) The Love Embrace (1949)

Works about Kahlo	Frida Still Life Diego et Frida Frida (film) Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo Frida (opera)

Related articles	Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museum

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