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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: El Ultîmo Sueño De Frida Y Diego: Iconic Artists For Fashion, Art And Opera
Description: El UltÃmo Sueño de Frida y Diego (2022) by local composer Gabriela Lena Frank is the first-ever San Francisco Opera production by a female composer, and the first ever in Spanish (libretto by Nilo Cruz).The opera tells the story of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera reliving their tumultuous love for 24 hours on El DÃa de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) through their paintings, embracing the passion they shared and the pain they inflicted upon one other.Artists Kahlo and Rivera were and are icons of Mexican arts and culture, magic and realism. This Common...