Choreographer

Resident Conductor Lina González-Granados leads this major company premiere. Grammy winner Osvaldo Golijov’s dramatic, flamenco-inspired score meets a poignant libretto by David Henry Hwang in what the LA Times calls “one of the most moving and meaningful operas of our time.” Ana María Martínez takes center stage as Lorca’s muse Margarita Xirgu, recounting the poet’s life and his last days in the Spanish Civil War. Daniela Mack steps into the role of Federico García Lorca, the man whose pen proved just as dangerous as any pistol.

Ainadamar

The Music Center

Opera meets flamenco in Osvaldo Golijov’s Fountain of Tears, which reimagines the life of revolutionary poet Federico García Lorca, whose political views and sexual orientation led to his violent death during the Spanish Civil War. The production powerfully blends dance, projections, and poetry.

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Fountain of Tears (Ainadamar)

Detroit Opera House

Carmen is desirable, defiant, and driven. She thinks nothing of charming a soldier to escape a spot of trouble—never imagining that he would abandon his childhood sweetheart and desert his post to follow her.  But Don José is a jealous lover, and as Carmen begins a new relationship with the bullfighter Escamillo,  his passion turns dark—and deadly. 

Bizet's masterpiece arrives onstage in a brand-new production drenched in Spanish Gothic splendor, created by director/designer Thaddeus Strassberger. Domingo Hindoyan opens his inaugural season as Music Director with one of the world's most iconic scores.

Choreographer

Antonio Najarro

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 17 - Nov 7, 2026

Carmen · LA Opera

Past events

Apr 26 - May 18, 2025

Ainadamar · LA Opera

8 - 16 Apr, 2023

Fountain of Tears (Ainadamar) · Detroit Opera

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