Costume Designer

Dolores is an opera that floats between the real and the imagined, memory and nightmare. Composer Nicolás Lell Benavides and librettist Marella Martin Koch stitch history into something fragile and feverish. There are sacred chants, electric guitar pulsations, bossa nova hallucinations.

Labor icon Dolores Huerta helped build a union out of dust and righteous anger. She walked the fields, held the line, made the calls. With César Chávez and Larry Itliong, she shaped a movement that reached the ears of presidents but never lost sight of the people bent over the vines. The work didn’t stop. It never does. That’s the cost of believing another world is possible.

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Dolores

National Hispanic Cultural Center

Will Shakespeare is an upstart crow looking to make his name. Kit Marlowe is the greatest poet of the age and knows it. He's also a spy for the English crown. In the back room of a tavern, against the backdrop of a polarized and paranoid England where even the slightest misstep can lead to a death sentence, the two writers embark on a risky collaboration. Artistic partnership becomes a dangerous dance of inspiration, artistry, seduction, and possible betrayal. Experience the thrill of creative expression and the precariousness of living in a society where every move is scrutinized.

Born With Teeth

Aurora Theatre Company

A swashbuckling adventure. An epic romance. A timeless tale of vigilante justice. The spirit of revolution ignites in the wildly entertaining Zorro, transformed for the opera stage by Héctor Armienta.

After love awakens him to the plight of the oppressed in early 19th century Los Ángeles, a young man of noble blood dons a black mask to become Zorro—forsaking his birthright to defend the vulnerable against the maniacal mayor and protect the woman he loves, Ana Maria. Will love and justice triumph against tyranny?

A tuneful, Puccini-inspired score and dynamic choreography give this lavish production a cinematic sweep, bursting with Mexican musical influences, flashing blades, and flamenco fire. Come ready for humor, action, and amor—a big, beautiful, and unabashedly lyrical performance with Latin flair.

Costume Designer

Ulises Alcala

Events

Upcoming events

10 - 18 Oct, 2026

Héctor Armienta's Zorro · Utah Opera

Past events

Oct 26 - Nov 2, 2025

Dolores · Opera Southwest

Sep 1 - Oct 1, 2023

Born With Teeth · Aurora Theatre Company

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