The Shepherd School celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month with a Spanish-language recital performed by faculty member and international opera star Ana María Martínez, six opera department students, and surprise guests. The performance includes projected images inspired by the musical works and on-screen translations.

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Noche Española with Ana María Martínez & Friends

Brockman Hall For Opera

Afsaneh Aayani’s latest experimental dance-theatre piece was loosely inspired by two of friends: one from Tel Aviv, the other from her native Tehran who will never be free to express or indulge the deep, true love between them. Featuring an original soundscape by longtime collaborator Hessam Dianpour, Romeos and Juliets also contains echoes of the Persian love story Layla and Majnun sharing striking similarities with and surely influencing Shakespeare’s tragedy. Across human history, we have been told who and how it is okay to love, so there can’t be a single Romeo or Juliet, Layla or Majnun: they are legion.

Andrew Archer

Events

Upcoming events

3 - 25 Apr, 2026

Romeos And Juliets · The Catastrophic Theatre

Past events

Sep 13, 2024

Noche Española with Ana María Martínez & Friends · The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University

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