Adapting the controversial novel of the same name by Carlos Fuentes, Mexican composer Mario Lavista sets this dreamlike story to music with a beautiful and surrealistic score. Host Elbio Barilari will take you through this rarely heard 20th-century opera.
Aura: A Mexican Opera by Mario Lavista
Composer Mario Lavista (Photo: Secretaría de Cultura Ciudad de México from México, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
Playlist
Aura, by Mario Lavista
Alfredo Portilla, Fernando López, Encarnacion Vazquez, Lourdes Ambriz; Orquesta del Teatro de Bellas Artes; Enrique Diemecke
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