Organization

Stage director

Jeffrey Marc Buchman

Choreographer

Rosa Mercedes

Set designer

Gronk

Costume designer

Camille Deering

Makeup

Andrew Elliot

Sound designer

Haley Strong

Repetiteur

Kimberly Carballo

Singer

Soprano

Kathiana Dargenson

Young Margarita

Mezzo-soprano

Maya Davis

Federic García Lorca

Ginaia Black

Nuria

Tenor

Conner McWhirter

A Bullfighter

Spoken

Martín Ramírez Jr

Ruiz Alfonso

Shan Ding

A Teacher

Conductor

David Neely

Chorus master

Walter Huff

Lighting designer

Mike Schwandt

Erin Koolman

Baritone

Theo harrah

Jose Tripaldi

Noah Lauer

Scott Bezett

Olivia Prendergast

Jessica Gu

Gavin Hughes

Jacobs School of Music (Indiana University)

Orchestra

Indiana University Orchestra

Spanish

Ainadamar

Bloomington

United States

Musical Arts Center

Ainadamar Golijov

Public

English

Approved

Recording of the talkback panel discussion with Osvaldo Golijov, composer of the opera Ainadamar. Golijov was present at the 2/3/23 performance of the opera at the Jacobs School of Music. 

Panel members:
Christine Wisch,moderator
Osvaldo Golijov, composer
David Neely, conductor
Jeffrey Buchman, stage director
Rosa Mercedes, choreographer
Gavin Hughes, Master's student, played the role of Ruiz Alonso
Jayda Hazelett, dancer

Ainadamar
Music by O. Golijov

“Golijov’s masterpiece—destined to be among the great musical achievements of our time.”

THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Fountain of Tears

The impassioned true story of Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca is told by his close friend and muse, actress Margarita Xirgu, during the last moments of her life.

Lorca became a martyr in the name of artistic freedom when he was executed by Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War at a spring in the foothills of Granada—Ainadamar (Arabic for “Fountain of Tears”).

Filled with flamenco and rumba rhythms, this stunning work won two Grammy Awards in 2007.

And the entire piece brims with sheer poetry: “I am freedom. I am wounded and bleeding hope. What a sad day it was in Granada—the stones began to cry.”

Ainadamar by Golijov, From (2023/2023), Directed by Jeffrey Marc Buchman,, Conductor David Neely, Musical Arts Center, Bloomington, United States

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