Organization

Conductor

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Stage director

Mary Zimmerman

Set designer

Riccardo Hernández

Costume designer

Ana Kuzmanic

Lighting designer

TJ Gerckens

Video designer

Katy S Tucker

Choreographer

Alex Sanchez

Singer

Soprano

Ailyn Pérez

Florencia Grimaldi

Gabriella Reyes

Rosalba

Mezzo-soprano

Nancy Fabiola Herrera

Paula

Tenor

Mario Chang

Arcadio

Baritone

Mattia Olivieri

Riolobo

Bass

Greer Grimsley

The Captain

Michael Chioldi

Alvaro

The Metropolitan Opera

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

David Pittsinger

Spanish

Florencia en el Amazonas -  (Florencia in the Amazons)

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Florencia en el Amazonas Catán

Public

Florencia in the Amazons

English

Approved

Take a look behind the scenes at our photo shoot for Florencia en el Amazonas, with soprano Ailyn Pérez and photographer Paola Kudacki. Daniel Catán’s enchan...

Sung in Spanish and inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s 1996 opera tells the enchanting story of a Brazilian opera diva who returns to her homeland to perform at the legendary opera house of Manaus—and to search for her lost lover, who has vanished into the jungle. The Met premiere stars soprano Ailyn Pérez as Florencia Grimaldi, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to lead a spellbinding new production by Mary Zimmerman that brings the mysterious and magical realm of the Amazon to the Met stage. A distinguished ensemble of artists portray the diva’s fellow travelers on the river boat to Manaus, including soprano Gabriella Reyes as the journalist Rosalba, bass-baritone Greer Grimsley as the ship’s captain, baritone Mattia Olivieri as his enigmatic first mate, tenor Mario Chang as the captain’s nephew Arcadio, and mezzo-soprano Nancy Fabiola Herrera and baritone Michael Chioldi as the feuding couple Paula and Álvaro.

Florencia in the Amazons by Catán, From (2023/2023), Directed by Mary Zimmerman,, Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, United States

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