Juana
August 21m, 23, 25, 27 at The Rose Nagelberg Theater
Rod Gomez, Stage Director
Alfonso Piacentini Betancourt, Conductor and Music Director
Barry Steele, Scenic Designer
Angela Huff, Costume Designer
dell’Arte Opera Ensemble proudly presents the professional premiere of the new opera Juana based on the novel “Juana’s Second Dream” by Alicia Gaspar de Alba. Composer Carla Lucero has set the Spanish-language libretto by Gaspar de Alba and Lucero with evocative colors and a moving narrative voice. The opera tells the story of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, a 17th century feminist genius whose life was marked by repeated conflict with men of the Inquisition, despite the friendship and protection of two successive Spanish vicereines and the fame brought by her own published writings. She was an accomplished theologian, poet author, composer, artist and architect, and favorite of the Spanish colonial court, yet her fame and brilliance eventually led to her suppression.
Cast
| August 21m, 23, 25, 27 | Cover Cast | |
|---|---|---|
| Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz | Flavia Darcie | Rosario Hernandez |
| Concepcíon | Chelsea Baccay | Jessica Bloch |
| Young Juana | Jessica Bloch | Chelsea Baccay |
| El Alma | Robert Colon | Rudy Giron |
| The Vicereine (La Condesa) | Anna Woiwood | Melissa McCann |
| The Viceroy | Michael TK Lam | Bo Shimmin |
| Sor Andrea/Mother Andrea | Francesca Federico | Barbee Monk |
| Padre Antonio | Robert E. Feng | Vladimir Avetisian |
| The Bishop of Puebla/Sor Filotea | Ai Ra | Frederick Schlick |
| The Archbishop | Christopher Nazarian | Jason Adamo |
| Madre Melchora | Kayla Faccilongo | Kaitlyn Tierney |
| Sor Rafaela | Alexa Rosenberg | Kimberly Milburn |
| Don Carlos | Josaphat Contreras | Mark Martinez |
| Fiscal (the Prosecutor) | Bo Shimmin | Michael TK Lam |