Golijov: Ainadamar
CML call number: CD/OPERA/Golijov
Anthony Tommasini wrote in the New York Times: "The story begins … during the last minutes of the life of the Catalan tragedienne Margarita Xirgu. The dying actress thinks back over 40 years of playing the title role in 'Mariana Pineda' by the daring young Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca, who lionized Pineda, an early-19th-century martyr for Spanish independence. The young Margarita was shattered when Lorca was arrested and executed by fascist Falangists in 1936. As Margarita dwells on their life-transforming friendship … the story of Lorca's death is told in dreamy flashbacks. … Raised in Argentina by a family of Eastern European Jews, Mr. Golijov, 45, has striven to reconcile the music of his roots … with contemporary classical idioms. … [T]he performers on the Deutsche Grammophon recording seem enthralled with the work. There are brave and vulnerable performances from the soprano Dawn Upshaw … the soprano Jessica Rivera … and the mezzo-soprano Kelley O'Connor as Lorca. Yes, Lorca is a mezzo role, which lends the portrayal intriguing ambiguity. … [A] vivid performance … incisive, rhapsodic and expansive."
Anthony Tommasini wrote in the New York Times: "The story begins … during the last minutes of the life of the Catalan tragedienne Margarita Xirgu. The dying actress thinks back over 40 years of playing the title role in 'Mariana Pineda' by the daring young Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca, who lionized Pineda, an early-19th-century martyr for Spanish independence. The young Margarita was shattered when Lorca was arrested and executed by fascist Falangists in 1936. As Margarita dwells on their life-transforming friendship … the story of Lorca's death is told in dreamy flashbacks. … Raised in Argentina by a family of Eastern European Jews, Mr. Golijov, 45, has striven to reconcile the music of his roots … with contemporary classical idioms. … [T]he performers on the Deutsche Grammophon recording seem enthralled with the work. There are brave and vulnerable performances from the soprano Dawn Upshaw … the soprano Jessica Rivera … and the mezzo-soprano Kelley O'Connor as Lorca. Yes, Lorca is a mezzo role, which lends the portrayal intriguing ambiguity. … [A] vivid performance … incisive, rhapsodic and expansive."
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