Una Opera Muerta

Director John Jota Leaños peresents his latest production, Imperial Silence - Una Ópera Muerta; A Mariachi Opera in Four Acts. This is a multimedia performance that journeys to the "other side" to illuminate cultural taboos around silence, death and dissent in the satirical Mexican and Chicana/o tradition of the Days of the Dead.

This hybrid performance fuses dark-humored animation with Mexican folklore dance, Mariachi music, hip-hop, bossa nova and blues conceived and created by Leaños, composer Cristóbal Martinez, the Mariachi ensemble, Los Cuatro Vientos. The live/dead performance includes a live DJ, stage actors, folklore dancers, and Mariachi singers who interact with projected animations.

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• Chicanos
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• Mariachi
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• Eterno
• Cuatro
• Vientos
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[clauswerker]

Wonderful music

[tangomoonlight]

I enjoyed this song at the Hollywood forever cemetery Dia de los muertos 10/30/10 live. It was beautifully sung. A treat for the senses.

Lupe

[tutone37]

My favorite rendition-- I saw this two times cuz I couldn't get enough of her and her voice....thanks for posting this mex...arriba sanjo...