Maria La O

If you like Carmen, you’ll love the romance and passion of this beautiful Cuban zarzuela!

Directed by Juan Pedro Somoza
Orchestra conducted by Alfredo Munar
Choreographed by Dame Libby Komaiko

Featuring dancers from Ensemble Español Center for Spanish Dance & Music

Saturday, June 5, 2010, 7:30pm
Friday, June 11, 7:30pm
Sunday, June 13, 3:00pm

Performance Location:
Athenaeum Theatre
2936 N. Southport, Chicago, IL
Please click here for directions/parking information.

María la O, the great Spanish operetta by Ernesto Lecuona, the most celebrated composer in Cuba’s renowned school of musical theater, finally has its world premiere in English! This story of unrequited love is set in 19th-century Cuban colonial society, where the dazzling beauty of a seductive freedwoman, María la O, awakens the most sublime and conflicted passions of
suitors from very different social standings.

Let these seductive Creole and Afro-Cuban harmonies beguile you with their power and melodic splendor as you lose yourself to the rhythm and romance of a land where song and dance are an integral part of the language of the people. This unforgettable musical experience will show you why, across the generations, Ernesto Lecuona is regarded as the Cuban Gershwin.