BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20170701T233000Z DTEND:20170702T020000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Frida DESCRIPTION:Her soul yearned for freedom.\nAs a student\, Frida spurned the taunts of the other girls\, turning instead to the politics of the revolutionaries. When a near-fatal bus accident kept her bedridden\, she found her own path to freedom in her paintings. Through love\, pain\, tragedy\, and ultimately death\, Frida's identity and art remain a fierce cry of independence.\n\nBased on the life of iconic Mexican painter Frida Kahlo\, Robert Xavier Rodr guez's 1991 opera is as "emphatic and bold" (Opera News) as the artist herself. Our production from Michigan Opera Theatre was praised by the Detroit Free Press for its "dramatic intensity and immediacy." Singing the title role is Catalina Cuervo\, whose performance won rave reviews: "Cuervo doesn't just play the role\, she embodies it. Never was there any doubt that she was Kahlo personified" (The Detroit News). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Her soul yearned for freedom.

\nAs a student\, Frida spurned the taunts of the other girls\, turning instead to the politics of the revolutionaries. When a near-fatal bus accident kept her bedridden\, she found her own path to freedom in her paintings. Through love\, pain\, tragedy\, and ultimately death\, Frida&rsquo\;s identity and art remain a fierce cry of independence.
\nBased on the life of iconic Mexican painter Frida Kahlo\, Robert Xavier Rodrí\;guez&rsquo\;s 1991 opera is as &ldquo\;emphatic and bold&rdquo\; (Opera News) as the artist herself. Our production from Michigan Opera Theatre was praised by the Detroit Free Press for its &ldquo\;dramatic intensity and immediacy.&rdquo\; Singing the title role is Catalina Cuervo\, whose performance won rave reviews: &ldquo\;Cuervo doesn&rsquo\;t just play the role\, she embodies it. Never was there any doubt that she was Kahlo personified&rdquo\; (The Detroit News). LOCATION:Jarson-Kaplan Theater\, Aronoff Center for the Arts 650 Walnut Street\, Cincinnati\, OH 45202 UID:e.1671.2638 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260506T165438Z URL:https://business.otrchamber.com/events/details/frida-07-01-2017-2638 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR