Met Opera: El Ultimo Sueno de Frida y Diego
02 June @ 6.30pm
About Met Opera: El Ultimo Sueno de Frida y Diego
American composer Gabriela Lena Frank’s first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, with libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz.
Fashioned as a reversal of the Orpheus and Euridice myth, the story depicts Frida, sung by leading mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead and reuniting with Diego, portrayed by baritone Carlos Álvarez.
The famously feuding pair briefly relive their tumultuous love, embracing both the passion and the pain before bidding the land of the living a final farewell.
Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Met-premiere staging of Frank’s opera, a “confident, richly imagined score” (The New Yorker) that “bursts with color and fresh individuality” (Los Angeles Times). The vibrant new production, taking enthusiastic inspiration from Frida and Diego’s paintings, is directed and choreographed by Deborah Colker.
Tickets
Please see important booking information below.
Booking information
Ticket prices:
Standard – £19.50
Under 16s – £14.50
All prices include any booking fees
Dates & times:
Tuesday 02 June 2026 at 6.30pm
Running time:
2 hours 50 minutes
Location:
The Theatre
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