• Osvaldo Golijov. Opera in three acts, 2003.
• Libretto by David Henry Hwang.
• First performance at the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music, Boston, on 10th August 2003.

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CHARACTERS

Feredico García Lorca	mezzo-soprano
Margarita Xirgu, an actress	soprano
Nuria, a student of Margarita	soprano
Ruiz Alonso, a Falangist officer	flamenco vocalist
José Tripaldi, a Falangist guard	baritone
Maestro, a teacher	tenor
Torero, a bullfighter	tenor

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Ainadamar tells the story of the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca, and his muse and lover Margarita Xirgu. It covers Lorca’s opposition to the Falange, his persecution for alleged homosexuality, and his murder in 1946 by Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War.