We are thrilled to be presenting the Scottish premiere and first fully-staged UK production of Ainadamar this Autumn. Opening on 29 October at Theatre Royal Glasgow, before transferring to Festival Theatre Edinburgh in November, this new production with Opera Ventures (Breaking the Waves 2019 and Greek 2017), Detroit Opera, The Metropolitan Opera and Welsh National Opera, combines opera with flamenco dance and song.
Ainadamar, (the Spanish pronunciation of the Arabic name ‘Ayn al-dam’, meaning ‘The Fountain of Tears’), by Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov and acclaimed American librettist David Henry Hwang, explores the life and work of playwright and poet Federico García Lorca, whose anti-fascist stance and open homosexuality led to his death in 1936 at the hands of Franco’s Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War.
At the helm of the production is Olivier Award-winning choreographer and director Deborah Colker (pictured). Known for her intensely physical dance work with Cirque du Soleil and the 2016 Olympics Opening Ceremony, as well as her own Companhia de Danca, Deborah is making her much-anticipated opera directorial debut.
Our Music Director Stuart Stratford conducts the internationally celebrated mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey in the role of Lorca. The story centres around Lorca, his muse Margarita Xirgu, sung by Lauren Fagan, and her student Nuria, sung by Julieth Lozano.
Ainadamar is kindly supported by Scottish Opera's New Commissions Circle and Sarah and Howard Solomon Foundation.
Book your tickets for this groundbreaking opera here: www.scottishopera.org.uk/shows/ainadamar/