It's been such a pleasure getting to answer all of your wonderful questions! I have to run for now but, if you'd like to learn more about the upcoming premiere, click here: https://www.sdopera.org/shows/frida/

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Hi Reddit, my name is Gabriela Lena Frank. I'm very much looking forward to participating in my first ever AMA.

In 2017, I was honored to be listed by the Washington Post as one of the "most significant women composers in history". I'm also director of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music.

We can't wait to present "El Ultimo Sueño de Frida y Diego" in San Diego this Oct. 29 - Nov. 6. The opera is set on Dia De Los Muertos. Diego Rivera wishes for the deceased Frida Kahlo to return to him and, over the next 24 hours (just two on stage😉), they relive their tumultuous love. I composed the music, my dear friend and longtime collaborator, Pulitzer Prize–winning librettist Nilo Cruz wrote the text, and the brilliant Lorena Maza directs. The opera's in Spanish with English supertitles projected above the stage.

When I'm not composing, I also love to tend to my chickens and to rewrite the ending of Game of Thrones in my head.

Proof: Here's my proof!