Un Cuento de Luces y Sombra
by Local Opera Local Artists - LOLA

Mar. 22 - Mar. 23
Friday-Saturday

                   "A Tale of Lights and Shadows"

Un Cuento de Luces y Sombras (A Tale of Lights and Shadows) is an operetta in three acts, with libretto by Germán Barboza, about the fight between two Lands: the Land of lights and the Land of shadows. Kira, the queen of light, is in a war against Sombras, the king of shadows, while Zara and Adrik -their heirs- fall deeply in love defying the rules set by Zola – dame of the Earth - that dictated the two worlds keep completely separate. That's the way things are supposed to be, or at least how they thought it was best.

Its center topic is racism and the rejection that we constantly suffer from others when we are supposed to be united. The 6 characters and their musical lines show the desire to explore something different besides what they are used to, their fears, and their love. Once they are together, lights and shadows create colors, they create life. That is the way things are meant to be.

An opera in development by Carlos Cordero (libretto) and Germán Barboza (music)

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Un Cuento de Luces y Sombra
by Carlos Cordero, Germán Barboza
Local Opera Local Artists - LOLA

Friday, March 22, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 23 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Ground Floor Theatre, 979 Springdale Road, Austin