Tres minutos

Friday, November 22 at 7:30pm
Jacobs Music Center

Part of the Currents Series, Tres minutos is a chamber opera inspired by a real program that reunites families separated by immigration policies at the U.S.-Mexico Border, but only for three minutes.

Artists and repertoire

Music by Nicolás Lell Benavides
Libretto by Marella Martin Koch
Musicians of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra

Where do we belong? Inspired by a real program that reunites families separated by immigration policies at the U.S.-Mexico Border, but only for three minutes, Tres minutos by composer Nicolás Lell Benavides and librettist Marella Martin Koch imagines the story of Diego and Nila, a brother and sister who share DNA but not citizenship. When Diego is deported, leaving Nila behind, questions of identity, duty and belonging threaten to consume them.

A co-production with Music of Remembrance.