El Tecolote Opera Dispatch

Written By Nicolás Benavides

By Emma Garcia
Watch our first opera dispatch! Labor rights icon Dolores Huerta is commemorated in a new opera at @westedgeopera in Oakland, CA. Written by @NLBenavides and @marellawrites, the production opened August 2 and returns August 10 & 16. It tells the story of Dolores’ leadership in the 1968 Delano Grape Strike. We spoke with doloreshuerta about today’s fight for justice and asked composer Nicolás Lell Benavides how opera connects to Mexican cultural traditions.

Nicolás Benavides https://www.nbenavides.com
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