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Plus — catch us this week on ABC7 News and KKUP 91.5 FM Mezzo-soprano Jessica Gonzalez-Rodriguez has a personal invitation for you — watch above to hear why she wants you in the audience on June 27. And there's more reason to tune in this week. ¡Chicanísima! is getting major media attention across the Bay Area: 📺 ABC7 News — This Friday, 4 PM & 6 PMMultimedia producer Juan Carlos Guerrero's story featuring Carla Lucero and Olga Talamante airs this Friday on ABC7 News. 📻 KKU

Opera Cultura's founder and composer discusses ¡Chicanísima! and the story behind the company — live on air June 13 This Saturday, June 13, Opera Cultura founder and composer Hector Armienta joins host Lupe Lujan-Montes de Oca on El Barrio Nuevo — KKUP 91.5 FM's music and conversation program — for a wide-ranging conversation about opera, community, and the upcoming production of ¡Chicanísima! Tune in from 9:00 to 11:00 AM. Hector's segment begins at 9:30 AM. Listen live at

Composer Carla Lucero and activist Olga Talamante sit down with Emmy Award-winning journalist Damian Trujillo Opera Cultura's ¡Chicanísima! is coming to NBC Bay Area. Emmy Award-winning journalist Damian Trujillo — host and producer of Comunidad del Valle, the longest-running public affairs program in the Bay Area — sat down with composer Carla Lucero and Chicana activist Olga Talamante to discuss the opera, the story behind it, and what it means to bring this moment to the s

The woman behind ¡Chicanísima! — June 27 at MACLA, San José A Composer Who Follows the Story What inspires Carla Lucero are stories that at their core have some message of social justice — particularly stories that center around strong women who break the mold, who fight to make a better world for the women who come after them. That philosophy has driven one of the most distinctive careers in contemporary American opera. HipLatina According to her official biography at Navona