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Additional Latinx voices featured in ¡Chicanísima! — June 27 at MACLA, San José Opera Cultura is proud to present more than one opera on June 27. Alongside Carla Lucero's chamber opera ¡Chicanísima! , the program features arias from four works by Latinx composers and librettists — each one a window into the diverse, urgent, and deeply human stories shaping contemporary opera today. Presented in an intimate voice and piano setting, these arias offer a rare and immediate connec

Composer Carla Lucero's ¡Chicanísima! — June 27 at MACLA, San José A Movement of Women History has a habit of remembering the wrong names. When people think of the Chicano Movement — El Movimiento — they often think of men. But the women were there. They were organizing, writing, marching, and building — and they were doing it on multiple fronts at once, fighting racism in the streets and sexism inside the movement itself. Dolores Huerta  co-founded the United Farm Workers al

Composer Carla Lucero's ¡Chicanísima!  — June 27 at MACLA, San José A Chicana Farmworker's Daughter Olga Talamante grew up in Gilroy, California, where her family worked the fields after migrating from Mexicali, Mexico. She excelled in school, earned a degree in Latin American Studies from UC Santa Cruz, and found her political voice in the Chicana/o movement. She joined MEChA, threw herself into the United Farm Workers cause, and eventually traveled to Argentina to work alon

Opera Cultura is proud to highlight Latinx composers and librettists whose operas will be represented through featured arias in the upcoming Chicanísima  concert. These selections complement Carla Lucero’s chamber opera Chicanísima , the central work of the program, and offer audiences a glimpse into the diverse voices shaping contemporary Latinx opera. June 27 at MACLA in San JoséPerformances at 12:00 PM and 5:30 PM. Hashtags #Chicanisima #OperaCultura #LatinxOpera #LatinxCo