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Excerpt from Hector Armienta's opera, Bless Me Ultima. The opera is based on Rudolfo Anaya's epic novel of the same title. Recorded in 2018. Featured artist - Mezzo soprano Suzanna Guzman. copyright 2018 Hector J. Armienta

Excerpt from Héctor Armienta's Cuentos project. Performed in 2014 at the Mexican Heritage Theater - School of Arts and Culture. Featured artist in video is Mezzo Soprano Guadalupe Peraza. Music and text by Héctor Armienta - 2013 copyright Hector J. Armienta

Excerpt from Nicolas Benavides's opera Tres Minutos, presented in 2023. Music: Nicolás Lell Benavides Libretto: Marella Martin Koch 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 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.

Excerpt from Hector Armienta's Musical Drama La Llorona. Presented in 2024. Featured Artist - Mezzo Soprano Stephanie Sanchez. About the work - La Llorona/The Weeping Woman unfolds the tragic origins of this ghostly figure against the backdrop of Mexico in the early 20th century. María, a young indigenous Xochil, falls in love with a Spanish gentleman, triggering a series of events that lead inexorably to madness, betrayal and a fatal encounter with the relentless Xochil River. The river, a character in its own right, becomes the catalyst for unspeakable tragedy, culminating in the heart-rending sacrifice of her child, Sara, and cementing La Llorona's eternal lament.