Bernarda Alba

Show Description:

World-premiere production of the new opera by Griffin Candey with libretto by OBIE-Award-winner Caridad Svich. Based on Garcia Lorca’s last play of the same name, this opera with an all-female cast and bi-lingual Spanish/English libretto is co-commissioned by Baldwin Wallace University and Cleveland Opera Theater.

Utilizing an all-female cast, The House of Bernarda Alba is a tragic drama set in Spain centered on the family and legacy of Bernarda Alba and her five daughters -- Angustias, Magdalena, Amelia, Martirio, and Adela, in descending order of age. Her home also shelters the elder (and increasingly senile) mother of Bernarda, María Josefa, and their long-time maid, La Poncia.