Join us May 5th for a special conversation with Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz

 

The Metropolitan Opera, The Academy of Arts and Letters, and The Hispanic Society Museum and Library present a lively discussion with composer Gabriela Lena Frank and Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz in celebration of their new opera, El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego. Marking Frank's Met debut, the opera is a magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. 

 

The event will take place at the Academy of Arts and Letters at 6:30pm. Reception to follow at the Hispanic Society Museum & Library.

 

Space is limited. RSVP required. <Updated, April. 22, 2026>

 

 

 

메트오페라 '프리다와 디에고의 마지막 꿈(El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego)' 공연(5/14-6/5)

 

메트로폴리탄오페라가 가브리엘라 레나 프랑크 작곡 '프리다와 디에고의 마지막 꿈(El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego)'을 5월 14일부터 6월 5일까지 공연한다. 퓰리처상 수상 극작가 닐로 크루즈가 대본을 쓴 이 오페라는 오르페우스의 신화를 역발상해 지하세계와 현세의 경계에서 24시간 동안 재회하는 판타지를 그렸다. 한편, MoMA는 프리다 칼로(1907-1954)와 디에고 리베라(1886-1957)의 듀오전 '프리다와 디에고:마지막 꿈(Frida and Diego: The Last Dream)'이 3월 29일부터 9월 12일까지 연다. 이 특별전은MoMA는 이 전시에서 오페라의 무대와 의상디자이너인 존 바우서가 제작한 의상, 칼로와 리베라의 작품에서 영감을받은 공간으로 꾸밀 예정이다. 전시엔 칼로의 회화 5점, 드로잉 1점, 리베라의 작품 10여점이 선보인다. 

 

 

Frida and Diego: The Last Dream, MoMA. Photo: Sukie Park/ NYCultureBeat

 

 

MoMA 멤버 메트오페라 '프리다와 디에고: 마지막 꿈' 티켓 20% 할인 

Museum of Modern Art

See Frida and Diego!

 

Member Previews Mar 18–20

Member Previews for Frida and Diego: The Last Dream begin tomorrow! Explore a theatrical installation showcasing six paintings and a drawing by Frida Kahlo and over a dozen works by Diego Rivera, conceived by the set and co-costume designer of the Metropolitan Opera production. 

 

To celebrate the collaboration, our friends at the Metropolitan Opera are offering MoMA members 20% off tickets to Gabriela Lena Frank’s new opera, El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego, a magical-realist portrait of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Redeem using code MOMAMEMBER at checkout.*

 

 

The Metropolitan Opera Presents

Company Premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank’s

El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego, with Libretto by

Nilo Cruz, May 14

 

Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard stars as Frida Kahlo, opposite baritone Carlos Álvarez as Diego Rivera; Deborah Colker directs and choreographs the new production; Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts

 

MoMA presents Frida and Diego: The Last Dream, opening March 29,

an exhibition and bespoke gallery design inspired by the Metropolitan Opera’s production

 

The Met: Live in HD transmission of El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego to be broadcast worldwide on May 30

 

 

Carlos Álvarez as Diego Rivera and Isabel Leonard as Frida Kahlo in Gabriela Lena Frank's "El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego."

Photo: Zenith Richards / Met Opera

 

New York, NY (March 16, 2026)—Grammy Award–winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank’s first opera, El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego, with libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz, has its Met premiere in a new production directed by Deborah Colker and conducted by the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, on May 14. Frank and Cruz make their Met debuts. Six additional performances continue through June 5, and the production also concludes the 2025–26 season of The Met: Live in HD with a worldwide cinema transmission on May 30.

 

The opera’s surreal plot imagines Frida Kahlo returning from the underworld on the Mexican Day of the Dead to confront her unfaithful husband, Diego Rivera, and relive their tumultuous love. The opera is sung in Spanish.

 

Three-time Grammy Award–winning mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard stars as Kahlo following her Met role debut earlier this season in the title role of Bizet’s Carmen.  Baritone Carlos Álvarez co-stars as Rivera.

 

The cast also features soprano Gabriella Reyes as Catrina, mistress of the underworld, and countertenor Nils Wanderer as Leonardo. Steven Osgood conducts the May 22 performance.

 

In addition to Colker, the creative team includes set and co-costume designer Jon Bausor, co-costume designer Wilberth Gonzalez in his Met debut, and lighting designer Adam Silverman.

 

In conjunction with the Met premiere, the Museum of Modern Art presents Frida and Diego: The Last Dream, an exhibition of celebrated works by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, organized by MoMA’s Beverly Adams in collaboration with Bausor, and including designs from the opera. The exhibition opens March 29 and runs through September 12.

 

Additional public programming and activities related to the opera to be announced.

 

Carlos Álvarez as Diego Rivera and Isabel Leonard as Frida Kahlo in Gabriela Lena Frank's "El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego." Photo: Zenith Richards / Met Opera

 

Gallery Met

In connection with the new production of El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego and as part of the company’s Gallery Met initiative, the Met will display a banner by artist Felipe Baeza on the façade of the opera house from April 13 to June 8. The work of art on which the banner is based will also be on view inside the opera house. A gift from Marie Schwartz made the Gallery Met initiative possible in 2006. 

 

Learn more about Gallery Met, curated by Dodie Kazanjian, here. 

 

El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego Worldwide Broadcasts in Cinema, on Radio, and Online

The performance of El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego on May 30 will be transmitted live to movie theaters throughout the world as part of The Met: Live in HD series. The May 14 and 30 performances of El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego will be broadcast live on Metropolitan Opera Radio on the SiriusXM app. The May 14 performance will also be streamed live on the Met’s website, metopera.org. The May 30 performance will be also broadcast over The Robert K. Johnson Foundation–Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network.

 

Met Under 40

The Met’s popular young-audience program, Met Under 40, continues with discounted ticket options for audiences aged 40 and under in the Orchestra, Grand Tier, and Dress Circle sections for select performances. A special Met Under 40 party will also be held ahead of the performance of El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego on June 5, featuring complimentary wine, hors d’oeuvres, and more. For further details, please click here.

 

 

   

A set design by Jon Bausor for the Met premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank's "El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego."

 

El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego

Music by Gabriela Lena Frank

Libretto by Nilo Cruz

 

Thursday, May 14, at 7:30PM

Sunday, May 17, at 3PM

Friday, May 22, at 7:30PM

Tuesday, May 26, at 8PM

Saturday, May 30, at 1PM

Wednesday, June 3, at 8PM

Friday, June 5, at 8PM

 

Conductor	Yannick Nézet-Séguin (May 14, 17, 26, 30; June 3, 5)
	Steven Osgood (May 22)
Production and Choreographer	Deborah Colker
Set and Costume Designer	Jon Bausor
Costume Designer	Wilberth Gonzalez*
Lighting Designer	Adam Silverman
C. Graham Berwind, III Chorus Director	Tilman Michael
Frida	Isabel Leonard
Diego	Carlos Álvarez
Catrina	Gabriella Reyes
Leonardo	Nils Wanderer
*Debut

 

Production a gift of Denise Littlefield Sobel 

Production sponsored by Rolex 

Additional support from the Francis Goelet Endowment Fund

 El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego is part of the Neubauer Family Foundation New Works Initiative

 

 

*프리다 칼로의 '엘 수에뇨(El sueño)' 여성작가 경매사상 최고가 5천4백70만불 낙찰, 2025

https://www.nyculturebeat.com/?mid=Art2&document_srl=4169335

 

*프리다 칼로의 디에고 불륜 담은 자화상 남미 미술 최고가 3천490만불 경매, 2021

https://www.nyculturebeat.com/?mid=Art2&document_srl=4051352

 

*라스 프리다스(Las Fridas): 프리다 칼로와 디에고 리베라의 관계 탐구 무용극, 2020

https://www.nyculturebeat.com/?mid=Stage2&document_srl=3877421

 

*프리다 칼로: 외양은 속임수@브루클린뮤지엄, 2019

http://www.nyculturebeat.com/?mid=Art2&document_srl=3785866

 

*프리다 칼로의 정원@뉴욕식물원, 2015

http://www.nyculturebeat.com/?document_srl=3285319&mid=FunNY2