Florencia en el Amazonas

Florencia en el Amazonas was the first Spanish-language opera commissioned by major American opera companies. Inspired by the literary style of Gabriel García Márquez and featuring a libretto by Marcela Fuentes-Berain, the work has become one of the most celebrated operas of the modern repertoire.

The production will transform Kulas Hall into a world of breathtaking beauty and magical realism. Conducted by longtime CIM Opera Theater Music Director Harry Davidson and directed by acclaimed stage director Alison Moritz, this captivating opera follows a legendary singer and her fellow travelers on a journey through the Amazon, where fantasy and reality blur in unexpected ways.