Cruzar la Cara de la Luna /
To Cross the Face of the Moon

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Coming in March 2013!

CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM

Laurentino
Octavio Moreno

Renata
Cecilia Duarte

Lupita
Vanessa Cerda-Alonzo

Mark
TBA

Diana
Brittany Wheeler

Victor
TBA

Chucho
TBA

Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán

Leonard Foglia
Director

José "Pepe" Martínez
Composer

David Hanlon
Music Director 

Music by José "Pepe" Martínez. Lyrics by Leonard Foglia.
Featuring Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán.
Brown Theater | Sung in Spanish and English with projected translations.

Cruzar la Cara de la Luna follows one family from its patriarch’s distant American dream to their generations-long quest for fulfillment in the country that still does not quite feel like home. The work’s story, by acclaimed director and writer Leonard Foglia, is based on first-hand accounts of Mexican immigrants to Houston. The score is by José “Pepe” Martínez, music director of the world-famous Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán.

“At the end of this moving work, Théâtre du Châtelet shook with applause.”
- Classical TV, France

“Oh, what a night at the Wortham! The energy was palpable and anticipation high.”
- CultureMap

“A multicultural winner...Houston Grand Opera’s To Cross the Face of the Moon (Cruzar la Cara de la Luna) succeeded on all fronts.” - 29-95.com

Listen to an audio clip from the Cruzar la Cara de la Luna CD on Albany Records.

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Octavio Moreno
 Cecilia Duarte

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Photo credit: Marie-Noëlle Robert