The Met Opera’s 2025–26 Live in HD season comes to a close with a transmission of American composer Gabriela Lena Frank’s first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, with libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz.

Fashioned as a reversal of the Orpheus and Euridice myth, the story depicts Frida, sung by leading mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead and reuniting with Diego, portrayed by baritone Carlos Álvarez. The famously feuding pair briefly relive their tumultuous love, embracing both the passion and the pain before bidding the land of the living a final farewell.

Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Met-premiere staging of Frank’s opera, a “confident, richly imagined score” (The New Yorker) that “bursts with color and fresh individuality” (Los Angeles Times). The vibrant new production, taking enthusiastic inspiration from Frida and Diego’s paintings, is directed and choreographed by Deborah Colker.

Sung in Spanish with English subtitles.

Creatives:

Composer: Gabriela Lena Frank

Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Production: Deborah Colker

Set & Costume Designer: Jon Bausor

Lighting Designer: Adam Silverman

Cast:

Catrina: Gabriella Reyes

Frida: Isabel Leonard

Leonardo: Nils Wanderer

Diego: Carlos Álvarez

what to expect

Met Opera: Live in HD was developed as a way to reach existing audiences and to introduce new audiences to opera through new technology. The broadcasts are shown in more than 2,200 cinemas in more than 70 countries worldwide.

This award-winning series is the perfect opportunity to experience thrilling opera transmissions, special interviews, and behind-the-scenes features from the comfort of your local cinema.