Before Night Falls

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Sunday, February 25, 2024 - 2:00 PM
to Sunday, March 03, 2024 - 5:00 PM

National Hispanic Cultural Center

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02/25/2024 02:00 PM 03/03/2024 05:00 PM America/Bahia_Banderas Before Night Falls Jorge Martín-Buján’s Before Night Falls is based on the autobiography of Reinaldo Arenas (which has also been made into a major motion picture starring Javier Bardem). Reinaldo experienced childhood poverty, joy in nature, a stint with the guerillas, international acclaim as a writer, imprisonment as a political dissident (and unapologetically gay man), a daring escape from Cuba, and exile in the U.S. Arenas is determined to stave off death to finish his memoir “Before Night Falls.” The book was published posthumously to great acclaim in 1993. This opera will be produced with the New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus (NMGMC). They have been an empowering voice in Albuquerque since 1981, with their mi... Details & Tickets: https://www.upcomingevents.com/albuquerque/events/national-hispanic-cultural-center/before-night-falls-163939?ref=uceaddevent National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th Street Southwest, Albuquerque, NM, 87102

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Jorge Martín-Buján’s Before Night Falls is based on the autobiography of Reinaldo Arenas (which has also been made into a major motion picture starring Javier Bardem). Reinaldo experienced childhood poverty, joy in nature, a stint with the guerillas, international acclaim as a writer, imprisonment as a political dissident (and unapologetically gay man), a daring escape from Cuba, and exile in the U.S. Arenas is determined to stave off death to finish his memoir “Before Night Falls.” The book was published posthumously to great acclaim in 1993. This opera will be produced with the New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus (NMGMC). They have been an empowering voice in Albuquerque since 1981, with their mission to reduce intolerance through musical performance. The production of Before Night Falls received funding from OPERA America’s Next Stage grant. Opera Southwest has been approved for a Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support Before Night Falls.

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