
The Lyric’s “Cruzar la Cara de la Luna” Infuses Opera with Mariachi
Like many Kansas Citians this time of year, the Lyric Opera is going south of the border, with the first ever mariachi opera: “Cruzar la Cara de la Luna” (“To Cross the Face of the Moon”). Though it premiered in 2010 (at the Houston Grand Opera), this intergenerational story of a Mexican family torn apart by migration is timelier and more resonant than ever.