La Reina
2016
Composer:
Jorge Sosa
Librettist:
Laura Sosa Pedroza, Jorge Sosa
Composer website:
https://www.jorgesosa.com/music
Performance forces:
2vln, vla, vc, db, fl/picc, ob/cor angl, cl/bass cl, bsn/contrabsn, tpt, tbn, piano/keyboards, perc, laptop
Length:
Languages:
English, Spanish
Notes:
In my first opera “La Reina”, I explore the savagely violent world of drug trafficking, through the eyes of a victim who evolves to become the victimizer: violence only breeds more violence.