Opera in the Park: Cruzar La Cara de la Luna
OPERA IN THE PARK Portland is proud to present the Oregon premiere of CRUZAR LA CARA DE LA LUNA (To Cross the Face of The Moon), the world’s first mariachi opera. Since its premiere in 2010, this now-beloved work—a potent and inspiring portrait of a specific community and its specific experiences–has become a modern testament to opera’s eclectic and far-reaching range. The opera will be performed free to the public (another first for the work), in concert format, with 48-member orchestra, 40-member chorus, seven featured soloists, and two actors.
With a bilingual libretto in Spanish and English, and an incandescent score that artfully fuses traditional opera with mariachi, the seventy-minute work invites audiences to examine their own ideas about home, belonging, and family, and to find the universal in the specific.
Free admission. All are welcome.
Friday, July 24, 2026; 6:30 PM — Shute Park, Hillsboro
Sunday, July 26, 2026; 6:00 PM — Peninsula Park, Portland
Learn more at operaintheparkportland.org
All Classical Radio is the Official Media Sponsor.
