Zorro by Héctor Armienta

Zorro comes home when
Pacific Opera Project presents the Los Angeles premiere of Héctor Armienta’s
Zorro. The famed masked vigilante comes alive in this swashbuckling opera
filled with romance, humor, and suspense. Set in the early 1800s in el pueblo
de Los Angeles, still a colony of Spain, this thrilling new work follows the
adventures of the Spanish nobleman who hides his true identity behind a black
mask to become Zorro, the dashing defender of the poor and enslaved. With a
lush score influenced by mariachi, flamenco, and corrido music, Zorro leaps
into dashing sword fights and passionate romance while battling tyranny and
corruption and defending California’s disenfranchised and indigenous peoples.
Presented in English and Spanish with projected supertitles, fully staged with
orchestra, costumes, sets, and operatic talent from across the country. Runtime
is approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes, with one intermission.