As part of the Hispanic Heritage Celebration at UTEP, three iconic Latin American women will come to life at Magoffin Auditorium on Friday, October 17, 2008 at 7 p.m. as we present Tres Vidas, a chamber music theatre work for singing actress Karina Barros and the Core Ensemble trio.
Tickets for this event are now on sale for $20 (plus applicable service charges) and are available at the UTEP Ticket Office (915.747.5234) or any Ticketmaster location. Seating for this event will be general admission, first come first served.
Tres Vidas is based on the lives of three legendary Latin American women: renowned Mexican Painter Frida Kahlo, Salvadoran peasant-activist Rufina Amaya and Argentine poet Alfonsina Storni.
Tres Vidas includes images of Frida Kahlo's dramatic visual work, passages from Rufina Amaya's heartfelt testimony about the ravages of the Civil War in El Salvador and excerpts from Alfonsina Storni's passionate poetry. With storylines including Frida Kahlo's dramatic and passionate relationship with painter Diego Rivera, Rufina Amaya's astounding singular survival of the massacre at El Mozote and Alfonsina Storni's life long challenges as Argentina's first great feminist poet, Tres Vidas presents dramatic situations timeless in their emotional appeal and connection to audiences across all gender and ethnic spectrums.
Tres Vidas live at UTEP is made possible through grants from UTEP's Chicano Studies Department and the Center for Inter-American and Border Studies. Mil Gracias to Dr. Dennis Bixler and Mr. Ricardo Blazquez for making this event a reality.
For more information about Tres Vidas live at UTEP, please visit the Core Ensemble's online "press room" http://www.core-ensemble.cc/pressroom.html or contact Marina Monsisvais at 747.5481 or via email at mmmonsisvais@utep.edu. For information regarding tickets, please contact the UTEP Ticket Office at 915.747.5234.
Background Info:
The text for Tres Vidas was written by Chilean scholar and award-winning writer Marjorie Agosin, Professor of Spanish Literature at Wellesley College. The show premiered in 2001 at MIT and is now touring throughout the US. The musical score, performed by the Core Ensemble (cello, piano, percussion), includes arrangements of popular and folk music from Latin America, music by tango master Astor Piazzolla and new music by composers from Argentina, Mexico and Cuba.
