New Opera Imagines Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera’s Final Meeting

New Opera Imagines Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera’s Final Meeting

Gabriela Lena Frank andNilo Cruz imagine how one last encounter between Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera would look like in a new opera.

Why Did the Met Opera Decide to Exhume Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera's Marital Strife?

Isabel Leonard as Frida and Carlos Álvarez as Diego in Gabriela Lena Frank’s El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego. All photography by Marty Sohl and courtesy of the Met Opera. The throngs striding across the Plaza at Lincoln Center in groups of two or four wore flowers in their hair. A day at the opera always provides an excuse to dress up, but this balmy Sunday afternoon in June brought a distinct look: braids piled atop the head, sweeping tiered s…