# The Metropolitan Opera: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego (2026)

**Genres:** Music

**Duration:** 170 min

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## Description

American composer Gabriela Lena Frank makes her Met debut with her first opera, a magical realist portrait of the Mexican painters Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. The libretto is by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Nilo Cruz. Inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, the story follows Frida, sung by mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, as she leaves the underworld on the Day of the Dead and is reunited with Diego, portrayed by baritone Carlos Álvarez.

## Details

**Premiere:** 30 May 2026 (in 14 days)

**Director:** Yannick Nézet-Séguin

**Cast:** Isabel Leonard, Gabriella Reyes, Nils Wanderer, Carlos Álvarez

**Countries:** United States

**Languages:** Spanish, English

**Open-air showtimes:** No

## Showtimes in Berlin

The movie is not showing in cinemas yet. Screenings are expected to begin on 30 May 2026.