El Jinete – A Mariachi Opera (2014)
Produced by
Presented by
The SummerWorks Performance Festival
Director: Mercedes Bátiz-Benét
Writer: Mercedes Bátiz-Benét
Venue
Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace
Run
August 8th, 2014 – August 16th, 2014
Synopsis
Featuring Mariachi Los Dorados, El Jinete is a tale of love, vengeance and the supernatural, told through classics of the Mariachi repertoire. Inspired by the Golden Era of Mexican cinema, the show uses multi-layered projections to make it a black and white film come to life. The Rider is a cursed mariachi with a bullet wound in his heart; like a Mexican Orpheus, he crosses the border into El Norte to avenge the kidnapping of his bride. On the other side of the Rio Grande, he finds a strange and modern world, from which he may never return…. (summerworks.ca)
Cast
| Alex Alegria | Performer |
| Alexandra Wever | Performer |
| Mario Sota | Performer |
| Stefan Thordarson | Performer |
| Luis Melgar | Performer |
| Jeffrey Chow | Performer |
Creative Team
| Mercedes Bátiz-Benét | Director |
| Mercedes Bátiz-Benét | Writer |
| Alex Alegria | Musical Director |
| Jamie Nesbitt | Projection Designer |
| Itai Erdal | Lighting Designer |
| Chris Hind | Sound Designer |
| Flo Barrett | Costume Designer |
Production
| Diana Magallon | Stage Manager |
| Judd Palmer | Surtitle Operation |
| William Patrick Porter | Sound Mixer |
Staff
| Jenn Hewitt | Venue Technician |
| Kai Masaoka | Venue Technician |
| Christopher Ross | Venue Technician |
| Phoebe Vlassis | Technical Director |
