Composer Carla Lucero has partnered with filmmaker Carson Gilmore to bring an aria from her opera “Juana” to film.

The project emerged from the aria “Sin vos” from “Juana” being featured on Navona Records’ “Tapestry of Voices,” Vol. 2. The two creators teamed together to create a film version of the aria that ultimately would be released in tandem with the album. The film can be viewed on PARAMA Recordings’ YouTube channel.

Soprano Michelle Drever stars in the film. She recorded live vocal during filming. Also featured in the film is the Brno Contemporary Orchestra led by Pavel Šnajdr.

Gilmore told OperaWire, “In the film, I tried to convey the story of Sor Juana and the Condesa’s embattled love within the confines of aria, and highlighted the importance of the survival of Sor Juana’s outspoken writings. All of the content is presented as thought-as-sound, which both preserved the dignity of the vocal performance and demanded that I thoroughly explore the relationship between sound and image in telling the story.”

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