The Metropolitan Museum of Art and VisionIntoArt have announced that they will produce Paola Prestini and Magos Herrera’s “Primero Sueño” in 2025.

The work is an adaptation of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’ iconic poem of the same name. “Primero Sueño” was first published in 1692 and “tracks Sor Juana’s mind as it aggregates knowledge, following the soul as it dreams and wakes. She fights for her intellect and curiosity and shares her insights on mysticism, feminism, and the power of the natural world. Within those moments, she touches on her relationship to nativism of the time, from images of sun to Darwinistic principles to elements of transcendence.”

Prestini joined forces with jazz icon Magos Herrera in the creation of the work, which will be presented at The Met Cloisters. Herrera will play Sor Juana and will be joined by Sjaella as both nuns and several of the poem’s vivid images. The production will be directed by Louisa Proske with choreographer by Jorrell Lawyer-Jefferson. Andrea Lauer will design the costumes.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art commissioned the work, which will be co-produced by VisionIntoArt.