“There’s a story to be told, and the plot is important”. verónica musalem.
Having written 34 plays and having 25 years as a writer, the playwright graduated from UNAM’s Philosophy and Letters Faculty specifies that to write an opera script you need to be aware of the following: ‘tell a strong story so your plot doesn’t dissolve; you need to understand that you’ll write a text for being sung, without an extensive length. You need to know that a performer can’t recite long sung texts and, therefore, you need to use poetic fragments with rhythm, cadence, musicality and be aware of the fact that you’re writing for a composer who’ll put music into your text’.

2018

Premiere of the opera The insects’ game, in the Fine Arts Palace. Production: EFIARTES, INBA. Composer: Federico Ibarra. Stage director: Claudio Valdés Kuri.
EL JUEGO DE LOS INSECTOS.

2016

Premiere of the opera Antonieta in the Fine Arts Palace.

2014

Presentation of the opera Antonieta on DVD, National Center of Arts.

2012

Antonieta obtains a fund for being recorded by the Special Musical Projects Fund. Composer: Federico Ibarra. CONACULTA.
ANTONIETA.
Invited to the Young Dramaturgy Festival in Querétaro, where she presented the children’s opera At Gods’ grave, directed by Luis Martín Solís.

2011

Antonieta is translated to English by the Center for Contemporary Opera.

2010

Antonieta premiered during the commemoration of the Bicentenary holiday in the Raúl Flores Canelo Theater, in the National Center of Arts. Composer: Federico Ibarra.

2009

Premiere of the opera The insects’ game in the Manuel M. Ponce Theater, in the Fine Arts Palace. Composer: Federico Ibarra. Sala Manuel M. Ponce.

2005

Premiere of the Experimental Opera Bonds, during the 7th edition of the International Music & Scene Festival, in the Miguel Covarrubias Theater of the University Cultural, UNAM.
LAZOS.