Praise for 'Frida, Diego, and the Day of the Dead!'
The reviews are in, and it's official: patrons and press alike have declared our historic collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera and Green-Wood Cemetery to be a success! Between our immersive sunset pre-show experience, the tasty libations, and the incredible panel and performances from the cast and creatives of El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego, we truly celebrated the world of this opera.
Praise for Frida, Diego, and the Day of the Dead:
“A few days later [Isabel Leonard] was off to Green-Wood, where the Met had joined the popular Death of Classical series for an al fresco evening...This round of appearances transported Leonard to new places. Literally. ‘I’ve sung in parks before, but never in a cemetery,’ she said in Green-Wood’s modern chapel, shortly before heading to the outdoor stage.”
-The New York Times
“Imagine a huge crowd packing a central area of Greenwood Cemetery, at least an hour's distance from Manhattan (Culture Central)...Who could accomplish this? Wonder no longer. Who else but impresario Andrew Ousley of Death of Classical who knows how to get people excited about something.”
-Voce Di Meche
“It was generous, unhurried, festive. By the time the music started, you were already somewhere between the living world and the one this opera imagines.”
-Broadway World
“These resting places, some over a hundred years old, are so full of life ...despite the irony that we are all gathered to celebrate an opera about death.”
-Plays to See
“Death of Classical is a spunky classical music producer that takes performers and audiences into strange and wonderful spaces”
-Berkshire Fine Arts
