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Marcela Fuentes-Berain
Librettist

Biography
Marcela Fuentes-Berain is a multifaceted writer who has worked in film, opera, television, radio, and theater. Among her palette of projects is the script of Hasta Morir, which recevied two nominations from the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences; and Sumas y Restas, co-written with Colombian cult director Víctor Gaviria, awarded Best Movie at the Cartagena Film Festival and Best Foreign Film by the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences. She had the great honor to work closely with the late Hollywood director Tony Scott on Man on Fire, starring Denzel Washington. In 1995 her mentor, teacher and friend Gabriel García Márquez asked her to write the libretto for Florencia en el Amazonas, which has been performed in several opera houses around the world from Heidelberg, Germany to Manaus, Brazil. She has been a script consultant for the Sundance Institute for more than 15 years. Her prestige as a teacher has taken her all around Latin America and Spain giving workshops and being part of several juries. She was chosen to create the academic program for the first Mexican screenwriting school, to open in Morelia in 2015. She has been a member of the selection committee of the Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival since 2001. In 2010 she was part of the Bicentennial Film Committee in Mexico. She currently lives in Mexico City.

OPERA America/Opera.ca Grants Awarded
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GRANT NAMEYEAR
The Opera Fund: Audience Development 2012
The Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Showcase 2009
Opera for a New America 1994
Opera for a New America 1994


Productions
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COMPANYTITLEDATES
Opera San JoséFlorencia en el Amazonas4/20/2024 - 5/5/2024
Nashville OperaFlorencia en el Amazonas1/26/2024 - 1/28/2024
Metropolitan OperaFlorencia en el Amazonas11/16/2023 - 12/14/2023
Lyric Opera of ChicagoFlorencia en el Amazonas11/13/2021 - 11/28/2021
Pittsburgh OperaFlorencia en el Amazonas (Florencia in the Amazon)11/9/2019 - 11/17/2019
Pensacola OperaFlorencia en el Amazonas (Florencia in the Amazon)3/15/2019 - 3/17/2019
Houston Grand OperaFlorencia en el Amazonas (Florencia in the Amazon)1/18/2019 - 2/3/2019
Madison OperaFlorencia en el Amazonas (Florencia in the Amazon)4/27/2018 - 4/29/2018
San Diego Opera AssociationFlorencia en el Amazonas (Florencia in the Amazon)3/17/2018 - 3/25/2018
Los Angeles OperaFlorencia en el Amazonas (Florencia in the Amazon)11/11/2014 - 12/19/2014


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