Primero Sueño, the acclaimed processional opera written by Paola Prestini and Magos Herrera, will have its first recording released Oct 31 on VIA Records. The work, which was premiered in a series of sold-out immersive performances in the Metropolitan Museum Cloisters in New York City in January 2025, is based on the poem written in 1692 by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a poet, playwright, scholar, nun, and influential 17th-century Mexican writer who is recognized as America's first published feminist.

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Album Tracklist

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1. Piramidal
2. Nictimene
3. Hermanas
4. El Claustro
5. El Mar
6.  Amable Trabajo
7. Santa Maria
8. Monan Vuchila
9. Parda Noche
10. Un Cadáver  
11. El Alma
12. Secretos
13. El Ser más Elevado
14. Pirámides
15. La Reina de lo Sublunar
16.  La Naturaleza
17.  El Mundo se Ilumina

Magos Herrera, Sor Juana
Sjaella, Sisters
  Viola Blache, soprano
  Franziska Eberhardt, soprano
  Marie Fenske, soprano
  Marie Charlotte Seidel, mezzo-soprano
  Felicitas Erben, alto
  Helene Erben, alto
Luca Tarantino, theorbo and Spanish guitar
Celso Duarte, harps, charango, and hand percussion
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Recording Producer and editing by Paola Prestini
Recording, mixing, and editing by Alex Venguer
Mastering by Oscar Zambrano for Zampol Productions
Recorded at Power Station BerkleeNYC

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This recording is made possible with support from NYFA Women's Fund, NYC Media & Entertainment (MOME), with commissioning support for VisionIntoArt provided by Jill and Bill Steinberg

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