# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Cruzar la Cara de la Luna
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 26 Jul, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: CRUZAR LA CARA DE LA LUNA 
A Mariachi Opera

Music by José “Pepe” Martínez 
Lyrics by José “Pepe” Martínez and Leonard Foglia 
Book by Leonard Foglia 
Commissioned by Houston Grand Opera
Premiered at Houston Grand Opera in September, 2010 
Orchestrated by David Hanlon
Orchestrations commissioned by Minnesota Opera 


OPERA IN THE PARK Portland is proud to present the Oregon premiere of Cruzar la Cara de la Luna (To Cross the Face of The Moon), the world’s first mariachi opera. Since its premiere in 2010, this now-beloved work—a potent and inspiring portrait of a specific community and its specific experiences–has become a modern testament to opera’s eclectic and far-reaching range. The opera will be performed free to the public (another first for the work), in concert format, with full orchestra, chorus, and seven featured soloists. 

Cruzar la Cara de la Luna tells a poignant and timely story of migration, cultural identity, and generational divides within the Mexican-American community. The story begins in present-day Texas where an elderly Laurentino Valesquez lies in his bed, on the brink of death. In conversation with his adult son, we learn that Laurentino left a wife and child in Mexico when he immigrated to the USA in search of opportunity. The borders of time and space blur as we meet three generations of the Valesquez family, and come to understand their journeys, physical and spiritual. With a bilingual libretto in Spanish and English, and an incandescent score that artfully fuses traditional opera with mariachi, the seventy-minute work invites audiences to examine their own ideas about home, belonging, and family, and to find the universal in the specific. 

This project is supported by the Oregon Cultural Trust.

Additional support comes from the City of Hillsboro, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Oregon Arts Commission, Multnomah County Cultural Coalition, James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation, Columbia Sportswear, Hoffman Construction, and supporters like you. 

Additional Opportunities:

July 23, 2026

Opera in the Park Portland Preview of Cruzar la Cara de la Luna

Thursdays @ Three, hosted by Christa Wessel

https://www.allclassical.org/programs/thursdays-at-three/
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portland/cruzar-la-cara-de-la-luna/200029882198525
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, concerts, nonprofit, art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 52

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Portland
- **state**: OR
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Peninsula Park
- **lat**: 45.568089870342
- **long**: -122.67278194427
- **full address**: Peninsula Park, Portland, Oregon, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Opera in the Park Portland (https://allevents.in/org/opera-in-the-park-portland/21592952)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 26 Jul, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Peninsula Park, Portland, Oregon, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Opera in the Park Portland
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, concerts, nonprofit, art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Cruzar la Cara de la Luna ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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