There really was no reason for Mary Zimmerman to get stuck while directing her new production of “Florencia en el Amazonas,” which premieres on Thursday at the Metropolitan Opera.
The staging is her sixth for the Met, and at first glance, the work looked to be square in her wheelhouse.
Yet when time came to start conceptualizing her production, Zimmerman found herself stalling.
“I’m quite a bit overidentified with Florencia,” Zimmerman said after a recent rehearsal.
A lot of us performers and artists with broken hearts, partly everything we put on is for that person, whether they’re going to see it or not.”
Persons:
Mary Zimmerman, Florencia, Gabriel García Márquez, Zimmerman, ” Zimmerman, “, ”
Organizations:
Metropolitan Opera, Met
Locations:
el Amazonas, ”, Manaus