LPR Presents: Diles que no me maten
About This Event
At National Sawdust, LPR Presents mounts Diles que no me maten, a program that continues the artist's focus on contemporary vocal storytelling in venue-based settings. The production-minded presentation favors narrative clarity over spectacle and treats opera as a living form shaped by the room, the audience and the moment.
About Diles que no me maten(opera)
At National Sawdust, *Diles que no me maten* arrives in New York as a chamber-scale opera presented with LPR Presents. Drawn from Juan Rulfo’s short story, it follows an old man facing the delayed consequences of a killing, with the weight of land, memory, and inherited violence pressing in on a family and a village. If this marks an NYC premiere, it also signals a widening of the city’s operatic map toward Latin American literary sources. The score treats time less as plot than as punishment, an austere choice that fits the material.
About the Artist
LPR Presents
LPR Presents is an individual opera artist whose work in New York City often appears in venue-based contexts such as National Sawdust. Their programming centers on contemporary vocal storytelling, including the event titled *LPR Presents: Diles que no me maten*.