Arizona Poet Laureate Alberto Ríos recently collaborated with Arizona Opera for its production of Arizona Lady. Though set in Tucson, the opera was originally written in German. Ríos was contracted by Arizona Opera to produce a new English-Spanish translation for their new production debuting October 10, 2015. You can learn more about this exciting collaboration in the articles below:
Sonoran News: Arizona’s First Poet Laureate gets Arizona Lady off to the races
ASU News: A horse of many scholars: ASU enlivens Arizona Opera production of lost equine musical
Phoenix New Times: Arizona Poet Laureate and Arizona Opera collaborate on Arizona Lady