Winter 2024
By Steven Boyd Saum
On a stunning September day in the hills of California’s Mendocino County, just above Anderson Valley and the little town of Boonville, where the redwoods meet the vineyards, composer and pianist Gabriela Lena Frank ’94, ’96 pauses to reflect on where recent months have taken her. She is at home with her husband, cat and three dogs, sitting on their terraced deck within sight of the school where she nurtures a music program. The past year has brought Frank an arrival: the premiere of her first opera, “El último sueño de Frida y Diego” (“The Last Dream of Frida and Diego”), building on three decades of work as a composer.
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