Hector Armienta
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Where Waters Meet - For orchestra, chorus,
and narrator
Commissioned by the Oakland East Bay
Symphony and conducted by Michael Morgan
Paramount Theater 2005
TWO EXCERPTS
Grandfather's Legend - a chamber work
EXCERPT
River of Women/Rio de Mujeres
A Chamber Opera
Presented at Theater Artaud, San Francisco  2001
Directed by
Josemaria Condemi
Out There
Performed by Hope Briggs
La Llorona/The Weeping Woman
A Mexican Musical Novela
Reading of the first act
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Presented at Counterpulse
Directed by
Josemaria Condemi
La Llorona Trio
Performed by Kathleen Sisco,  Lisa Marie Bolin,
Patricia Barboza, &  Tamra Palselk
Hector Armienta
Paula, tells her 15 year old daughter of her
dream to one day escape the rural life of the San
Antonio river.
A Swan Has Given Me Eyes to See
Performed by Hope Briggs,
Linh Kaufman &  Katia Escalera
(Yahoo Video)
(Yahoo Video)
Paula decides to escape with her daughter
Elisa to California. Paula is unaware, however,  
that
her mother Cayetana has been listening
and is determined to stop her.
Los Hombres Son Ijuales
(Men are all the same)
Performed by Katia Escalera  and Kathleen Sisco
(Yahoo Video)
Serafina, Maria's servant, warns her that men are not be
trusted.  Maria, unfortunately will learn this all too late.
The Four Worlds - Someone has called out her
name and has awoken La Llorona. She is forced
once again to relive her tragedy.
(Yahoo  Video)
La Llorona/The Weeping Woman has been commissioned by Western Stage and will premiere in 2008. It has received a
2007
NEA grant: Access to Artistic Excellence in Musical Theater.

Hector Armienta is composer, playwright, and lyricist.
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