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Soprano Angel Blue (front) in the role of Margarita Xirgu and soprano Elena Villalon as Nuria perform a scene from "Ainadamar" by Argentinian composer Osvaldo Grolijov during a dress rehearsal October 11, 2024 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The life and death of Spanish poet Federico García Lorca debuts on October 15, 2024, at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York in "Ainadamar," the only opera by Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov. Composed in 2003, "Ainadamar," an Arabic word meaning "Fountain of Tears" in reference to the place where the poet was killed by the fascists in 1936, at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)