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Metlalt and Metlapilli from 'The Ribald Flower Song' ('Xochicuicatl cuecuechtli')

'Xochicuicatl cuecuechtli' ('The Ribald Flower Song') Opera in the Nahuatl language by Gabriel Pareyon Premiered in September 2014 at the Theatre of the Arts, CENART, Mexico City. This is the first opera written in the Nahuatl language and exclusively using original Mexican instruments. A Cuecuechcuicatl (erotic song), collected around 1540 by Spanish friar Bernardino de Sahagun, forms an integral part of the text. Composed by Gabriel Pareyón, design by Enid Negrete, conducted by José Navarro, lighting design by Braulio Amadis.

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• Gabriel Pareyón Enid Negrete (Gabriel Pareyon Enid Negrete)

, Zapopan, Jalisco / Mexico City
Specialization: composer, producer, set designer, costume designer, other, sound artist
Disciplines: musicologists
Education: Pareyón has a PhD in Philosophy and Musicology from the University of Helsinki and Negrete has a PhD in Performing Arts from the Autonomous University of Barcelona
Collaboration with theatres: Negrete has worked continuously for the La Scala Theatre Milan, Italy, the Royal Opera House, London, England, the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain, the Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest, Hungary and the Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada.
Teaching activities: Pareyón's teaching activities include: Professor of the School of Music, CUAAD- University Center of Art, Architecture and Design, University of Guadalajara. Professor of History, CUCSH-University Center of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Guadalajara. Tutor of postgraduate studies, National School of Music, National Autonomous University of Mexico. Researcher for the National Center for Investigation, Documentation and Information of Music-CENIDIM, INBA, Mexico.
Continuing collaboration with directors: Trevor Nun, Núria Espert and Dario Fo
Additional information: text to the project Mexico: Pareyón experiments with traditional Mexican instruments and meter and phonetics in the Nahuatl and Hñähñu languages. Negrete has worked in more than 50 professional productions. Together they created the first Nahuatl opera with original Mexican instruments. text to the project Metlalt and Metlapilli from The Ribald Flower Song (Xochicuicatl cuecuechtli): Gabriel Pareyón is a Mexican composer and musicologist. He also experiments with traditional Mexican instruments and the metre and phonetics of the Nahuatl and Hñähñu languages. His music also combines wider aspects of linguistics, human speech and mathematical models. Enid Negrete is a Mexican opera producer, critic and researcher. She has worked in more than 50 opera, theatre and dance professional productions in Mexico, Spain, France, the USA and Canada.