Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera dream together again at Met Opera

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May 14, 2026

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Isabel Leonard as Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and Carlos Álvarez as her husband and fellow artist Diego Rivera perform in a scene from Gabriela Lena FrankEl Último Sueño de Frida y Diego at New York’s Metropolitan Opera.’/>

Gabriela Lena Frank’s first opera, in its Met debut, sees late Mexican painter Frida Kahlo leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead to be reunited with her husband and fellow artist Diego Rivera.

(Image credit: Marty Sohl)