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New York Times: At the U.S.-Mexico Border, a Children’s Opera Sings to the Moment
By Adam Nagourney Reporting from Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego “Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote,” performed on both sides of the border, offers an allegory about migrants, immigration agents and President Trump" The new children’s opera “Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote” is told with singers dressed up as hopping bunnies, coyotes, snakes and butterflies. In the course of 90minutes, it chronicles a journey through deserts, a river, an underground tunnel and a wall: a border wall, lo


Review: ‘Pancho Rabbit and The Coyote’s’ premiere a timely, pitch-perfect musical triumph
By George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune The bilingual chamber-opera for children and adults by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis and librettist Allan Havis is a tour de force. Tijuana and the world’s largest international border crossing are only 12 miles away from Chula Vista’s Southwestern College Performing Arts Center, which on Saturday and Sunday hosted the world premiere performances of Pulitzer Prize-winner Anthony Davis’ often remarkable new Spanish-Engl


Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis transcends borders with new opera presented by Bodhi Tree Concerts and based on a children's book by Mexican-American author Duncan Tonatiuh
by George Varga / San Diego Union-Tribune Presented by Bodhi Tree Concerts and based on a children's book by Mexican-American author Duncan Tonatiuh, the bilingual 'Pancho Rabbit and The Coyote' will have its world premiere in San Diego and Tijuana. Pulitzer Prize-winning opera composer and UC San Diego professor Anthony Davis didn’t have to look beyond his backyard — figuratively and (almost) literally — for inspiration for his latest musical opus, “Pancho Rabbit and The Coy
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