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Go behind the song “El Mundo se Ilumina” from the Primero Sueño album with Magos Herrera. Primero Sueño is a processional opera inspired by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s 1692 poem, premiered at The Met Cloisters in January 2025. Listen to the full album at the link in bio!

For your GRAMMY® consideration: Primero Sueño in Best Contemporary Classical Composition and Best Engineered Album, Classical.

Opera commissioned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Department of Live Arts (MetLiveArts) and VisionIntoArt (VIA). Album recording was possible thanks to the support of NYFA / NYC Women’s fund 2025. Recorded at Power Station, NYC on January 2025.

Libretto and composition by Paola Prestini and Magos Herrera
Co-created by Paola Prestini, Magos Herrera and Louisa Proske
Produced and Orchestrated by Paola Prestini
Alejandro Venguer, Recording Engineer
Oscar Zambrano, Mastering Engineer
Magos Herrera, Sor Juana
Sjaella, Sisters
Viola Blache, soprano
Franziska Eberhardt, soprano
Marie Fenske, soprano
Marie Charlotte Seidel, mezzo-soprano
Felicitas Erben, alto
Helene Erben, alto
Luca Tarantino, theorbo and Spanish guitar
Celso Duarte, harps, charango, and hand percussion
David Herrera, sculpture and mask designer
Andrea Lauer, costume, props, and wearable technology designer
Jiyoun Chang, lighting designer
Christian Frederickson, sound designer
Jorge Cousineau, projection designer

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