Lagartijas Tiradas Al Sol (Librettists) Founded in 2003 by Luisa Pardo and Gabino Rodriguez, Lagartijas Tiradas Al Sol is a community of Mexico City-based artists making project that link work and life and erase borders. As Artistic Director of Golden Hornet – a non profit organization which draws on the collaborative spirit of rock bands and the composer-led nature of classical music – Reynolds guides the commissioning of new works, fostering of young and emerging composers, and presentation of adventurous works in non-traditional settings, including his own. ![]() With the jazz-based but far reaching Golden Arm Trio, Reynolds has repeatedly toured the country and released four critically acclaimed albums. ![]() Pancho Villa from a Safe Distance is the Creative Capital Award winning final component of this triptych, created with librettists Lagartijas Tiradas al Sol (Mexico City) and director Shawn Sides. Heard throughout the world in films, TV, stage, and radio, he recently scored Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying with Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, and Laurence Fishburne for Amazon Studios, the Rude Mechs’ Stop Hitting Yourself for Lincoln Center Theater, Ballet Austin’s Belle Redux, and a multi-year commission from Ballroom Marfa, The Marfa Triptych. Graham Reynolds (Composer) Called “the quintessential modern composer” by the London Independent, Austin-based composer-bandleader-improviser Graham Reynolds creates, performs, and records music for film, theater, dance, rock clubs, and concert halls with a wide range of collaborators across a multitude of disciplines. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Pancho Villa From A Safe Distance is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Originally commissioned by Ballroom Marfa and co-commissioned by Fusebox Festival. Produced by David Lobel and Kate Murray at Lobel Arts, Graham Reynolds’ Management. This Creative Capital Award-winning project brings together an impressive array of artistic collaborators from both sides of the Rio Grande: Austin, TX based composer Graham Reynolds, librettists Lagartijas Tiradas al Sol of Mexico City, director Shawn Sides of Rude Mechs, and an exceptional ensemble of two vocalists and six instrumentalists built around Grammy-winning producer-guitarist Adrian Quesada. Through a non-linear collage of scenes from or inspired by the life of the complex, contradictory, and controversial leader, the piece provides a timely lens into the relationships and overlaps between the communities of Mexico, the United States, and the borderlands. Pancho Villa From A Safe Distance is a bilingual cross-border opera about the enigmatic general, legendary bandit, and hero of the Mexican Revolution.
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