Ani Maldjian, left, and Suzan Hanson at the dress rehearsal of Long Beach Opera’s West Coast premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s “Ainadamar.” (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)
Suzan Hanson portrays the dying actress Margarita Xirgu, who recounts the story of poet Federico García Lorca through a series of flashbacks. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)
Ani Maldjian, right and Suzan Hanson. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)
Ani Maldjian, left, Suzan Hanson and Peabody Southwell. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)
Suzan Hanson (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)
Acrobats punctuate the Long Beach Opera staging of Osvaldo Golijov’s ‘Ainadamar’ at Terrace Theater. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)
Peabody Southwell, left, with the ensemble. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)
