'El Conquistador' by Nathan Felix

This video contains excerpts from the premiere of 'El Conquistador' at The Little Carver Theatre in San Antonio Texas on Saturday March 2nd.
'El Conquistador' is a 75-minute opera that explores the life of Hernán Cortés and his conquest of Tenochtitlan. It also explores the life and impact of La Malinche, an enslaved Indigenous girl who became Hernán Cortés’ interpreter and cultural translator. The work serves as a prequel to Felix’s “La Malinche.”
CAST
Thomas Soto | Hérnan Cortès
Celeste Morales | La Malinche
Jeremiah Drake | Moctezuma
Emily Anderson | Diego Velazquez de Cuéllar & Aztec Slave
Kim Sandoval | Catalina Suarez Marcayda & Aztec Slave
Brian Caron | Cortès' General
ENSEMBLE
Nieves Villasenor | conductor
Jose Irizarry | violin
Ptotia Furlow | viola
Stephen Young | cello
Nicole Pfaff | piano
Steph Huskin | chorus
Kelly Vix-Miller | chorus
Christiana Davis | chorus
Roberta Ramos | chorus
PRODUCTION PERSONNEL
Nathan Felix | Director
Nathan Felix | Composer and Librettist
Nathan Felix | Production Design
Wesley Freeland | Rehearsal Pianist
Naysa Moreno | Production Assistant
Nathan Felix | Projection Design
Luci Astorga | Supertitles
Naysa Moreno | Supertitle Operator
Luci Astorga | Program Designer
This production was partly funded by
The San Antonio division of Arts & Culture