Me Alquilo para Soñar (I Sell My Dreams)

Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez's short story of the same name, Dr. Melissa Lubecke Sarabia and Steven Aguiló-Arbues create a musical journey from Colombia to Cuba with stops in Mexico, Spain and more. Experience art song newly curated by the Canciones Project, as part of their ongoing mission to share the gorgeous music of South American with a larger audience.

Taking on the role of an unnamed, mystical woman, whose peculiarities and adventures are revealed over the course of the story, Dr. Lubecke Sarabia walks through dreams. Songs are interspersed with the words of Márquez and Pablo Neruda, characters with their own part to play in the woman's journey. These nationally recognized artists tell a story steeped in magical realism, using the language of dreams as a springboard to take you on an exploration of works by Gustavino, Piazzolla and Catán.

About Melissa Lubecke Sarabia:
Melissa Lubecke Sarabia, Soprano, completed her DMA at The University of Colorado Boulder in 2024. Her past roles include Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus at the University of Texas San Antonio, Lady with a Cake Box in Postcard to Morocco, Mimí in La Bohème, and Alice Ford in Verdi’s Falstaff with Eklund Opera. In 2021 she co-founded The Canciones Project, a non-profit corporation in Texas which champions Latin American music, emphasizes bel canto singing technique, and embraces culturally responsive pedagogy. She currently serves at Texas Lutheran University as the Director of Vocal Studies.

About Steven Aguiló-Arbues:
Argentinean-American Steven Aguiló-Arbues enjoys an active career as a conductor, chorus master, vocal coach, and recitalist. He currently serves as Artistic Director and Conductor for Opera Fort Collins. Other recent positions include Cover Conductor for Opera Theatre Saint Louis, Conductor for the Crested Butte Music Festival, and Program Music Director of Studio Artists at Sarasota Opera.

He has also worked at academic institutions including the Manhattan School of Music, Colorado State University in Fort Collins, and the University of Colorado in Boulder. He earned his Professional Studies Certificate and Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City.
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Pikes Peak Opera League's mission is to promote knowledge and appreciation of opera, musical theatre and vocal arts, to encourage and support aspiring and professional opera and musical theatre artists, and to support Opera Theatre of the Rockies and other regional opera, classical and vocal arts organizations.