HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CANTATA FOR DOMITILA



Jimena and Patrick
1. Jimena García as Domitila with Patrick Trumper, speaking about the
Bolivian tin miners


Henry and Satsuki
2. Henry Avila plays the violin with Satsuki Odamura on the koto in a reprieve
of the opening number, “Domitila’s Journey”



3. Members of the "Compañía Domitila" during a performance at the Parramatta 
Town Hall, 2005 (l-r) Mary-Jane Field, creator of the work, Clarita Derwent,
 Johnny Fuentes, Patricio Espinoza and Juanito Alvear.


Lucho
4. Lucho Chukimia, participant in every presentation, with his zampoña 


5. Clara Maldonado, left, in her role as Domitla Barrios in the 2005 production 
speaking to the audience and to Jacqueline Buswell, who represents the 
public-at-large in the Cantata for Domitila. 


Julia, Paul and Henry
6. Julia and Paul Pokorny and Henry Avila with viola
 and violins in the “Complaint Bailecito”


Mary-Jane
7. Mary-Jane Field singing the emotive song, “Tranquila”.


8. Johnny and Patty Fuentes dancing a stirring cueca rhythm 
to a song about the miners' working life in Bolivia


9.Juanito Alvear playing the quena in the introduction 
to the theme song "Domitila's Journey"

 


Sammy, Jorge y Lucho
10. Sammy and Jorge Sabag and Lucho Chukimia playing “Los Mineros de Bolivia"
 at a fund-raising peña


11. At the end of the Cantata members of the audience are invited to join in folkloric
dancing and pictured here are Jacqueline Buswell, the Bolivian
 Consul, Antonio Morón Nava, and Félix Grau

 




12. Mary-Jane Field, composer and director of the Cantata for Domitila, 
with Jackie Buswell in the role of the Narrator and Clara Maldonado
representing Domitila Barrios de Chungara.