White Snake Projects Presents
Let's Celebrate!
Festive opera vignettes celebrating stories from Mexico, Spain, and Uzbekistan
January 10-11, 2026
BCA Plaza Theatre
Let's Celebrate
Thirty Angels
Composer + Librettist: Liliya Ugay
Dancing in Chalma
Composer: Felipe Pérez Santiago | Librettist: Cerise Lim Jacobs
Requiem Tomatina
Composer: Tony Solitro | Librettist: John de los Santos
Commissioned by White Snake Projects
Run Time: Approx. 60 minutes without intermission; Performed in English with subtitles in English
Saturday, January 10, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Sunday, January 11, 2026 | 2:00 PM
BCA Plaza Theatre (539 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116)
SYNOPSIS
Thirty Angels
Celebrating Navruz, the Uzbek and Persian new year
A young child in an Uzbek village learns the meaning of the centuries old tradition of preparing Sumalak, a traditional celebratory food of germinated wheat, flour, cottonseed oil and water symbolizing community, friendship and good luck.
Dancing in Chalma
Celebrating one of the most important festivals of Mexico: The Black Christ
A young woman, estranged from her family, goes to Chalma to wish for a reconciliation. She discovers that she has died in a car accident and her wish cannot come true. In an act of grace, her beloved dog who had also perished returned to her family, bearing her gift of love and forgiveness.
Requiem Tomatina
Celebrating the largest food fight in the world
A motley group of protesters win over authorities when they squash and throw tomatoes at each other, smearing the juice over their bodies.
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SUPPORT
White Snake Projects’ 2025-2026 programming is supported by a generous grant from the Mellon Foundation. Our programming is also supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Mass Cultural Council, the Boston Cultural Council, Reopen Creative Boston Fund, administered by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture and the Ditson Fund.
The Strand Theatre is owned by the City of Boston and managed by the Mayor’s Office of Arts & Culture
