Suzanna Guzman in holiday pageant ‘La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin’ (Photo – Pablo Santiago)
An archival video showing of Latino Theater Company’s signature holiday pageant, which has taken place annually since 2002 at Downtown L.A.’s Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, is streaming until Dec. 20.
Starring renowned opera singer Suzanna Guzman as the Virgin, Sal Lopez as Juan Diego, and featuring over 100 actors, singers and indigenous Aztec dancers as well as children and seniors from the community, La Virgen is the City of L.A.’s largest theatrical holiday production.
Join the tens of thousands who have become transfixed by the story of Juan Diego, a simple peasant to whom the Virgin Mary appeared on four occasions in the mountains of Tepeyac near Mexico City in 1531.
Adapted for the stage by Evelina Fernández from the mid-16th century text The Nican Mopohua and performed in Spanish with English subtitles. Streaming through December 20 at thelatc.org for free.
Suzanna Guzman has a wonderful soprano voice. She was a featured soloist at the July 4, 2001 Celebration and Fireworks display, in New York City.