Program Notes for Fountain of Tears (Ainadamar)
by Diana Burgwyn Osvaldo Golijov’s remarkable sound world in the opera Fountain of Tears (Ainadamar) is an amalgamation of his own Argentinian/ Jewish heritage and numerous other cultures, including Muslim, Jewish and Christian musical traditions. Above all, the score is suffused with the music of Lorca’s Spain: lush, seductive and with a strong undercurrent of …