Arizona Opera delivers Christmas gift to Tucson with mariachi opera

Arizona Opera was supposed to present “El Milagro” last season, but COVID got in the way. And in some ways, that turned out to be a gift.

With everything we experienced over the past 18 months — separation, anxiety, uncertainty and the desperate desire for reuniting with loved ones we couldn’t see because of the pandemic — “El Milagro” resonated on a much more personal level for all of us.

– Cathalena E. Burch