The Met premieres will continue in October with Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar. The opera, with a libretto by Tony winner David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly), is based on the life of poet Federico García Lorca, who was arrested and executed by the Falange during the Spanish Civil War because of his politics and his sexuality. Mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack plays Lorca, who is brought to life in the memories of actress Margarita Xirgu, a role shared by sopranos Angel Blue and Gabriella Reyes. Soprano Elena Villalón plays Xirgu’s student Nuria, and Flamenco singer Alfredo Tejada plays the Falangist politician Ramón Ruiz Alonso. Miguel Harth-Bedoya conducts the production by director-choreographer Deborah Colker, both making their Met debuts.