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The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote is a chamber opera in one act written for children in 1999. Originally rooted in the Zapotec culture, the story of Rabbit and Coyote explains why Coyote spends his nights howling at the sky, searching for Rabbit who has taken refuge in the moon.

The narrative blends many stories in which wily Rabbit repeatedly deceives Coyote and manages to scape, until he finally climbs to the moon.

In the opera, the three singing characters -Rabbit, Coyote and a farmer- communicate in an imaginary animal language expressed through exclamations, articulations, glissandos, hiccups, Bronx cheers and several vowel resources, all drawn along by the momentum of the tale. In this opera, a fourth character exists: the narrator, who is the one that tells the story, adapting the language to the country in which the opera is being presented.

The music is based on a geometric sequence that, when played, creates a sort of magical square, readable in any order: backwards, downwards, or sideways, always revisiting the same musical themes. This structure encompasses the entire piece, seeking an intervallic and consistent harmony that is intuitively accessible ti children's ears.

The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote is a Zapotec story dedicated to Eero Peerti and Francisco Toledo, the painter who conceived this opera. Libretto adapted by Gloria y Víctor de la Cruz.