Manuel de Falla's emotionally charged 'La Vida Breve'

Spanish composer Manuel de Falla's opera "La Vida Breve" depicts the timeless themes of unrequited love and class inequality, and yet the hour-long work is rarely performed today in its entirety. On Saturday evening, the In Series presented the opera as its season opener at the GALA Hispanic Theatre in a production that was emotionally charged, earnest and thoughtfully assembled.