On two occasions (the latest in 2025), ArtesMiami was the Presenting Sponsor of the Marti Productions Cecilia Valdés, the legendary Cuban zarzuela (a Spanish opera genre), composed by Gonzalo Roig in the early 1930s, based on the 1839 novel by Cirilo Villaverde. This zarzuela premiered in Havana’s Marti Theater on March 26, 1932, and it has become a cultural icon of Cuba since then. Nearly 4,000 music lovers saw these productions at the Manuel Artime Theater and at the Moss Theater, respectively.