“Il Postino (The Postman)” is an opera in Spanish (performed with English supertitles) based on the Academy Award-winning film of the same name. It tells the story of Mario, a postman on an island off the coast of Italy in the 1950s, who is hired to be the personal delivery man for Pablo Neruda, the great poet who was exiled from Chile. Mario is fascinated by the fact that almost all Neruda’s mail is from women. He befriends Neruda so he can learn how to use poetry to get the attention of the girl he loves, Beatrice. In so doing, a deep friendship develops, and Mario not only learns about the power of words to express his passion for Beatrice, but also how words can effect change in society.