Frida Kahlo Self-Portrait: Coatlicue at the Opera?

Cōātlīcue, the Aztec mother of gods, is a powerful symbol in Kahlo’s self-portraits.

The hummingbird is important here. In Aztec mythology, the goddess was sweeping a temple when a ball of hummingbird feathers fell from the sky. She tucked them into her clothing and magically became pregnant, leading to the birth of Huītzilōpōchtli. He became the supreme Aztec god of the sun and war and patron of the people of Tenochtitlan. His name is variously translated as "Hummingbird of the South" or "Blue Hummingbird on the Left." The Aztecs believed the iridescent feathers of hummingbirds were the reincarnated souls of fallen warriors.

As for Kahlo arriving at the opera: "It was the entrance of an Aztec goddess, perhaps Coatlicue, the mother deity wrapped in her skirt of serpents, exhibiting her own lacerated, bloody hands the way other women sport a brooch." - Carlos Fuentes

Here is Cōātlīcue in San Jose, California: