New Mexico’s Opera Southwest has announced a New Year’s Eve Concert at the National Hispanic Cultural Center-Journal Theatre in Albuquerque. The event will feature music by Mozart and Verdi as performed by such artists as Claudia Chapa, Michelle Johnson, Zaikuan Song, and David Walton. They will be conducted by Anthony Barese. The showcase kicks off at 2:30 p.m. and will {…}
Opera Southwest is set to present a double bill of Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” with the “Doctor Atomic Symphony” just in time for Halloween. First on the bill, “Bluebeard’s Castle,” stars Justin Hopkins as Duke Bluebeard and Andrea Hillthe as Judith. Senior set artists from Meow Wolf, Lance Ryan McGoldrick and David Cudney have woven traditional themes, colors, and modern technology {…}
Opera Southwest is set to present “Mariposa Que Vuela” on Sept. 23, 2023. The showcase, which kicks off at 6 p.m. local time, will feature soprano Cecilia Violetta López as she presents a “recital autobiográfico” that features mariachi, ranchera, and opera classics. She will be joined by pianist Nate Salazar and musicians from the Mariachi Amigos de Nuevo Mexico. “This {…}
Opera Southwest in Albuquerque, New Mexico is set to present Rossini’s “L’Occasione fa il Ladro.” The opera will be part of its Apprentice Artist Program, which began in 2014 and selects artists through competitive national auditions. In a statement said OSW Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Anthony Barrese said, “Many opera companies in the U.S. have apprentice programs, but ours {…}
Opera Southwest is set to present Puccini’s “Turandot” celebrating its 50th anniversary. The company will present the work four times between March 12 and 19, 2023 with Chinese Director XinXin Tang helming the production. Tang’s production is a co-production with OperaDelaware and Fargo Moorhead Opera which will be presented at the later companies in 2024. Soprano Michelle Johnson makes a {…}
Opera Southwest is set to present “Le Comte Ory” starting on Feb. 5, 2023. The production of the famed Rossini opera will run for a total of three performances with subsequent shows scheduled for Feb. 10 and 12, 2023 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center-Journal Theatre. The comedy will star tenor Christopher Bozeka, soprano Lindsay Ohse, Amanda Crider, Matthew Hanscom, {…}
Opera Southwest has been selected by the Solti Foundation to host Nathaniel Efthimiou, a recipient of the Sir Georg Solti Foundation’s U.S. Career Assistance Award and 2023 Elizabeth Buccheri Opera Residency program. Opera Southwest’s Apprentice Artist program has offered early career singers a rare opportunity to perform a staged, professional principal role, with orchestra. As a result, this approach was {…}
Opera Southwest will present “Zorro” in Albuquerque. The work, which is set to be presented four times from Oct. 23 through Oct. 30, was written by Héctor Armienta and will be shown at the National Hispanic Cultural Center-Journal Theatre. The work take place in Los Angeles when Alta California was still a colony of Spain and retells the Zorro legend {…}
Opera Southwest has announced its 2022-23 season with four productions. Louise Bertin, Eugène Scribe and E. Mazares’s “Le loup-garou” will be conducted by Anthony Barrese and directed by Elizabeth Margolius. The opera will be showcased at the Albuquerque Museum’s amphitheater and stars Michael Rodriguez, Miguel Pedroza, Thomas Drew, Yejin Lee, and Melanie Ashkar. The opera, which premiered in 1827 at {…}
In collaboration with Opera Southwest, the National Hispanic Cultural Center is set to perform “Frida” by Robert Xavier Rodriguez. The opera, which will feature a retelling of the life of one of Mexico’s iconic artists, Frida Kahlo, will be fully staged at the NHCC’s Albuquerque Journal Theater. The iconic artist painted over fifty-five self-portraits, each depicting a moment in her {…}
On Oct. 20, 21019 Opera Southwest made history by reviving Giovanni Bottesini’s rarely performed opera “Alì Babà.” In many ways, the performance was almost like a world premiere because it was the first time the opera was being performed as the composer intended with its recitatives included. As noted in the program, Bottesini’s opera world premiered in 1871 but with {…}