Santa Fe Opera has announced the company has broken $1 million in its ticket donation campaign meant to keep the organization afloat and help compensate its workers during this time of closed theaters. Earlier this year, the company had experienced great success in ticket sales, reaching nearly $5 million. Since the spread of the coronavirus and the closure of public {…}
General Director Robert K. Meya has announced the cancellation of Santa Fe Opera’s 2020 Season. The festival, which was scheduled to open on July 3 and run through August 29, was forced to cancel due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent closure of nonessential businesses, constraints on public gatherings and restriction of both domestic and international travel. In an {…}
The Santa Fe Opera has appointed five musicians to join the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra at the start of the 2020 Season. The company announced that after competitive auditions which occurred on-site in August 2019, the ensemble will add Steven Moeckel as its new concertmaster, Margot Schwartz as Assistant principal second violin, Jennifer Best Takeda as Section violin, Alistair Eng {…}
(Photo credit: Simon Pauly) Today tenor Joshua Dennis is on a roll. A look back at his 2018-19 season reveals a whopping seven productions across such U.S. cities as New Orleans, San Antonio, Salt Lake City, Saint Paul, and Santa Fe in repertory ranging from classic romantics such as Verdi and Gounod to world premieres with modern masters like Joel Puckett {…}
One major opera staple is on this weekend’s list. But the rest are all made up of 20th and 21st century operas, including two works making their world premieres. Here are our top five operas to see this weekend (in alphabetical order by company). Chautauqua Opera Company – The Ghosts of Versailles For one night only, Chautauqua Opera will showcase {…}
This week the Santa Fe Opera is set to present its 16th world premiere. The company, which has been an advocate for new opera, will present the fifth opera by Poul Ruders, “The Thirteenth Child.” The work, which tells the story of a paranoid king who banishes his 12 sons in favor of Lyra, the thirteenth child. But when Princess Lyra {…}
(Credit: Seattle Opera / Jacob F. Lucas) This weekend, we are recommending some of the best-known works of the repertory in a bevy of productions across the U.S. One repertory staple will be getting a new arrangement in a English. Here are our top five operas to see this week (in chronological order by company). Cincinnati Opera – Porgy and {…}
There are four operas that rarely get performances in North America, making them all the more essential viewing for the weekend. Here are our top five operas to see this weekend (in alphabetical order by company). Billy Budd – Central City Opera Britten’s masterwork kicks off on Saturday with a production conducted by John Baril and directed by Ken Cazan. {…}
Festival season is in full swing and this weekend’s major offerings come from some of the most exciting summer festivals in North America. Here are our top five offerings (in alphabetical order by company). Madama Butterfly – Central City Opera The famed Puccini masterpiece opens on Saturday with Raquel González, Annie Rosen, Cody Austin, Troy Cook, and Joseph Gaines. Adam {…}
The Santa Fe Opera has announced the members of its 2019 Season Apprentice Program for Theater Technicians. The season’s program is comprised of technicians, designers, and craftspeople from across New Mexico, the wider United States, South America, England, and China. This year the 78 individuals who were selected, were picked from a pool of more than 900 applicants through a {…}
(Photo: Suzanne Vinnik) Santa Fe Opera has announced that Nicaraguan-American soprano Gabriella Reyes will take on the role of Musetta in the company’s upcoming new production of Puccini’s “La Bohème.” She will replace Kirsten MacKinnon, who “has withdrawn from the production for personal reasons,” according to the press release. Reyes is a 2017 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions grand finalist. She made {…}
