Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos, also presented in the Opera’s first season, returns in a new production directed by Tim Albery. Woolard’s1920s costumes, and the title role of Isabella conceived as Amelia Earhart-esque, it’s no surprise that the production has been so popular. With Robert Innes Hopkins’ huge pop-up book set with crashing planes and hot air balloons, David C. According to The San Francisco Chronicle review of the premiere in 2005, the opera “stands as a major addition to the operatic repertory of this new century, the first to be inaugurated with the specter of instant death very much around us.”Īnother one of Santa Fe Opera’s most admired productions, Rossini’s The Italian Girl in Algiers, has been received in select cities throughout the country since its debut in 2002 with similar enthusiasm. The Opera’s audience will finally encounter this masterpiece under the very same night sky that Robert Oppenheimer and his team of scientists experienced nearly 75 years ago.
The opera opens at the laboratory of the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, some 25 miles from Santa Fe Opera’s stage. John Adams and Peter Sellars’ Doctor Atomic explores the ushering in of the Atomic Age on July 16, 1945, when the first bomb was tested in the southern New Mexican desert near Alamogordo. Two highly-regarded Cio-Cio-San interpreters share the title role – Kelly Kaduce, beginning on June 30 through July 20, and Ana María Martínez, beginning on July 30 through August 24. In one of Santa Fe Opera’s most popular productions, hailed as “sensitive, freshly considered and affectingly sung” by The New York Times at its debut in 2010, Madame Butterfly opens on June 30. It is fitting that Puccini’s masterpiece is presented in the season that celebrates the completion of recent renovations, the 50 th anniversary of the Opera’s current stage, and the continuation of the Setting the Stage Campaign. It was the first opera presented in the 1957 inaugural season of the company, the first performance in the rebuilt theater in 1968 following the Opera’s devastating fire, and the opening of the 1998 season which introduced the newest theater after major renovations and expansion. Perhaps no other opera has been more important or nostalgic within the history of Santa Fe Opera as Puccini’s Madame Butterfly. Bernstein’s 100 th birthday on August 25, 2018, closes the season and this production of Candide. The beloved American composer is honored in a year-long international celebration of his 100 th birthday (#BernsteinAt100) which officially kicks off on August 25, 2017. Leonard Bernstein’s 1956 smash Broadway hit opens the season in a new production by Laurent Pelly. The Opera’s 62 nd season offers works by American icons and European masters, four of which are repertory from the 20 th and 21 st centuries. ADULT EDUCATION OFFERS A VARIETY OF PRESENTATIONS, SYMPOSIA, SEMINARS AND COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS FOR BOTH THE OPERA AFICIONADO AND NOVICE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING EVENTS IN AN INTENSIVE, WEEK-LONG FORMAT AND PRESENTATIONS PRIOR TO EACH EVENING'S OPERA.The 2018 season presents five operas in 36 performances, running from June 29 to August 25, 2018.
OPERA MAKES SENSE IS A CURATED INTRODUCTION FOR THREE- TO FIVE-YEAR-OLDS EXPLORING MUSIC THROUGH THEIR SENSES. COMMUNITY CONCERTS FEATURE APPRENTICE SINGERS DURING THE SUMMER AND WINTER HOLIDAY SEASON IN A VARIETY OF VENUES. BACKSTAGE TOURS IN THE OPERA'S THEATER ARE OFFERED DURING THE WEEK THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER FESTIVAL SEASON. THE SPRING TOUR IS AN INTRODUCTION TO OPERA VIA PERFORMANCES IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT NEW MEXICO.
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STUDENTS IN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTIVE LEARNING THROUGH OPERA PROGRAM WORK WITH ARTISTS-INRESIDENCE TO EXPLORE LEARNING THROUGH THE PERFORMING ARTS, OFTEN WRITING, PRODUCING, AND PERFORMING THEIR OWN OPERAS BOTH IN-SCHOOL AND AFTER SCHOOL ALONGSIDE TEACHERS RECEIVING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ARTS INTEGRATION. PARTICIPANTS IN THE YOUTH NIGHT PROGRAM ALSO ATTEND A FINAL DRESS REHEARSAL. BEGUN IN 1973, 19 PUEBLOS AND 3 RESERVATIONS ATTEND THESE FULLY STAGED PRODUCTIONS. PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: THE PUEBLO OPERA PROGRAM BRINGS STUDENTS, ELDERS, AND CHAPERONES TO A FINAL DRESS REHEARSAL.
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