![]() Santa Fe Opera premiere and new production Sung in French with English and Spanish titlesĬast includes Ailyn Pérez, Robert Watson, James Creswell and Michaela Martens July 1, 7, 12, 31 August 5, 10, 15, 25, 2023Ĭast includes Huw Montague Rendall, Samantha Hankey and Gihoon Kim Sung in German with English and Spanish titles Thomas Guggeis and Alden Gatt, conductorsĬast includes Nicholas Brownlee, Elza van den Heever and Morris Robinson ![]() Sung in Italian with English and Spanish titles The world’s leading performers, musicians and conductors, including Igor Stavinsky, have performed at the Santa Fe Opera.Cast includes Angel Blue, Leah Hawkins, Joshua Guerrero, Freddie De Tommaso and Reginald Smith, Jr. In the last 49 years the opera company has produced both American and international premieres. Since that time, Santa Fe’s opera house has become world renown for introducing new operas, as well as beloved operas from past centuries. A production of Puccini‘s Madama Butterfly was the inaugural opera that took place on July 3, 1957. Crosby also conducted many of the operas at Santa Fe’s breathtaking outdoor venue. ![]() Crosby, who died in 2002, had the unique distinction as being the longest running general director of an opera company in the United States. He retained the position of director until the year 2000. The Santa Fe Opera, located 7 miles north of the capital city, was founded in 1956 by John Crosby. The former gym was located on Marcy Street where the City of Santa Fe Tourism Center is located today. The Opera performed the remainder of the season at the Santa Fe High School gym. The performance drew favorable reviews in both The New York Times and Musical America magazine. In a serendipitous turn of fate, a capacity crowd of 1,300 locals attended the performance in a show of support. ![]() The opera director, John Crosby, negotiated with the Santa Fe School Board to host its next production of The Barber of Seville at Santa Fe High’s Sweeney Gym. During the premiere of Paul Hindemith’s Cardillac a fire broke out and the stage was burned to the ground. The year of 1967 was a memorable one for the Santa Fe Opera. ![]()
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