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Doctor Atomic

Santa Fe Opera


No. of reviews: 13

Atomic doesn’t quite ignite
6 Aug 18 / Opera Today
SFO’s ‘Doctor Atomic’ is an aural feast
3 Aug 18 / Albuquerque Journal
A stunning production of an important opera
29 Jul 18 / Broadway World
‘Doctor Atomic’ conquers 1945 and 2018 milieu
20 Jul 18 / Los Alamos Daily Post
Going nuclear at Santa Fe Opera
16 Jul 18 / New Mexican
‘Doctor Atomic’ brings the bomb home to New Mexico
16 Jul 18 / New York Times
Dr. Atomic reaches Ground Zero on New Mexico stage
You can enjoy opera in the mountains, or chamber music in a historic city plaza. Both are quintessential Santa Fe.
Madama Butterfly

Santa Fe Opera


No. of reviews: 7

Are you going to Santa Fe?
2 Sep 18 / TheaterJones
Fine singing and rough weather at Santa Fe Opera
10 Aug 18 / St Louis Post-Dispatch
Santa Fe floats a beauteous Butterfly
2 Aug 18 / Opera Today
SF Opera’s ‘Madame Butterfly’ a stirring performance
20 Jul 18 / Los Alamos Monitor
A stunning “Madama Butterfly” starring Kelly Kaduce
7 Jul 18 / Opera Warhorses
It’s fantasy and tragic realism at Santa Fe Opera
7 Jul 18 / The Durango Herald
Kaduce gave a performance filled with beautiful tone quality, exquisite phrasing, and dramatic conviction
2 Jul 18 / Broadway World
Ariadne auf Naxos

Santa Fe Opera


No. of reviews: 9

High entertainment
10 Aug 18 / Mundo Clásico (English)
Fine singing and rough weather at Santa Fe Opera
10 Aug 18 / St Louis Post-Dispatch
‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ provides evening of dazzling performances
9 Aug 18 / Los Alamos Monitor
Solid cast and decent production make this Strauss masterpiece highly recommendable
7 Aug 18 / OperaWire
Continuing a proud Strauss tradition
6 Aug 18 / Opera Today
Santa Fe Opera’s delectable new “Ariadne auf Naxos”
4 Aug 18 / Opera Warhorses
Santa Fe Opera serves up a witty 'Ariadne auf Naxos' prologue, but the second-half opera lacks magic
3 Aug 18 / Dallas Morning News
Conductor James Gaffigan brought out the melodic gold in Strauss's early twentieth century work
30 Jul 18 / Broadway World
Once upon an island
30 Jul 18 / New Mexican
Candide

Santa Fe Opera


No. of reviews: 6

Fine singing and rough weather at Santa Fe Opera
10 Aug 18 / St Louis Post-Dispatch
Bernstein Bemuses in New Mexico
2 Aug 18 / Opera Today
Santa Fe Opera marks Leonard Bernstein centenary with fizzy 'Candide'
2 Aug 18 / Dallas Morning News
Bernstein’s “Candide” opens 2018 Santa Fe opera season
7 Jul 18 / Opera Warhorses
It’s fantasy and tragic realism at Santa Fe Opera
7 Jul 18 / The Durango Herald
There was no weak link on this stage
2 Jul 18 / Broadway World
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

Santa Fe Opera


No. of reviews: 28

Steve Jobs, ein Zen-Meister und die Kunst der Oper
1 Sep 17 / Der Standard
The music drama lasts just 90 minutes and leaves us emotionally satisfied
29 Aug 17 / DC Theater Arts
Opera by design
21 Aug 17 / TheaterJones
Dots connected
14 Aug 17 / Mundo Clásico (English)
Solid cast lead strong debut run of Mason Bates / Mark Campbell opera
14 Aug 17 / OperaWire
While trashing “Steve Jobs,” this Santa Fe opera also shows how far the musical form has come
13 Aug 17 / Denver Post
Entertaining if not exactly (R)evolutionary
9 Aug 17 / Opera Today
A new opera tapped for greatness?
9 Aug 17 / People's World
In reinterpreting Steve Jobs folklore, an opera disrupts its form
9 Aug 17 / The Ringer
'Steve Jobs' and 'The Golden Cockerel' are stars at Santa Fe Opera
9 Aug 17 / Dallas Morning News
Steve Jobs opera in Santa Fe shows troubled tech wizard in search of his humanity
9 Aug 17 / Chicago Tribune
Santa Fe Opera crashes with Bates’ musically inert “(R)evolution of Steve Jobs”
6 Aug 17 / Classical Review
Santa Fe Opera thinks different with The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
6 Aug 17 / The Toronto Star
The cast is embraced by Bates' monumental, kaleidoscopic, and continuously pulsing orchestra
31 Jul 17 / LA Opus
Geniuses collide: Mason Bates takes on Steve Jobs
30 Jul 17 / Musical America
Familiar names animate dazzling Steve Jobs opera
29 Jul 17 / MinnPost
Steve Jobs opera scores smash hit for Mason Bates
29 Jul 17 / Classical Voice North America
Ovations for the (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
29 Jul 17 / Opera Warhorses
The man, the machine and now Steve Jobs, the opera
28 Jul 17 / Los Angeles Times
Steve Jobs comes alive, in all his contradictions, in new opera
28 Jul 17 / San Francisco Chronicle
Steve Jobs scores a success in Santa Fe
25 Jul 17 / Bachtrack
Mason Bates’s new opera creates an expansive sound-world
25 Jul 17 / Financial Times
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs is (R)evelatory in Santa Fe Premiere
24 Jul 17 / San Francisco Classical Voice
Steve Jobs of Apple, tech visionary, has glitches as an opera
24 Jul 17 / New York Times
Sing different: Steve Jobs' life becomes an opera
24 Jul 17 / NPR
Zen and the art of opera
24 Jul 17 / New Mexican
Steve Jobs opera proves tedious — and a triumph
24 Jul 17 / Washington Post
Steve Jobs opera sings Apple founder's praises – and flaws
24 Jul 17 / The Guardian
Two composers, one librettist
Composers Kevin Puts and Mason Bates recently turned to Mark Campbell for librettos for their high-profile new commissions - and the results for both were impressive.
Die Fledermaus

Santa Fe Opera


No. of reviews: 7

A Fledermaus lacking Gemütlichkeit
1 Sep 17 / The Opera Critic
Divertissement
10 Aug 17 / Mundo Clásico (English)
Director Ned Canty told his story clearly
4 Aug 17 / Broadway World
A lively “Fledermaus” and confusing “Alcina” at Santa Fe Opera
4 Aug 17 / Classical Review
A well-sung, at times frantic new production directed by Ned Canty
5 Jul 17 / Opera Warhorses
‘Die Fledermaus’ opens Santa Fe Opera with a comedic bang
4 Jul 17 / ABQ Journal
‘Die Fledermaus’ flies again: Santa Fe Opera opens its season
2 Jul 17 / New Mexican
Lucia di Lammermoor

Santa Fe Opera


No. of reviews: 10

Brenda Rae's Lucia is no wilting violet
31 Aug 17 / DC Theater Arts
Grand conclusions
24 Aug 17 / Mundo Clásico (English)
Brenda Rae’s vocal artistry brightens Santa Fe Opera’s dark-hued “Lucia”
7 Aug 17 / Classical Review
Brenda Rae and her male co-stars create a vocally stunning performance
31 Jul 17 / CultureVulture
Lucia’s ecstasy, agony, brokenness and transcendence
30 Jul 17 / Los Alamos Daily Post
Brenda Rae carries Santa Fe Opera's Lucia
25 Jul 17 / Bachtrack
Opera's about the singin'
11 Jul 17 / Santa Fe Reporter
Brenda Rae’s stunning Lucia di Lammermoor
8 Jul 17 / Opera Warhorses
‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ full of style and passion
4 Jul 17 / ABQ Journal
‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ scales heights at Santa Fe Opera
3 Jul 17 / New Mexican
Alcina

Santa Fe Opera


No. of reviews: 12

Elza van den Heever was a tower of strength as the sorceress
27 Aug 17 / DC Theater Arts
Santa Fe Opera does a visually bizarre staging of Handel's Alcina, but the voices are glorious
22 Aug 17 / TheaterJones
Postmodern Alcina in baroque style – and gender melee
12 Aug 17 / Classical Voice North America
'Steve Jobs' and 'The Golden Cockerel' are stars at Santa Fe Opera
9 Aug 17 / Dallas Morning News
Dreams and illusions
8 Aug 17 / Mundo Clásico (English)
Lead singers and director David Alden lead satisfying performance
7 Aug 17 / OperaWire
Beautifully sung enchantment
5 Aug 17 / Opera Warhorses
A lively “Fledermaus” and confusing “Alcina” at Santa Fe Opera
4 Aug 17 / Classical Review
Bewitched, bothered, and bewildered: Alcina casts some surprising spells in Santa Fe
1 Aug 17 / Bachtrack
Santa Fe Opera turned Alcina into a feast for both eye and ear
1 Aug 17 / Broadway World
The blurred lines between fantasy and reality
1 Aug 17 / Santa Fe Reporter
A magical mystery tour
31 Jul 17 / New Mexican
Le coq d'or

Santa Fe Opera


No. of reviews: 12

Dodon’s downfall
18 Aug 17 / Mundo Clásico (English)
Emmanuel Villaume leads an impressive cast in Rimsky-Korsakov’s masterpiece
9 Aug 17 / OperaWire
'Steve Jobs' and 'The Golden Cockerel' are stars at Santa Fe Opera
9 Aug 17 / Dallas Morning News
Santa Fe Opera’s glistening “Golden Cockerel” starring Venera Gimadieva
5 Aug 17 / Opera Warhorses
With exceptional cast and ingenious staging, Rimsky’s “Golden Cockerel” takes flight at Santa Fe Opera
5 Aug 17 / Classical Review
Pecking order: The Golden Cockerel a crowing success at Santa Fe Opera
1 Aug 17 / Memeteria
Color and light in Santa Fe
31 Jul 17 / CultureVulture
Gary McCann allowed his costumes to set the time and place as Tsarist Russia
30 Jul 17 / Broadway World
Rimsky’s Cockerel feathers the cap of Santa Fe Opera
29 Jul 17 / Classical Voice North America
The Golden Cockerel soars in Santa Fe
22 Jul 17 / Bachtrack
Santa Fe Opera strikes gold with Rimsky-Korsakov Russian political allegory
22 Jul 17 / Los Alamos Daily Post
Rare bird at Santa Fe Opera with ‘The Golden Cockerel’
17 Jul 17 / New Mexican
Telling the story
An interview with director Paul Curran, between rehearsals of Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Golden Cockerel” at Santa Fe.
Capriccio

Santa Fe Opera


No. of reviews: 14

The best of both worlds
1 Sep 16 / Mundo Clásico (English)
Music wins in Santa Fe’s Capriccio
24 Aug 16 / ConcertoNet (English)
Santa Fe Opera’s Capriccio a heart-felt ode to word and music
23 Aug 16 / Musical Toronto
Richard Strauss’ grad school arts seminar
21 Aug 16 / Communities Digital News
Get the party started
15 Aug 16 / TheaterJones
Straussian sweet nothings
15 Aug 16 / Opera Today
Consummate good taste: Amanda Majeski stars in a superb Santa Fe Capriccio
11 Aug 16 / Bachtrack
The 2016 festival season at the Santa Fe Opera review
10 Aug 16 / Wall Street Journal
Elegiac modernism
8 Aug 16 / Planet Hugill
Orchestra great, soprano not so much, in 'Capriccio'
7 Aug 16 / Dallas Morning News
Celebrating 60 with two rarities and Strauss (of course)
2 Aug 16 / Washington Post
Santa Fe Opera Makes the Case for “Capriccio”
30 Jul 16 / Opera Warhorses
Ultimate Strauss
27 Jul 16 / Santa Fe Reporter
Capriccio charms at Santa Fe Opera
25 Jul 16 / New Mexican
Roméo et Juliette

Santa Fe Opera


No. of reviews: 12

Festival de Santa Fe: Romeo y Julieta en pleno desierto de Nuevo Mexico
24 Aug 16 / Opera World (Spanish)
Santa Fe Opera’s ‘Roméo et Juliette’ meets the U.S. Civil War
18 Aug 16 / Communities Digital News
Stephen Costello soars as Gounod’s Romeo
18 Aug 16 / ConcertoNet (English)
Santa Fe Opera’s Romeo et Juliette a vocal and visual feast
16 Aug 16 / Musical Toronto
Santa Fe Opera does Gounod's Roméo et Juliette in a Civil War setting, but it's not going where you think
15 Aug 16 / TheaterJones
Romeo & Julieta, ojo de tempestad en Santa Fe
13 Aug 16 / Miami Clásica
Santa Fe’s civil war Gounod
12 Aug 16 / Opera Today
Supremely tragic moments
8 Aug 16 / Planet Hugill
A surprise at Santa Fe Opera – Joshua Guerrero joins Pérez, Aceto in Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette”
6 Aug 16 / Opera Warhorses
Celebrating 60 with two rarities and Strauss (of course)
2 Aug 16 / Washington Post
Santa Fe Opera stages an updated Roméo et Juliette
2 Aug 16 / Bachtrack
This production boasts strength from both leads
18 Jul 16 / New Mexican
A conversation with Stephen Costello
Santa Fe Opera’s first-ever Roméo.
Vanessa

Santa Fe Opera


No. of reviews: 15

Santa Fe Opera's Vanessa drab but beautiful
23 Aug 16 / Musical Toronto
Vanessa’s mysteries haunt Santa Fe
23 Aug 16 / ConcertoNet (English)
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News & Articles

Santa Fe Opera announces its 2023 season
The Santa Fe Opera has announced its 2023 season and revealed its 19th world premiere slated for 2024.
23 Jun 2022 / OperaWire
Santa Fe Opera announces its 2022 season lineup
Music lovers can hear the world premiere of “M. Butterfly” and the local debut of Richard Wagner’s “Tristan and Isolde” at the Santa Fe Opera next summer.
5 Nov 2021 / ABQ Journal
Santa Fe Opera adds a COVID-19 safety manager
Mike VanAartsen joined the company in that role in January. He’s setting the opera’s guidelines for masks, social distancing, hand sanitizing and all the other safety protocols.
16 Mar 2021 / New Mexican
Santa Fe Opera appoints chief artistic officer
Santa Fe Opera has announced that David Lomelí, the Dallas Opera’s director of artistic administration, will become its chief artistic officer, a new position that comes after two major staff departures.
13 Feb 2021 / New Mexican
Virtual performances span the world from Santa Fe
Performance groups in Santa Fe have taken the adage “the show must go on” to heart during the coronavirus pandemic as they turn to a new stage: the internet.
21 Dec 2020 / San Francisco Chronicle