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Doctor AtomicSanta Fe OperaNo. 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 |
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‘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 |
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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.
You can enjoy opera in the mountains, or chamber music in a historic city plaza. Both are quintessential Santa Fe.
Madama ButterflySanta Fe OperaNo. 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 |
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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 NaxosSanta Fe OperaNo. 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 |
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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 |
CandideSanta Fe OperaNo. 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 |
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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 JobsSanta Fe OperaNo. 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 |
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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 |
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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.
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 FledermausSanta Fe OperaNo. 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 |
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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 LammermoorSanta Fe OperaNo. 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 |
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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 |
AlcinaSanta Fe OperaNo. 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 |
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'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'orSanta Fe OperaNo. 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 |
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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 |
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Telling the story
An interview with director Paul Curran, between rehearsals of Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Golden Cockerel” at Santa Fe.
An interview with director Paul Curran, between rehearsals of Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Golden Cockerel” at Santa Fe.
CapriccioSanta Fe OperaNo. 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 |
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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 JulietteSanta Fe OperaNo. 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) |
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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 |
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A conversation with Stephen Costello
Santa Fe Opera’s first-ever Roméo.
Santa Fe Opera’s first-ever Roméo.
VanessaSanta Fe OperaNo. 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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Performance schedule
Verdi
28 Jun to 24 Aug 2024
Mozart
29 Jun to 23 Aug 2024
Spears
13 Jul to 13 Aug 2024
Strauss, R
20 Jul to 15 Aug 2024
Donizetti
27 Jul to 22 Aug 2024
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 |