Opera Basics: La traviata (The one who strayed)

Composed by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

A loving sacrifice on the altar of propriety … Join us for a deep dive into the world of the Parisian demi-monde, where the glittering parties of the upper class give way to late-night liaisons between courtesans and their elite clientele. During the presentation we’ll dig into the text and the music as we explore the tragedy of Violetta, a courtesan, and Alfredo, the young man she truly loves. We’ll also take a look at the concept for the new production by director Louisa Muller. Along the way, you’ll learn about the building blocks of opera.

Admission is free, seating is first come, first served.

Opera Basics is a series of five talks that provide an introduction to opera and The Santa Fe Opera’s 2024 Season. For more information, click the link below:

This event is a presentation of The Santa Fe Opera.

CANCELLED, TO BE RESCHEDULED:

Due to logistical issues, this series of programs on Schumann, in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, has been canceled.

We are looking at dates in the fall for rescheduling, stay tuned for more info.!

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ALBUQUERQUE,NM: FREE Youth and Family Concert!

Schumann and Storytelling - Join conductor and educator Oliver Prezant, violist Kim Fredenburgh, and pianist Judith Gordon for Schumann and Storytelling - a fun and friendly family program featuring the music of Robert Schumann! Schumann and Storytelling is an interactive, singing, moving, feeling, thinking and listening experience for the whole family, where you’ll have a chance to explore Schumann's music as you participate in the program with Oliver, Kim, and Judith!

ADMISSION IS FREE, REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN FREE TICKETS

If you have registered and are unable to attend, please contact: 1-877-466-3404 or support@holdmyticket.com

Thanks to our generous sponsors: Susan and Steven J. Goldstein; Ruth Burstrom and Niels Chapman; Martha Ritchie; Sherry Parker; Barbara Servis; Bernhard Holzapfel, in memory of Barbara Holzapfel; Alice and Bill Fienning; KHFM; KUNM; and Allegra Printing.  

Program and artists subject to change. 

Schumann and Storytelling is a production of Opus OP Arts and Education Projects.

Please support Opus OP Arts and Education Projects with an additional donation at checkout! 

If you have registered and are unable to attend, please contact: 1-877-466-3404 or support@holdmyticket.com

Thanks to our generous sponsors: Ruth Burstrom and Niels Chapman, and Martha Ritchie. 

Special thanks to Robertson & Sons Violin Shop for their support of these programs in Albuquerque! 

This program is a production of Opus OP Arts and Education Projects.

Please consider making a tax-deductible donation when you register!

Program and artists subject to change. 

CANCELLED, TO BE RESCHEDULED:

Due to logistical issues, this series of programs on Schumann in Santa Fe and Albuquerque has been canceled. We are looking at dates in the fall for rescheduling.

Hold My Ticket is automatically issuing refunds to all ticket-holders, there is nothing you need to do. 

You should see your reimbursement within 3-5 business days.

Thank you for your understanding and support!

If you do not see your refund within 5 days, please contact:

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email: HoldMyTicket <support@holdmyticket.com>

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ALBUQUERQUE, NM - Sehnsucht! It’s the German word for longing, yearning, the desired experience that’s just out of reach … and it perfectly describes the feeling that pervades the music of Robert Schumann.During the program, conductor Oliver Prezant, violist Kim Fredenburgh, and pianist Judith Gordon with introduce you to Schumann's Märchenbilder (Fairytale Pictures) for Viola and Piano. We'll take time with the nuances that make this music so poignant and expressive, and you'll have a chance to share your thoughts and feelings with the performers as we open our ourselves to the heartache and the manic exuberance of early Romanticism. At the end of the evening, we'll hear the music performed in its entirety.

For complete info. and tickets, click the link below:

Thanks to our generous sponsors: Susan and Steven J. Goldstein; Ruth Burstrom and Niels Chapman; Martha Ritchie; Sherry Parker; Barbara Servis; Bernhard Holzapfel, in memory of Barbara Holzapfel; Alice and Bill Fienning; KHFM; KUNM; and Allegra Printing.

Program and artists subject to change. 

This program is presented by Opus OP Arts and Education Projects.

CANCELLED, TO BE RESCHEDULED:

Due to logistical issues, this series of programs on Schumann in Santa Fe and Albuquerque has been canceled. We are looking at dates in the fall for rescheduling.

Hold My Ticket is automatically issuing refunds to all ticket-holders, there is nothing you need to do. 

You should see your reimbursement within 3-5 business days.

Thank you for your understanding and support!

If you do not see your refund within 5 days, please contact:

Hold My Ticket Support: 

email: HoldMyTicket <support@holdmyticket.com>

phone: 1-877-466-3404

SANTA FE, NM - Sehnsucht! It’s the German word for longing, yearning, the desired experience that’s just out of reach … and it perfectly describes the feeling that pervades the music of Robert Schumann. During the program, conductor Oliver Prezant, violist Kim Fredenburgh, and pianist Judith Gordon with introduce you to Schumann's Märchenbilder (Fairytale Pictures) for Viola and Piano. We'll take time with the nuances that make this music so poignant and expressive, and you'll have a chance to share your thoughts and feelings with the performers as we open our ourselves to the heartache and the manic exuberance of early Romanticism. At the end of the evening, we'll hear the music performed in its entirety.

For complete info. and tickets, click the link below:

Thanks to our generous sponsors: Susan and Steven J. Goldstein; Ruth Burstrom and Niels Chapman; Martha Ritchie; Sherry Parker; Barbara Servis; Bernhard Holzapfel, in memory of Barbara Holzapfel; Alice and Bill Fienning; KHFM; KUNM; and Allegra Printing.

Program and artists subject to change. 

This program is presented by Opus OP Arts and Education Projects.

We’re sorry, but due to unforeseen events, the ALBUQUERQUE program has been cancelled. Tickets are still available for Discovering the Music of Brahms in SANTA FE, on Thursday, March 21, from 6-7:30 p.m., see the previous event listing on this page.

SANTA FE, NM: Three for the price of one! You get to explore the music of Johannes Brahms, AND you get to experience the piano artistry of Judith Gordon, AND you get to hear one of the finest young bass players to come along in years - Albuquerque native Toby Vigneau, recent winner of the Associate Principal Bass Audition of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal at the age of 21!

Join us as we plunge into the brooding depths of Brahms' Cello Sonata in E Minor, first movement. During the program, you'll have a chance to share your thoughts and impressions as we experience the flowing emotion and rich detail of this intensely introspective, superbly constructed music. 

Click the link below for complete info. and tickets.

Thanks to our generous sponsors: Thanks to our generous sponsors: Susan and Steven J. Goldstein; Louisa Stude Sarofim; Martha Ritchie; Sherry Parker; Barbara Servis; Bernhard Holzapfel, in memory of Barbara Holzapfel; KHFM; KUNM; and Allegra Printing.

Program and artists subject to change. 

This program is presented by Opus OP Arts and Education Projects.

ALBUQUERQUE, NM: BASS-ically BRAHMS - Youth and Family Concert!

Join conductor and educator Oliver Prezant, 21-year old double bass sensation Toby Vigneau, and Judith Gordon, piano, for BASS-ically BRAHMS - a fun and friendly family program featuring the music of Johannes Brahms! BASS-ically BRAHMS is an interactive, singing, moving, feeling, thinking and listening experience for the whole family, where you’ll have a chance to explore the music of Brahms played on the double bass by one of the most remarkable young bass players to come along in years - Albuquerque's own Toby Vigneau! Learn about Brahms’ music and the double bass as you participate in the program with Oliver, Toby, and Judith!

Saturday afternoon, March 16, from 4-5 p.m., in the recital hall at Robertson & Sons Violin Shop, 3201 Carlisle Blvd. NE, in Albuquerque. 

ADMISSION IS FREE, REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN FREE TICKETS

If you have registered and are unable to attend, please contact: 1-877-466-3404 or support@holdmyticket.com

Thanks to our generous sponsors: Ruth Burstrom and Niels Chapman, and Martha Ritchie. 

Special thanks to Robertson & Sons Violin Shop for their support of these programs in Albuquerque! 

This program is a production of Opus OP Arts and Education Projects.

Please consider making a tax-deductible donation when you register!

Program and artists subject to change. 

SANTA FE, NM – It is the sound of kings and heroes, of triumph and dire warnings. It’s the call to arms and to eternal rest. The noble procession, the sound of climactic moments of joy, passion, and despair… From Jericho to judgement day, from animal horn and the hollow thighbone of an enemy to hammered brass, valves, and pistons, the iconic sound of the trumpet echoes through our common human experience. 

Join conductor and educator Oliver Prezant and master trumpeter Peter Bond for an interactive exploration of the evolving role of the trumpet in opera. During the presentation, Peter will play excerpts from Baroque, Classical and Romantic operas, and Oliver will share insights on the music, the composers, and the librettists. In addition, we’ll hear Peter play a famous aria for us as we look at the extraordinary influence of 19th century Romantic “bel canto” singing on the art and craft of trumpet playing.

For complete information, artist bios, and tickets, click the link below:

Thanks to our generous business sponsors: KHFM, KUNM, and Allegra Printing.

Thanks to our generous individual sponsors: Alice and Bill Fienning, in honor of Peter Bond, Barbara Servis, Sherry Parker, and Bernhard Holzapfel, in memory of Barbara Holzapfel.
Program and artists subject to change.
This program is presented by Opus OP Arts and Education Projects.

Santa Fe, NM: Join conductor and educator Oliver Prezant, soprano Amy Owens, and pianist Nathan Salazar for an up close and personal experience of two celebrated Mozart arias.

During the program, Oliver will lead the audience in an interactive exploration of the music: the exquisite contours of the melodies, the beauty of the language, the meaning of the text, and the relationships between the vocal line and the accompaniment. Amy and Nathan will provide musical illustrations that will help you understand the artistic choices that make for expressive singing and artistic interpretation. 

Along the way, you’ll have a chance to share your impressions and feelings with the performers before and after we hear the arias in their entirety.

“ … an almost magical exposition of what is happening in a musical performance piece and why. It showed me, and taught me in tangible ways, how to not take music performances at face value and rather than just ‘enjoy’ it, to instead experience and participate in it more completely.” - Stewart O., audience member

For tickets and complete information, click the link below:

Thanks to our generous business sponsors: KHFM, KUNM, and Allegra Printing.

Thanks to our generous individual sponsors: Don and Andrea Fineberg, Sherry Parker, Barbara Servis, and Bernhard Holzapfel in memory of Barbara Holzapfel.

Program and artists subject to change.
This program is a presentation of Opus OP Arts and Education Projects.

TAOS, NM: The Taos Opera Guild presents conductor Oliver Prezant, a popular lecturer for the Santa Fe Opera, in an interactive talk entitled The ABCs of Conducting on Saturday, February 10, at New Beginnings Church, 551 Cruz Alta Road, in Taos. Coffee and pastries at 9:30, talk from 10:00 - 11:30.

From the most basic gestures to the most challenging questions of style and interpretation, we’ll look at the many ways that one person with a little wooden stick can inspire a hundred people to make music together with precision, expression, and intensity. What does it feel like to conduct, and to follow a conductor? How do conductors learn their craft and prepare performances when they don’t have an orchestra to practice with? What are the pleasures and the pitfalls of conducting, and what’s it like to approach a work of genius as a young conductor? How has the role of the conductor changed over the years, and how did some of the great conductors of the past approach, and define, the art of conducting?

Oliver Prezant studied conducting at the Pierre Monteux School with maestro Charles Bruck, an associate of Pierre Monteux. As the music director and conductor of the Santa Fe Community Orchestra for twenty years he conducted many of the familiar classics, as well as rarely performed and contemporary works, including new works by New Mexico composers. He taught conducting at the College of Sana Fe, and currently gives workshops in conducting in Santa Fe for working conductors and public and private school ensemble directors.

FREE for Taos Opera Guild members and students. $10 FOR NON-MEMBERS

For more information and to register, click the link below:

Conductors - scroll down for info. on the upcoming conducting workshop!

This event is a production of the Taos Opera Guild.

SANTA FE, NM: How does a painting sound? How do line and shape, color and texture, mood and compositional relationships translate into music? Join conductor and arts educator Oliver Prezant, violinist Carla Kountoupes, clarinetist Jerry Weimer, and cellist Katie Harlow for an interactive, musical exploration of an abstract painting by renowned Diné (Navajo) artist Tony Abeyta, whose work is featured in numerous museum collections nationwide. During the program, you’ll have a chance to share your thoughts and feelings as we create original music based on your impressions of the artwork. The artist will be present during the event.

For complete information and tickets click the link below:

Art image: Tony Abeyta, Divine Interventions, 1998-2003. Courtesy of Tia Collection, Santa Fe, NM.

Thanks to our generous sponsors: Ruth Burstrom and Niels Chapman, You Are the Music Foundation, Sherry Parker, Lynn Lee, and Martha Ritchie.

Discovering the Music of Paintings is a presentation of Opus OP Arts and Education Projects.

SCORE STUDY - Mozart, Symphony No. 40, movement 1.

FREE Online, for all community and professional musicians 
and teachers!

Sunday, Feb. 4, 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Wherever you are in your musical development, if you’re hungry for meaningful engagement with music, studying scores is where it’s at! Join conductor Oliver Prezant for an interactive, participatory exploration of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, movement 1.

ADMISSION IS FREE, REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
For more information and registration, click the link below:

A workshop for acoustic, single line instrument musicians and singers

If improvisation is new to you, or if you’re looking for new approaches to improvising, here’s your chance to explore familiar music basics in ways that allow for playful inspiration, imagination, and expression. Along the way, we’ll reference language, movement, and everyday dramatic situations. You’ll be working with fellow musicians in partner exercises and you’ll explore on your own in a warm, supportive environment. It’s easy and fun, and we’ll focus on creating music at your level that’s personally meaningful to you.

At First Presbyterian Church in Santa Fe.

Cost: $45. Free for all Public School Teachers if you’re listed on your school’s website.

Registration is required.

For more information and registration, email info@oliverprezant.com

Easy Steps to Improvisation is a presentation of Opus OP Arts and Education Projects.

A workshop for acoustic, single line instrument musicians and singers

Here’s a question for you … how much time have you spent practicing performing? Whatever your instrument, whatever the genre, if the answer is “almost none,” now’s the time to start! Using simple musical materials or your own familiar music, we’ll explore what it means to give and receive attention, how to identify musical ideas and opportunities for expression, and how to share those ideas and feelings with others. You’ll be working with fellow musicians in whole group, small group, and individual work in a warm, supportive environment.

“Thank you! I feel like you helped me find that confidence again in performance that I lost when I was a kid.” - Katrina Trujillo-Lucero

At First Presbyterian Church in Santa Fe.

Cost: $45. Free for all Public School Teachers if you’re listed on your school’s website.

For more information and registration, email info@oliverprezant.com

Practicing Performance is a presentation of Opus OP Arts and Education Projects.

ALBUQUERQUE, NM: Join conductor and educator Oliver Prezant and violinist Stephen Redfield for Bach's Violin - a fun and friendly family program featuring the music of J.S. Bach!

Bach's Violin is an interactive, singing, moving, feeling, thinking and listening experience for the whole family, where you’ll have a chance to explore the music of J.S. Bach as you participate in the program with Oliver and Stephen!

Saturday afternoon, January 20, from 4-5 p.m. in the recital hall at Robertson & Sons Violin Shop, 3201 Carlisle Blvd. NE in ALBUQUERQUE. 

ADMISSION IS FREE, REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN FREE TICKETS

To get your Free Tickets for BACH’S VIOLIN in ALBUQUERQUE, click the link below:

If you have registered and are unable to attend, please contact: 1-877-466-3404 or support@holdmyticket.com

Thanks to our generous donors:

Bach’s Violin is a presentation of Opus OP Arts and Education Projects.

ALBUQUERQUE, NM: Join conductor and educator Oliver Prezant and violinist extraordinaire Stephen Redfield for an in-depth exploration of two movements from Bach’s celebrated Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo. During the program, Oliver will give you an accessible, insider’s view of the way in which Bach weaves a rich musical tapestry on a single instrument. Stephen will play musical excerpts and share insights about performing these iconic pieces on the violin.

In addition, you’ll be invited to share your feelings and impressions of the music with the performers and with others in the audience, as you develop a relationship with the music. At the end of the program, we’ll hear the music we’ve explored in its entirety, with time to reflect on the experience.

Purchasing tickets in advance is recommended.

Click the link below for complete information and tickets for the Albuquerque program:

Thanks to our generous sponsors: Ruth Burstrom and Niels Chapman, You Are the Music Foundation, Sherry Parker, and Martha Ritchie.
Special thanks to Robertson & Sons Violin Shop for hosting this event.
Discovering the Music of Bach is a presentation of Opus OP Arts and Education Projects.

SANTA FE, NM: Join conductor and educator Oliver Prezant and violinist extraordinaire Stephen Redfield for an in-depth exploration of two movements from Bach’s celebrated Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo. During the program, Oliver will give you an accessible, insider’s view of the way in which Bach weaves a rich musical tapestry on a single instrument. Stephen will play musical excerpts and share insights about performing these iconic pieces on the violin.

In addition, you’ll be invited to share your feelings and impressions of the music with the performers and with others in the audience, as you develop a relationship with the music. At the end of the program, we’ll hear the music we’ve explored in its entirety, with time to reflect on the experience.

Purchasing tickets in advance is recommended.

Click the link below for complete information and tickets for the Santa Fe program:

Thanks to our generous sponsors: sponsors: Ruth Burstrom and Niels Chapman, You Are the Music Foundation, Sherry Parker, and Martha Ritchie.

Discovering the Music of Bach is a presentation of Opus OP Arts and Education Projects.

FREE, ONLINE: Open to school ensemble directors and conductors, instrumentalists, singers, teachers.

WHEREVER YOU ARE in your musical development, if you’re hungry for meaningful engagement with music, studying scores is where it’s at! Go deeper into the experience of music, increase your understanding of composition and interpretation, and let the experience of detailed study give you new insights to draw on when you play your instrument or sing, perform, teach, or conduct.

Join Oliver Prezant and your fellow musicians for an exploration of the integrity of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, Movement 1, in a supportive, conversational setting. We’ll admire the virtues of the parts against the whole, explore the construction of melody, consider the subtle use of motivic material, and look at how thematic material, harmony, and phrase structure work together to create the overall shape of the movement.

Public domain scores are available online, and the score will be shown onscreen during the session.

ADMISSION IS FREE, REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
LINKS TO MUSIC AND THE ZOOM MEETING PROVIDED ON REGISTRATION.

For registration and more information, email: info@oliverprezant.com

This program is presented by Opus OP Arts and Education Projects.

Join conductor and arts educator Oliver Prezant on Saturday, November 4th, for a morning preview of Secret Byrd, the immersive staged Mass exploring the legacy of William Byrd, one of the greatest English composers of the High Renaissance. A member of the Chapel Royal, Byrd took the risk of expressing his Catholic faith in music during the Protestant Reformation. Related performances of Secret Byrd take place on Nov. 14 and 15.

This event is a presentation of Performance Santa Fe. Refreshments will be served.

Join conductor and arts educator Oliver Prezant for a Performance Santa Fe Creative Connections dinner and pre-concert preview of the evening’s concert by Camilla Tilling and Emanuel Ax. Learn about the songs that you’ll hear and the extraordinary life of Jenny Lind, “The Swedish Nightingale,” over a delicious meal with fellow music lovers. The performance at Cristo Rey Church follows. Tickets for the pre-concert dinner and the concert sold separately.

Art Songs, Heart Songs is a presentation of Performance Santa Fe.

Join conductor and educator Oliver Prezant, soprano Amy Owens, and pianist Nathan Salazar for an up close and personal experience of selected Mozart arias. During the program, Oliver will lead us in an interactive exploration of the music: the exquisite contours of the melodies, the beauty of the language, the meaning of the text, and the relationships between the vocal line and the accompaniment. Amy and Nathan will provide musical illustrations that will help you understand the artistic choices that make for expressive singing and artistic interpretation. Along the way, you’ll have a chance to share your impressions and feelings with the performers before and after we hear the arias in their entirety.

UPCOMING NM PHIL CONCERT: You can hear Amy perform these arias in concert with the New Mexico Philharmonic on their Operamania! concert on October 21, at 6:00 p.m.

For tickets and information, click the links below.

This program is presented by Opus OP Arts and Education Projects, in collaboration with the New Mexico Philharmonic.

Join conductor and educator Oliver Prezant for a free preview of Opera West’s upcoming performances of Cavalleria Rusticana (Rustic Chivalry) by Pietro Mascagni, on Thursday, October 12, at Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse in Santa Fe. Admission is free!

Coffee, tea, and pastries are available for purchase at 5:30 p.m., and the program begins at 6:00 p.m.

This preview is a production of Opera West.

Click the link below for more information about the free talk at Collected Works on Oct. 12, and for tickets to the upcoming performances on Oct. 27-29.

Join the conducting class to work on stick technique, score preparation, rehearsal psychology and more, or play in the orchestra for a fun reading experience, and learn by watching the process. The repertoire is Mozart’s Overture to Così fan tutte. (SFPS Ensemble Directors: inquire about full scholarships.)

“I have been reflecting on just how much your workshop has changed not only my conducting and teaching, but how I listen to music. It was a HUGE gift that keeps on giving. Thank you for everything.”
- Karina Wilson, Orchestra Director, St. Michael’s High School

“Participating in the conducting workshop was so much fun. It felt like a concrete way for me to give of my time to the community, though I felt I learned and benefited just as much.”
- Rosemary Gallegos, flutist

This workshop is a production of Opus OP Arts and Education Projects.

Join Oliver Prezant for a fun and easy intro to opera that will give you a basic understanding of this timeless, multi-media art form: words and music, singers and orchestra, directors and conductors, and what to look for and listen for on stage and in the music. Includes examples from a variety of operas, and an exploration of Pelléas et Mélisande, by Debussy.

Admission is FREE and includes a special, promotional offer for participants to the Santa Fe Opera’s production of Pelléas et Mélisande; some exclusions apply.

Acoustic string, wind, and brass players:

If improvisation is new to you, here’s your chance to get started using familiar music basics in ways that allow for playful inspiration, imagination, and expression. No experience is necessary! We’ll be taking a general approach to improvisation that’s easy and intuitive, rather than style-based. Along the way, we’ll reference language, gesture, and everyday dramatic situations. Come as you are - no experience is necessary. It’s easy and fun!

If you’re a teacher, you’ll gain insight into how to help your students learn to create music of their own meaningfully and with expression.

COST: $45 plus ticket fee.

SFPS TEACHERS: Free, if you’re listed on your school’s website.

PLEASE NOTE: acoustic strings, woodwinds, brass, and voice only for this workshop. Participants only, no auditors.

Oliver Prezant is a lecturer and educator for the Santa Fe Opera, and was the conductor of the Santa Fe Community Orchestra for many years. As a violist, he performed with the New Mexico Symphony, the Santa Fe Opera, and the California Chamber Virtuosi.

This workshop is a presentation of Opus OP Arts and Education Projects.

Singers, Instrumentalists, Teachers:

How much time have you spent practicing performing? If the answer is “almost none,” now’s the time to start! During the workshop we’ll use simple musical materials to explore what it means to give and receive attention, how to identify musical ideas and opportunities for expression, and how to share those ideas and feelings with others. If you’re a teacher, you’ll gain insight into how to help your students learn to perform meaningfully and with expression.

PLEASE NOTE: acoustic strings, woodwinds, brass, and voice only for this workshop.

COST: $45 plus ticket fee.

SFPS TEACHERS: Free, if you’re listed on your school’s website.

PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Participants only, no auditors.

Oliver Prezant is a lecturer and educator for the Santa Fe Opera, and was the conductor of the Santa Fe Community Orchestra for many years. As a violist, he performed with the New Mexico Symphony, the Santa Fe Opera, and the California Chamber Virtuosi.

This workshop is a production of Opus OP Arts and Education Projects.

Conductor and educator Oliver Prezant and harpsichordist Kathleen McIntosh present an interactive musical exploration of Preludes and Fugues from J.S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier. 

For full description and tickets, click the link below:

Join conductor and arts educator Oliver Prezant and improvising musicians Carla Kountoupes, violin; Jerry Weimer, clarinet; and Katie Harlow, cello, for an interactive, musical exploration of Grant Johnson’s extraordinary landscape photography.

For full description and tickets, click the link below:

Monteverdi’s Orfeo is the story of the great, mortal musician of the ancient world: Orpheus, whose music could charm both animals and the deathly spirits of the underworld. What better topic for an opera? Monteverdi’s astonishing career as a composer spans the height of high-Renaissance music and the birth and establishment of opera as the next great art form. Who gets to sing? And how many at a time? In this presentation we’ll explore the transition from the intricate multi-part writing of the Renaissance to the expressive potential of the individual operatic voice at the beginning of the Baroque. We’ll look at the elements of the music and the plot as well as music on both sides of the transition, as we wonder at where opera began, and what it has become.

Admission is FREE.

Operalive! is a presentation of the Santa Fe Opera.

Monteverdi’s Orfeo is the story of the great, mortal musician of the ancient world: Orpheus, whose music could charm both animals and the deathly spirits of the underworld. What better topic for an opera? Monteverdi’s astonishing career as a composer spans the height of high-Renaissance music and the birth and establishment of opera as the next great art form. Who gets to sing? And how many at a time? In this presentation we’ll explore the transition from the intricate multi-part writing of the Renaissance to the expressive potential of the individual operatic voice at the beginning of the Baroque. We’ll look at the elements of the music and the plot as well as music on both sides of the transition, as we wonder at where opera began, and what it has become.

Admission is FREE.

Operalive! is a presentation of the Santa Fe Opera.