16 April 2019
The Santa Fe Opera's Annual Spring Tour presents 'Unshakeable' throughout April & May
The Santa Fe Opera presents UnShakeable, a light-hearted opera composed by Joseph Illick with libretto by Andrea Fellows Walters. Follow Meridian and Wyatt on a star-crossed journey as they find their way back to each other. Admission is free and all are welcome. Seating is on a first-come-first-served basis. Doors open a half hour before each performance. UnShakeable is sung in English and will run in one act, 45 minutes in length.
11 February 2019
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs Wins GRAMMY® Award for Best Opera Recording
The Santa Fe Opera's World Premiere of Mason Bates and Mark Campbell's opera, recorded live on the PENTATONE label, named Best Opera Recording at the 61st GRAMMY® Awards
7 December 2018
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs Nominated in Four Categories of the 61st GRAMMY® Awards
The Santa Fe Opera’s World Premiere of Mason Bates and Mark Campbell’s opera, recorded on the PENTATONE label, has been nominated for Best Engineered Album, Classical; Producer of the Year, Classical; Best Opera Recording; and Best Contemporary Classical Composition
6 November 2018
Leadership Team Updates Announced at The Santa Fe Opera
Dramaturg, Director of Development, and Chief Financial Officer have been appointed...
4 October 2018
The Santa Fe Opera's 2018 Season in Review
The Santa Fe Opera reports record-breaking ticket sales and fundraising for Charles MacKay’s final season as General Director
4 October 2018
Updates to The Santa Fe Opera’s 2019 Season
The Santa Fe Opera announces cast and creative team updates to its 2019 Season...
27 July 2018
Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos Opens July 28
A new production comes to the Santa Fe Opera Stage
21 July 2018
Rossini’s The Italian Girl in Algiers Opens July 21
Edward Hastings’ 2002 Storybook Production Returns to Santa Fe
7 July 2018
John Adams’ and Peter Sellars’ Doctor Atomic Opens July 14
A new production of Doctor Atomic by Peter Sellars premieres in Santa Fe
6 July 2018
Tech and the West Events Schedule for Summer 2018
The final year of exhibits, concerts, and symposia in association with Los Alamos Historical Society, The New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe Institute, the School for Advanced research, the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation, and The Santa Fe Opera
21 June 2018
Leonard Bernstein's Candide Opens June 29
Santa Fe Opera’s 62nd Season kicks off with a company premiere
11 May 2018
Santa Fe Opera announces the latest updates and cast changes to its 2018 Season which includes Bernstein's Candide, Adams and Sellars' Doctor Atomic, Puccini's Madame Butterfly, Rossini's The Italian Girl in Algiers, and Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos.
9 May 2018
Santa Fe Opera's 2019 Season Announcement
Santa Fe Opera’s General Director Charles MacKay and General Director Designate Robert Meya announced today the repertory, principal singers, conductors, directors, and designers for the company’s 63rd season in 2019...
9 May 2018
The esteemed Santa Fe artist behind the festival season posters in 2012-2015, Dan Namingha creates another visual landscape for the Opera’s 62nd season. This year he presents Autumn at Otowi Pass.
9 May 2018
Opera for All Voices 2018 updates
An initiative bringing stories with purpose to all audiences. Commissioned by a consortium of companies led by Santa Fe Opera in association with San Francisco Opera.
15 March 2018
Opera Storytellers Summer Camp 2018
Write, compose, sing, act, dance, design, perform, and play with Santa Fe Opera
9 February 2018
Santa Fe Opera Names Robert K. Meya General Director
Robert K. Meya will succeed Charles MacKay as General Director following the 2018 season.
Meya engages Canadian Opera Company’s General Director Alexander Neef as Santa Fe Opera’s first Artistic Director, and appoints Chief Conductor Harry Bicket as the Company’s Music Director.
17 November 2017
Santa Fe Opera Presents Annual Winter Tour
Santa Fe Opera artists perform operas and carols in a series of free concerts throughout New Mexico
9 November 2017
This December Santa Fe Opera presents the return of Shoes for the Santo Niño, an opera for all ages, with performances in Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
17 October 2017
Santa Fe Opera Celebrates National Opera Week with Pop-up Performances in Santa Fe and Albuquerque
26 September 2017
Gayletha Nichols Named Director Designate of Apprentice Program for Singers at Santa Fe Opera
Gayletha Nichols, a member of the teaching staff during the 2016 and 2017 seasons, will become Director of the Apprentice Program for Singers at Santa Fe Opera on May 28, 2018
11 August 2017
Santa Fe Opera’s Board of Directors Plans for Leadership Transition
General Director Charles MacKay has asked the Board to plan for a transition in leadership following the 2018 season
8 August 2017
Santa Fe Opera Presents Shoes for the Santo Niño
An Opera for All Ages & Audition Call for Youth Entering 4th-12th Grades
26 July 2017
Handel’s Baroque Masterpiece is the Final Production in Santa Fe Opera’s 61st Season
22 July 2017
Added Performance of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
Added Performance Announced for Santa Fe Opera’s World Premiere of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, which opens July 22, 2017
13 July 2017
Commercial Recording Announced for Santa Fe Opera’s World Premiere of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs performances will be recorded live for commercial release on PENTATONE
13 July 2017
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs Premieres July 22
The world premiere of the season's most highly-anticipated production
13 July 2017
A two-year program of exhibits, concerts, and symposia in association with Los Alamos Historical Society, New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe Institute, The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation, and Santa Fe Opera
19 June 2017
The Golden Cockerel Opens July 15
The company premiere of Rimsky-Korsakov’s rarely performed Russian tale
9 June 2017
Lucia di Lammermoor Opens July 1
Lucia di Lammermoor is Donizetti’s quintessential bel canto masterpiece.
30 May 2017
Santa Fe Opera’s 61st season kicks off on June 30 with a rollicking new production.
9 May 2017
Santa Fe Opera's 2018 Season Announcement
Bernstein's Candide, Adams and Sellars' Doctor Atomic, Puccini's Madame Butterfly, Rossini's The Italian Girl in Algiers, and Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos.
9 May 2017
A new initiative bringing stories with purpose to all audiences. Commissioned by a consortium of companies led by Santa Fe Opera in association with San Francisco Opera.
9 May 2017
Santa Fe Artist Gustave Baumann presents the 61st season poster.
9 May 2017
Santa Fe Opera and The Lensic Present Justice at the Opera with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg brings this singular event to Santa Fe at The Lensic Performing Arts Center on August 25, 2017
9 May 2017
Santa Fe Opera Announces Updates to its 2017 Season
Santa Fe Opera announces updates to the company’s 61st season.
1 March 2017
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs Opens July 22
An electro-acoustic score and technologically innovative production bring the Steve Jobs story to the opera stage
7 April 2017
Santa Fe Opera Presents Annual Spring Tour
Santa Fe Opera artists perform Avastar in a series of free concerts throughout New Mexico
1 March 2017
Works & Process at the Guggenheim Presents Santa Fe Opera: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
The world premiere opera by Mason Bates and Mark Campbell receives an exclusive preview April 9 and 10, 2017 at the Guggenheim
6 December 2016
Cold Mountain nominated for two categories of the 59th GRAMMY Awards
Santa Fe Opera’s World Premiere of Cold Mountain nominated for two categories of the 59th GRAMMY® Awards
17 November 2016
Santa Fe Opera 2016 Season in Review
Santa Fe Opera reports strong ticket sales and fund raising for its 60th anniversary season, the launch of a new website, and an extension to its Chief Conductor’s contract until 2020
.jpg)
17 October 2016
Outstanding Apprentice Awards Announced at Santa Fe Opera
Santa Fe Opera recently announced the recipients of its annual Outstanding Apprentice Awards
21 September 2016
UnShakeable Encore Presentation
By popular demand this opera for all ages returns to The Scottish Rite Masonic Center
29 July 2016
Barber’s Vanessa Opens July 30
The rarely performed gothic tale comes to Santa Fe in a film noir-inspired production
26 July 2016
Richard Strauss’ Capriccio Opens July 23
The composer’s last opera returns to Santa Fe in a new production
26 July 2016
Charles Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette Opens July 16
Shakespeare’s tragic love story comes to Santa Fe in a new production
29 June 2016
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovanni Opens July 2
The legendary dramma giocoso returns to the Santa Fe Opera stage in a new production
29 June 2016
Giacomo Puccini’s The Girl of the Golden West Opens July 1
Santa Fe Opera’s 60th Anniversary Season opens with an Olivier Award-winning co-production with English National Opera
27 April 2016
Santa Fe Opera Announces its 2017 Season
Johann Strauss Jr.’s Die Fledermaus, Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Golden Cockerel, Handel’s Alcina, and Mason Bates/Mark Campbell's The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs