The Santa Fe Opera's Annual Spring Tour presents "UnShakeable" throughout April & May
Santa Fe Opera artists perform free concerts across the region
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Free Public Concerts Schedule
Albuquerque
Friday, April 26, 7:00 PM
Las Puertas Event Center
1512 1st Street NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Santa Fe
Saturday, April 27, 3:00 PM
SITE Santa Fe
1606 Paseo De Peralta
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Taos
Monday, April 29, 7:00 PM
St. James Episcopal Church
208 Camino de Santiago
Taos, NM 87571
Raton
Tuesday, April 30, 7:00 PM
Shuler Theater
131 N 2nd Street
Raton, NM 87740
Los Alamos
Sunday, May 5, 7:30 PM
Fuller Lodge Art Center
2132 Central Avenue
Los Alamos, NM 87544
Socorro
Thursday, May 9, 7:30 PM
Macey Center
801 Leroy Place
Socorro, NM 87801
Las Cruces
Friday, May 10, 7:00 PM
Doña Ana Arts and Cultural Center
1740 Calle de Mercado, Suites B & D
Las Cruces, NM 88005
El Paso
Saturday, May 11, 2:30 PM
Woman’s Club of El Paso
1400 N. Mesa Street
El Paso, TX 79902
In Brief
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.
The Santa Fe Opera's dress rehearsal of UnShakeable at The Scottish Rite Temple in Santa Fe. Jacquelyn Stucker, soprano. Samuel Schultz, baritone. Photo credit: Kate Russell
Santa Fe, NM — The Santa Fe Opera’s 25th Annual Spring Tour kicks off this month in a series of free public concerts and school performances across the region. Former Santa Fe Opera Apprentices Adelaide Boedecker (soprano) and Calvin Griffin (baritone) perform UnShakeable, a one-act opera composed by conductor Joseph Illick with a libretto by Andrea Fellows Walters, the Opera’s Director of Community Engagement. Set in an abandoned theater in New Mexico 25 years in the future, UnShakeable is the story of Wyatt and Meridian, Shakespearean actors and former lovers who have varying degrees of memory loss due to Erasure, a viral pandemic. Separated from Meridian at the beginning of the outbreak, Wyatt has been searching for his love ever since. Exploring themes of memory, connection, and the power of story, UnShakeable incorporates language from some of Shakespeare’s iconic works to create a modern romance.
Kathleen Clawson, Associate Director of the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Singer Program and Director of The Young Voices of The Santa Fe Opera, is the Stage Director and Dramaturg. Conductor Clinton Smith serves as Music Director. UnShakeable premiered in April 2016 with sold-out performances.
The commission and production of UnShakeable was made possible by a deeply appreciated grant from the Melville Hankins Family Foundation.
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.
UnShakeable
Eight Public Performances — April 26, 27, 29, 30; May 5, 9, 10 & 11, 2019
Sung in English
A Santa Fe Opera Commission and Production
made possible by a deeply appreciated grant from the Melville Hankins Family Foundation
Creative Team
Composer Joseph Illick
Librettist Andrea Fellows Waters
Dramaturg and Stage Director Kathleen Clawson
Music Director Clinton Smith
Cast
Meridian Adelaide Boedecker soprano
Wyatt Calvin Griffin baritone
Wishing Star Chorus Audience
The Melville Hankins Family Foundation is the Principal Education Sponsor of The Santa Fe Opera
The mission of The Santa Fe Opera is to advance the operatic art form by presenting ensemble performances of the highest quality in a unique setting with a varied repertory of new, rarely performed, and standard works; to ensure the excellence of opera’s future through apprentice programs for singers, technicians, and arts administrators; and to foster an understanding and appreciation of opera among a diverse public.