Prelude Talks
A road map for your evening’s performance, these talks are complimentary to ticket holders and are held in Stieren Orchestra Hall twice before most performances. The first talk is given two hours before the performance, and the second is one hour before. Seating is limited. No reservation needed. Due to popularity, the first talk is recommended for better availability. Prelude Talks are not offered on July 3, August 16 and 23.
Madama Butterfly, The Magic Flute & Eugene Onegin presented by Oliver Prezant
Rodelina presented by Kevin Vigneau
Lili Elbe presented by Alexis Corbin
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
Oliver Prezant
Conductor and arts educator Oliver Prezant has presented lectures and education programs for organizations including the Santa Fe Opera, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Opera Southwest, Chamber Music Albuquerque and the National Hispanic Cultural Center, as well as programs exploring the relationship between music and visual art for the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, the New Mexico Museum of Art and the Albuquerque Museum. He is currently the Executive and Artistic Director of Opus OP Arts and Education Projects, which provides music and arts programs for listeners, musicians and teachers.
Alexis Corbin
Alexis Corbin is the Afternoon Host and Executive Director of Classical 95.5 KHFM in Albuquerque, where she brings both curatorial vision and an engaging on-air presence to one of the region’s leading classical music stations. A native of Portland, Oregon, she performs regularly with Opera Southwest and the Santa Fe Symphony, and has collaborated with the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, the Bill Evans Dance Company and Kawambe-Omowale African Drum and Dance Theater. She has also performed with steel pan artists Liam Teague and Len “Boogsie” Sharpe. She previously served as founding Program Director of New Mexico’s first El Sistema program and has supported arts education through her work with the Public Academy for the Performing Arts.
Kevin Vigneau
Kevin Vigneau is Professor Emeritus at the University of New Mexico and principal oboe of the New Mexico Philharmonic. He has performed with the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra and served as principal oboe of the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra in South Africa and the Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa in Portugal. He holds degrees from the Yale School of Music and Boston University, where he studied with Ronald Roseman, Laurence Thorstenberg and Ralph Romberg. His lifelong connection to opera began as a boy singing with the Opera Company of Boston under Sarah Caldwell. At UNM, he taught courses in music history including Music of the Baroque and Music in Vienna 1860–1920, and he has recorded as a soloist for the EMI, Centaur and Summit labels.
Prelude Talks
- Tours
- Transportation
- Dining
- Talk