Orchestra
NHCC Foundation Meet and Greet with Cecilia Violetta Lopez
NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-244:00 pm to 5:30 pm NHCC Foundation Meet and Greet with Cecilia Violetta Lopez. Light hors d'oeuvres and one drink will be included Cash Bar Available. Cecilia López, a talented Mexican-American opera soprano known as "The Daughter of Idaho," was born in Rupert, Idaho but currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Ms. López's musical career began when she was a little child and began singing mariachi songs that her mother had taught her. She received the coveted Idaho State Concurrent Resolution honoring her life as an Idahoan (more...)
Opera Southwest: Mariposa Que Vuela: An Evening with Cecilia Violetta López
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM6:00 pm Opera Southwest & the NHCC present Mariposa Que Vuela, a “recital autobiográfico” with soprano Cecilia Violetta López. Weaving together mariachi, ranchera, and opera music, Cecilia tells the story of her family, her early childhood in the farm fields of Idaho, the songs that her mother taught her, and her thrilling career in opera. $22, $32 & $42, Discounts for patrons 30 years old and younger as well as anyone with a WIC or EBT id. Please call the NHCC Box office at 505-724-4771 for discounted tickets. Celebrated (more...)
Opera Southwest: Bluebeard’s Castle with Doctor Atomic
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NMOct. 22, 27 & 29 2:00 pm Sundays 7:30 pm Friday Enter Bluebeard’s Castle if you dare! Just in time for Halloween, Opera Southwest presents a double bill of thrills and chills! First, join us for Bartok’s chilling one-act opera, Bluebeard’s Castle. Then, dive into the psychological horror story of the Doctor Atomic Symphony, based on the Doctor Atomic opera by John Adams. This symphony tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the creation of the first successful atom bomb. $22, $42, $63, $85, $105 with discounts for (more...)
Opera Southwest: New Year’s with the Opera!
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM2:30 pm New Year’s with the Opera! is a fun variety show featuring Opera Southwest’s most beloved recent performers, the Albuquerque Youth Symphony, and the Opera Southwest Chamber Orchestra. With a variety of opera favorites and light classics, there is something for everyone to ring in the New Year. General Public tickets on sale now! Learn more: Opera Southwest $50, $60 & $70 Please join the Opera Southwest for an after party to celebrate the New Year. $145, $155 and $165 depending on where you sit for the performance. (more...)
Opera Southwest: Before Night Falls
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7:30 pm Friday 2:00 pm Saturday & Sunday Music / Jorge Martín-Buján Libretto / Jorge Martín-Buján & Dolores M. Koch A poet in love with the moon. Jorge Martín-Buján’s Before Night Falls is based on the autobiography of Reinaldo Arenas (which has also been made into a major motion picture starring Javier Bardem). Reinaldo experienced childhood poverty, joy in nature, a stint with the guerillas, international acclaim as a writer, imprisonment as a political dissident (and unapologetically gay man), a daring escape from Cuba, and exile in the (more...)
Opera Southwest: Carmen – en español!
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM2:00 pm Saturday & Sunday 7:30 pm Wednesday & Friday Music / Georges Bizet Libretto / Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halévy, Spanish translation by Eduardo De Bray Head to the National Hispanic Cultural Center for one of the most popular operas of our time! Opera Southwest and the NHCC present Carmen – en español! “Habanera” and “Toreador” are well-known arias that linger in your mind long after the performance is over. The controversial themes of rebellion, immorality, and the tragic death of the main character shocked French audiences when it was (more...)
New Mexico Philharmonic: Rhapsody in Blue
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM2:00 – 4:00 pm New Mexico Philharmonic presents Rhapsody in Blue Na’Zir McFadden, Conductor Sydney Tasker, cello Kate Shao, piano Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in a minor Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Just over 100 years ago, George Gershwin composed a concerto for jazz orchestra, and the result redefined American music. Take in his Rhapsody in Blue, performed by Kate Shao, first-place winner in the piano division of this year’s Jackie McGehee Young Artists’ Competition. The youthful vigor continues with cellist (more...)
Opera Southwest: Puccini’s Madama Butterfly
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NMOctober 27 & 30, | November 1 & 3 2:00 pm Sundays, 7:30 pm Wednesday & Friday Opera Southwest presents Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. For over a century, the tragic tale of a geisha’s love, steadfastness, and heartbreak has been enchanting audiences around the world. Today, Giacomo Puccini’s soaring music continues to enrapture- no matter how many times you may have heard it. Although Madama Butterfly is best known for its exquisite arias for sopranos, the long, wondrously varied love duet that ends Act I is considered his (more...)
New Mexico Philharmonic: Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM2:00 pm – 4:00 pm New Mexico Philharmonic presents Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons Cármelo de los Santos, conductor & soloist Mozart: Symphony No. 29 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons What finer time than the fall to revisit Antonio Vivaldi’s all-time most loved work, The Four Seasons. With the excitement of spring, the storms of summer, autumn’s harvests, and the chill of winter…Vivaldi encompassed an entire year’s worth of life into four miniature concertos. Also on the program is Mozart’s Symphony No. 29, written by the prodigious 18-year-old composer (more...)
Handel’s Messiah en Español. Presented by Opera Southwest and the New Mexico Symphonic Chorus
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM6:30 pm Experience Handel’s Messiah” like never before! The New Mexico Symphonic Chorus is proud to present this timeless masterpiece with a twist: just as Opera Southwest did with Carmen, Messiah will be performed in a stunning Spanish translation – Mesías, using the Mario Montenegro translation of the Messiah. Immerse yourself in the transcendent beauty of Handel’s majestic melodies and moving choruses, now brought to life in the rich and emotive Spanish language using the Mario Montenegro translation of the “Messiah.” From the electrifying “Aleluya” chorus to (more...)