Performing Arts

Opera Southwest: Doña Clementina

April 6, 11, & 13, 2025 2:00 pm Sundays, 7:30 pm Friday Opera Southwest presents Boccherini’s Doña Clementina. Discover Boccherini’s Gem: The American Premiere of Doña Clementina. Experience love, honor, and Spanish flair in Luigi Boccherini’s opera Doña Clementina, making its American debut. Follow the captivating journey of a courageous young woman navigating passion, loyalty, and the trials of family honor, all set to stirring melodies and sung en español. Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes including one intermission. $29, $49, $69, $89 & $109 with discounts for (more…)

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Opera Southwest: Llantos 1492

February 16, 19, 21, & 23, 2025 2:00 pm Sundays, 7:30 pm Wednesday & Friday Opera Southwest presents Adam Del Monte’s Llantos 1492. “Oh, times of light, how they have fallen through the narrow passage of the hourglass into an ashtray of darkness.” The Reconquista is drawing to a close and the Inquisition’s dark cloud is gathering on the Spanish horizon. A lawyer defends a village of gitanos against false accusations. Against a musical backdrop that blends the musical traditions of flamenco and opera, the story unfolds:

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Opera Southwest: New Year’s with the Opera!

2:30 pm Opera Southwest presents New Year’s with the Opera! Featuring Clay Hilley & Sara Duchovnay Close out 2024 and begin 2025 with featured performers tenor Clay Hilley and soprano Sara Duchovnay. Clay Hilley makes an exciting return to Opera Southwest after his stunning portrayal of Radamès in “Aida” back in 2015. Clay comes to us directly from the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He has earned rave reviews from the New York Times and Financial Times, and he continues to shine in some of opera’s most illustrious heroic roles. Sara Duchovnay has been hailed

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OSW: NM Symphonic Chorus: Verdi’s Requiem

2:00 pm Opera Southwest presents the New Mexico Symphonic Chorus: Verdi’s Requiem Verdi’s vigorous rhythms, sublime melodies, and dramatic contrasts express powerful emotions. Dive into the emotional depths of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, where operatic drama meets sacred reverence. This monumental masterpiece captures the raw intensity of human emotion, blending heart-wrenching sorrow with soaring hope. From the thunderous “Dies Irae” to the ethereal “Libera Me”, Verdi’s powerful choral and orchestral writing brings the themes of life, death, and redemption to vivid life. Experience the electrifying energy and

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Handel’s Messiah en Español. Presented by Opera Southwest and the New Mexico Symphonic Chorus

6:30 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

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Opera Southwest: Puccini’s Madama Butterfly

October 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

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Festival Ballet Albuquerque: Sacred Journeys V

7:00 pm Friday & Saturday, 2:00 pm Sunday NHCC | Albuquerque Journal Theatre Festival Ballet Albuquerque presents Sacred Journeys V featuring Robert Mirabal. Classical and contemporary dance combine with the eclectic music of two-time Grammy award-winning Taos Pueblo musician Robert Mirabal in this reflection of New Mexican cultures through dance, music, and spoken word. Mirabal collaborates with Festival Ballet Albuquerque’s artistic director Patricia Dickinson Wells and with internationally renowned New York City Ballet dancer Jock Soto, of Navajo and Puerto Rican descent. Soto, who is originally from

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Dark Red Film Festival

October 25-26 at the NHCC | Bank of America Theatre October 27 at The Guild Cinema 6:30 pm & 8:45 pm Friday 3:00 pm, 5:15 pm & 8:30 pm Saturday 3:00, 5:15 pm 7:30 pm & 9:30 pm Sunday 1:00 pm Saturday: Workshop & Panel Tickets are no longer available online. There are tickets available for all screenings at the door. Please check in to the venue to get your tickets in-person one hour prior to each showing. For more information about the festival schedule, please visit www.darkredhorror.com/film-fest.

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New Mexico Philharmonic: Rhapsody in Blue

2:00 – 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

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