Santa Fe Opera

The opera house Santa Fe

The Santa Fe Opera (SFO) is an American opera company whose opera house is located 7 km north of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Edit HistoryQual

The conductor John Crosby from Bronxville / New York originally founded the SFO in 1956 as the Opera Association of New Mexico. His goal was to give American singers the opportunity to study new roles while providing enough time for the rehearsals and rehearsals. The first season of the institution began on 3 July 1957.

Crosby remained as Director-General until the year 2000, reaching the longest management in the history of opera in the USA. Richard Gaddes followed him as general manager from 2000 to 2008. Conception and organizational idea Edit source text

From the outset, certain basics of what remained to this day were fixed. Every year from the end of June or the beginning of July to the third week of August, five operas are presented in a rotating repertoire. For example, the singers also act as choruses for each opera, as well as as extras.

The newly built theater was designed by Santa Fe company McHugh and Kidder. One of its main features was the partial opening of the roof towards the center of the orchestra. Weblinks Edit sourcetext Commons: Santa Fe Opera - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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