Music

Enchanted Island Populated By Amazing Singers And Actors

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Ensemble Cast. Photo by Ken Howard for Santa Fe Opera, 2017
 
Anna Christy (Morgana) and Alek Shrader (Oronte). Photo by Ken Howard for Santa Fe Opera, 2017
 

By CARL NEWTON
Los Alamos

Handel’s “’Alcina’ is one of his “magic” operas which is based on an ancient epic poem. Handel’s traditional operatic style is a mixture of recitatives and da capo areas (the opening A section is repeated after an intervening B section). The arias may express amorous intention, sorrow, pity, despair or determination. In the repeated A section, feelings are usually intensified.

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Lensic: Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Aug. 26

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Ricky Skaggs
 
LPAC News:
 
Bluegrass and country music legend Ricky Skaggs—winner of 14 Grammy awards and 8 Country Music Awards—performs with his band, Kentucky Thunder at 7:30 p.m.  Saturday, Aug. 26, at Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 West San Francisco St., Santa Fe, NM 87501.
 
TICKETS: $46-$75. Available at Lensic.org, TicketsSantaFe.org, 505.988.1234, and the Tickets Santa Fe Box Office at The Lensic. 
 
Ricky Skaggs—born in 1954 in the small town of Cordell, Kentucky—has been playing mandolin and performing since he was
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More Scenes From July 29 Summer Concert

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DK & The Affordables performed during Los Alamos County Summer Concert held July 28 at Ashley Pond. In the middle, DK’s daughter, Ariel, joins her father on the stage. Courtesy photo by Eliott Schultz 

Wearing a sequined jacket, DK was dressed to the nines for the summer concert on July 28. Courtesy photo by Eliott Schultz 

DK and the Affordables performed July 28 at Ashley Pond. Courtesy photo by Eliott Schultz

Another scene from the July 28 concert. Courtesy photo by Eliott Schultz

Another scene from the July 28 concert. Courtesy photo by Eliott Schultz

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Meet Missoula Children’s Theater Directors

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Julia Bourland

LAAC News: 

Missoula Children’s Theatre Directors Julia Bourland and Ryan Jacob Pierce will be bringing the theatre’s production of “Aladdin” to the stage in Los Alamos.

Bourland said she is thrilled to start her post graduate life with the Missoula Children’s Theatre.

 

Ryan Jacob Pierce

She graduated in three years with a BFA in theatre with an acting emphasis from Viterbo University. Some of her favorite credits include Agnes from “Dancing at Lughnasa,” Capulet in “Romeo and Juliet” and Moth in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

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Los Alamos Natives Return Home To Perform

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Kristen Annalize Sussman
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
​Los Alamos Daily Post
 

Music and performing have always been a part of Los Alamos natives Kristen Annalize Sussman’s and Nathan Salazar’s lives. Although the arts have taken Sussman and Salazar throughout the country and the world, they are returning to their hometown to host a concert.

Nathan Salazar

The Taos Opera Institute is presenting the concert at 3 p.m. Saturday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Admission is free.

Sussman, a soprano, and Salazar, a pianist, will perform a number of pieces from several operas and as well as several Read More

Latin Legends Alejandra Guzman And Gloria Trevi Perform At Santa Ana Star Center Aug. 31

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Alejandra Guzman and Gloria Trevi. Courtesy photo
 
CONCERT News:
 
RIO RANCHO ― The first leg of the Gloria Trevi vs. Alejandra Guzman tour has been such a huge success that the tour returns for a second leg in the USA and all over Latin America.
 
Latin rock pop legends continue to break record ticket sales, demonstrating their legacy and power and will bring their tour Aug. 31 to the Santa Ana Star Center.
 
Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 4 at the Santa Ana Star Center Box Office, online at www.santaanastarcenter.com or by phone at 888.694.4849
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Tuesdays At The Pond: The Hill Stompers Aug. 1

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CRAETIVE DISTRICT News:
 
The next Tuesdays at the Pond is 7 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 1 and will feature Los Alamos’ own Hill Stompers, at Ashley Pond Park stage.
 
The Hill Stompers are a crazy street band from Los Alamos that turns every event into a party! They play at parades, fundraisers, community events, weddings, private parties, schools, and bars in New Mexico, Colorado and even as far as Boston. Recently the Hill Stompers thrilled Los Alamos ScienceFest crowds. Just follow the trail of glitter and feathers to find them Aug. 1 Tuesdays at
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Sampling Steve Jobs Stirs Emotions For 90 Minutes

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Edward Parks (Steve Jobs) and Jessica Jones (Chrisann Brennan). Photo by Ken Howard for Santa Fe Opera, 2017
 
Edward Parks (Steve Jobs) and Wei Wu (Kṑbun Chino Otogawa). Photo by Ken Howard for Santa Fe Opera, 2017
 

By CARL NEWTON
Los Alamos

Composer Mason Bates sampled many sources of sounds in constructing his electronica based score. His goal was to create sound worlds for each character – sonic IDs. For Jobs he describes it as a quicksilver blend of orchestra and electronica incorporating Mac computer sounds. To that sound world he added the plucking of a steel stringed acoustic Read More