Music

2017-2018 Season Of The Met Live In HD

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Markus Werba as Papageno in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. Photo by Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera
 
MUSIC News:
 
SANTA FE — The Lensic and Santa Fe Opera are proud to present the 2017-2018 season of The Met: Live in HD, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of high-definition live cinema simulcasts.
 
The HD season includes ten operas, with five new productions and starry revivals starring the world’s leading opera artists.
The 2017-18 Live in HD season will feature the series’ first broadcast of Bellini’s Norma, starring
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Tuesdays At The Pond Features Ronnie Bell July 18

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Los Alamos Creative District News:

Tuesdays At The Pond this week features musician Ronnie Bell at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Ashley Pond Park.

From inspirational gospel to traditional rhythm and blues to his own distinct and seductive sound, Ronnie “Mr. Cotton Candy” Bell of the Nuclear Process Infrastructure Group (NPI-2) takes personal joy in creating music that touches as many people as possible. After singing backup with the gospel group George Perkins and the Voices of Harmony, Bell began to explore his own musical style, subsequently releasing several extended-play CDs, as well as singles Read More

Week 2 Of Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

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MUSIC News:
 
SANTA FE — During Week 2 of its 2017 Season, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival — which runs through Aug. 21 and celebrates its 45th anniversary this summer — continues to present a standout lineup of classic and contemporary works as well as a number of Festival premieres. 
 
Between Sunday, July 23, and Saturday, July 29, the Festival features the debut of the acclaimed Variation String Trio, the world premiere of a new work by Festival Artistic Director Marc Neikrug, and a performance of Morton Feldman’s groundbreaking
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ScienceFest Schedule Of Events Today!

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ScienceFest News:

Schedule of ScienceFest events for Sunday, July 16:

FLIGHT OF THE ORIGAMI CRANES!
Los Alamos History Museum
Each year the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum receive thousands of donated paper cranes from around the world. Create YOUR crane to send to Japan at Culture and Collaboration: The Los Alamos/Japan Project, an exhibit on display at the Los Alamos History Museum until July 20. The Los Alamos History Museum will deliver community cranes to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August. For more information, contact Museum Director Read More

Scenes From ScienceFest Concert At Ashley Pond

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DK Warner, lead singer and guitarist of DK and the Affordables, performs at ScienceFest today at Ashley Pond. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Three dancers rock to the beat. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Cowgirl at the concert. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Tractor Brewing serves up suds at ScienceFest.Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
The gang from Bath Tub Row Brewing was on hand at the beer garden. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Listeners enjoy the concert. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
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Scenes From Los Alamos Summer Concert

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A young spectator listens to the music of the Peterson Brothers Band Friday night at Ashley Pond Park. The Los Alamos County Summer Concert Series kicks off the weekend festivities for Sciencefest. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

The community relaxes by Ashley Pond to enjoy the music performed by the Peterson Brothers Band Friday night. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Penelope and John Johnson cut a rug on the dance floor during the concert Friday night. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

The audience boogies to the Peterson Brothers Band. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More

ScienceFest Schedule Of Events: Saturday July 15

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ScienceFest News:

ScienceFest Schedule for Saturday July 15:

This major event celebrates the science in everyday life in hands-on, interactive experiences. Great for millennials, families and kids, ScienceFest highlights the groundbreaking science that still happens in Los Alamos. This year’s theme is “100th Anniversary of the Ranch School.” Discover Ranch School Days – without the Ranch School, the Manhattan Project would not have been located here.

Los Alamos Ashley Pond Park
10am-3pm
FREE admission

MAIN GATE PARK FESTIVAL INFORMATION BOOTH & PHOTO OPP
Main Gate

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Summer Concert: Peterson Brothers Band Tonight

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By RUSS GORDON
Summer Concert Producer

Playing at 7 p.m. today at Ashley Pond in downtown Los Alamos will be the Peterson Brothers Band. It’s another of the free Concert Series presented by the sponsors of the Los Alamos County Summer Concert Series (www.gordonssummerconcertseries.com.) The band played last summer at Rover Park in White Rock and were fantastic.

Tonight is the LA Science Fair Night that goes on all weekend. Please check out www.losalamossciencefestival.com for info. Check out www.petersonbrothersband.com and www.youtube.com to listen and read about the Brothers. Read More

ScienceFest Schedule: Friday July 14

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ScienceFest News:

Today’s shedule of activities for ScienceFest 2017:

LOS ALAMOS COUNTY SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
SCIENCEFEST CONCERT: The Peterson Brothers Band
Ashley Pond Park Stage
7-10pm
FREE admission

 
FULLER LODGE LAWN FAMILY CAMP OUT
Fuller Lodge Lawn
Bring your family tent and sleeping bags to take advantage of this once in a life-time opportunity to camp at Fuller Lodge Lawn. Art & crafts, snacks, campfire songs and S’mores Wars!
7pm-7am
FREE admission

FLIGHT OF THE ORIGAMI CRANES!
Los Alamos History Museum
Each year the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and

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Santa Fe Opera: Lucia’s Ecstasy, Agony, Brokenness And Transcendence

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Lucia (Brenda Rae) and the Santa Fe Opera Chorus. Photo by Ken Howard for Santa Fe Opera, 2017
 
Enrico Ashton (Zachary Nelson) and the Santa Fe Opera Chorus.  Photo by Ken Howard for Santa Fe Opera, 2017
 

By CARL NEWTON
Los Alamos

The opening weekend of the Santa Fe Opera followed the ridiculous Die Fledermaus on Saturday night with the sublime bel canto seria Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti directed by Ron Daniels. Daniels had never seen Lucia before the task of directing it was presented to him. He proved more than worthy of the challenge.

Daniels’ modus operandi is to study the Read More