Music

Santa Fe Opera’s Roméo et Juliette Hits Right Notes

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Ailyn Pérez (Juliette) and Stephen Costello (Roméo) in ‘Roméo et Juliette’ (c) Ken Howard for Santa Fe Opera, 2016
 
Susan Vishmid (dancer), Tim Mix (Capulet), and Beth Miller (dancer) in ‘Roméo et Juliette) (c) Ken Howard for Santa Fe Opera, 2016
 

By ROGER SNODGRASS
And CARL NEWTON
Los Alamos Daily Post

What is not to like about the Santa Fe Opera’s first production of French composer Charles Gounod’s 150-year-old opera, Roméo et Juliette?

Opening night on Saturday introduced a work of passionately clashing circles of romantic love and social hatred, ecstasy and oppression, sunrise Read More

Guitar Concert Feaures Los Alamos Native July 26

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Classical guitarist Mohit Dubey. Courtesy photo

LIBRARY News:

The sounds of classical guitar will waft through Mesa Public Library at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 26, as Los Alamos native Mohit Dubey presents a live concert in the Upstairs Rotunda and Art Gallery.

Dubey is a young classical guitarist and physicist-in-the-making. A student of Roberto Capocchi at New Mexico School for the Arts and Stephen Aron at Oberlin Conservatory, Mohit has played concerts across the world – from Santa Fe to Italy to Jordan. As the son of Indian and German scientists, Mohit is excited about using music as a means Read More

Auditioning Tenors & Basses For 2016-17 Coro de Cámara Season

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Coro de Cámara News:
 
Coro de Cámara is a long-standing chamber chorus based in Los Alamos and Santa Fe. It is dedicated to presenting diverse choral programs of high caliber to audiences in both cities.

We are currently auditioning tenors and basses for the upcoming season. If you have excellent pitch, sight-reading skills, and musicality, please consider scheduling an audition.

 
To learn more about Coro de Cámara or auditions, please complete the online inquiry form at www.corodecamara-nm.org or leave a message for Artistic Director Nylea Butler-Moore
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Tuesdays At The Pond Features Los Alamos Light Opera Tonight

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LACD News:

This week Tuesdays at the Pond features Los Alamos Light Opera. Join us for a night of Broadway favorites, including some wonderful children performances from Annie and The Sound of Music. Other Broadway numbers include songs from Brigadoon, A Man of No Importance, South Pacific, Pippin, Pete’s Dragon, Les Miserables, The Fantasticks, The Music Man, Carousel, and Oklahoma. Sit back and enjoy some Broadway in Los Alamos!

The concert is tonight, Tuesday, July 19 and begins at 7:00 p.m. at Ashley Pond. Bring a blanket and a picnic dinner and enjoy the Los Alamos Read More

RUNA Celtic Music Band Plays Ashley Pond Tonight

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RUNA band members from left, Cheryl Prashker, Maggie Estes White, Shannon Lambert-Ryan, David Curley and Fionán de Barra play at Ashley Pond at 7 p.m. today. Courtesy/www.runamusic.com
 
RUNA wins Best World/Traditional Song Award. Courtesy/www.runamusic.com
 
By RUSS GORDON
Summer Concert Promoter

RUNA, a Celtic all-star band from the U.S., Ireland and Canada is playing at 7 p.m., today at Ashley Pond Park in downtown Los Alamos.

This is a FREE CONCERT. Gaining recognition as one of Irish music’s new “super-groups”, RUNA has been enchanting audiences by pushing the Read More

Tuesdays At The Pond Features Wise Fool Tonight

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Courtesy/LACDC

 

CREATIVE DISTRICT News:

 

This week Tuesdays at the Pond features Wise Fool. Tightrope walking, clowning, acrobatics, puppets, and of course a bit of magic will delight and tickle everyone at 7 p.m. today, Tuesday, April 12 at Ashley Pond Park.

Bring a blanket and a picnic dinner and enjoy the antics of Wise Fool!

Tuesdays at the Pond, a summer entertainment series, runs through Aug. 9. It brings a variety of entertainment acts to the Ashley Pond stage in downtown Los Alamos every Tuesday evening.

The Los Alamos Creative District directs a variety of programs that bring Read More

PEEC: New Laser Light Shows July 31 – Aug. 7

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PEEC News:
 
Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is bringing all new Laser Light Shows to the Los Alamos Nature Center July 31 through Aug. 7.
 
Choose from up to four different shows each day. Enjoy laser shows choreographed to music as a full-dome experience in the nature center planetarium.
 
With 14 unique laser light shows, there is truly something for everyone. Music fans will love to see how laser light transforms their favorite bands in Laser Rock, Laser Retro, and Laser Viny. There are separate shows dedicated to the music of Metallica, Led Zeppelin,
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Back With A Vengeance … Don Giovanni Scores At Santa Fe Opera

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A goreous sunset posed for the opening of Don Giovanni at the Santa Fe Opera July 3. Photo by Roger Snodgrass/ladailypost.com
 
Daniel Okulitch (Don Giovanni) and Solomoan Howard (Commendatore) in ‘Don Giovanni’. (c) Ken Howard for Santa Fe Opera, 2016
 
By ROGER SNODGRASS and CARL NEWTON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Brazilian-born Ron Daniels’ bold staging and direction of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovanni takes a great work and makes it greater. Daniel Okulitch, “The Dynamic Star of Santa Fe Opera’s New Don Giovanni,” on the cover of Opera News, makes it one of the summer’s Read More