Music

American Soprano Nadine Sierra And French Tenor Benjamin Bernheim Star In The Met: Live In HD Transmission Of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette March 23

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Scene of soprano Nadine Sierra and cast members in the revival of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at The Metropolitan Opera March 23. Courtesy/The Met

Soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Benjamin Bernheim star in the revival of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at The Metropolitan Opera March 23. Courtesy/The Met

OPERA News:

NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Opera’s revival of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette will be transmitted live as part of the 2023–24 Live in HD season at 12:55 p.m. ET, Saturday, March 23. Two singers at the height of their powers—radiant soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor sensation Benjamin Bernheim Read More

LALT’s ‘Twice Upon A Time’ … My Story, My Rules!

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Scene from ‘Twice Upon A Time’. Photo by Thomas Graves 

Scene from ‘Twice Upon A Time’. Photo by Thomas Graves

Review by KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Did you know that fairy tales originated as oral stories? This is how these stories were preserved; they were passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation.

Of course, with anything that is heard and then repeated to someone else, stories get changed around, re-interpretated and reformed to suit both the audience and the storyteller.

Los Alamos Little Theater keeps the tradition of collecting stories Read More

2024 Los Alamos Summer Concert Series: First 3 Artists!

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The 2024 Los Alamos Summer Concert Series kicks off May 24 with the Powell Brothers. Courtesy/Sancre Productions

Sancre Productions News:

Sancre Productions and Los Alamos Community Services Department want to give Los Alamos plenty of notice about this summer’s performing artists so they can plan their summers accordingly. The full Lineup will be released April 15 but it will be unveiled several concerts at a time over the next month on social media and through press releases.

The 2024 Los Alamos Summer Concert Series includes some familiar, local faces, nationally touring groups from Read More

Los Alamos Choral Society And Community Winds Team Up For ‘A Vocal Celebration’ Saturday March 9

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Los Alamos Community Winds during a 2023 rehearsal at Crossroads Bible Church. The Community Winds will return to Crossroads along with the Los Alamos Choral Society and Soprano Louise Mendius for its concert, ‘A Vocal Celebration’. The concert is 7 p.m. Saturday, March 9. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Choral Society during a 2023 rehearsal. The Choral Society will join the Los Alamos Community Winds during its concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 9. Courtesy photo

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

The upcoming concert of the Los Alamos Community Read More

Sancre Productions And Los Alamos County CSD Announce Headliner Artist For 4th of July Spectacular In White Rock

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Sancre Productions News:

Congratulations Los Alamos! The best 4th of July celebration in Northern New Mexico just got even better with the announcement of Prince Again, a Los Angeles-based tribute to the late great Prince, will be headlining this year’s 4th of July event, thanks to presenters Merrick and SMSI.

Last year’s 4th of July event brought 11,500 attendees to Overlook Park in White Rock, complete with vendors and the best inflatables zone in the state, making the event fun for the whole family. DJ Optimistic will open for the headliner to get the party started, beginning at 4 p.m., with Read More

DEA Issues Letter To E-Commerce Companies On Sale Of Pill Presses Used To Make Fentanyl Pills

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A pill press used to make fentanyl pills. Courtesy/DEA

DEA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued a letter to e-commerce companies regarding the sale of pill presses. As regulated entities under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), e-commerce platforms are generally required to comply with CSA recordkeeping, identification, and reporting requirements on the distribution, importation, and exportation of pill press machines.

The United States is in the midst of an unprecedented drug poisoning epidemic. In 2022, approximately 110,757 Americans Read More

LAPS Jazz Faculty Perform For LAHS Students

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Ryan Finn and the Los Alamos Jazz faculty performed at Los Alamos High School during lunch Wednesday, featuring the music of Thelonious Monk. The performance was a part of the school’s celebration of Black History Month. Thelonious Monk was a Black American jazz pianist and composer. Monk’s compositions and improvisations feature dissonances and angular melodic twists and are consistent with his unorthodox approach to the piano, which combined a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of switched key releases, silences, and hesitations. Monk’s distinct look included suits, Read More