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JANUARY 2020 VOLUME 14 ISSUE 4 REGISTER TODAY FOR THE ANNUAL LUNCHEON ANNUAL LUNCHEON ELDORADO HOTEL, ANASAZI BALLROOM 309 WEST SAN FRANCISCO STREET, SANTA FE DOORS OPEN AT 11:30AM $40 FOR MEMBERS, $50 FOR NON-MEMBERS The Santa Fe Opera Guild is delighted to host Robert Meya, the new General Director of The Santa Fe Opera, as our special guest at the Annual Luncheon on January 31, 2020. Mr. Menu Meya began his career with The Santa Fe Opera in 2012, serving most recently as its Entrées Director of External Affairs until October, 2018 when he assumed his new position. As the Spinach and Goat Cheese fourth General Director in the company’s 62-year history, he brings significant experience Chicken Breast with Sundried in fundraising, marketing, Board relations, finance, and other areas fundamental to the Tomato, & Pinõn Demiglace operation of a major opera company. Mr. Meya’s mandate is to provide executive Fingerling Potatoes & Shaved leadership, strategic direction, and administrative oversight for The Santa Fe Opera. This Brussel Sprouts luncheon provides a wonderful opportunity to learn what his creative vision is for The Lemon Herb Roasted Grouper Santa Fe Opera and how he plans to implement that vision. We encourage you to attend. with Sundried Tomato Pesto, Wild Rice & Grilled Asparagus The 2020 Annual Luncheon will be held in the Anasazi Ballroom of the Eldorado Hotel in House-made Swiss chard & Mushroom Ravioli with Pinõn downtown Santa Fe, a venue whose warm ambiance is familiar Brown Butter & Grilled to many local residents. The menu will include a choice of three Asparagus entrées, coffee and tea, and two options for dessert. A no-host Dessert bar will be available for those wishing to purchase wine, beer, and cocktails. The price is $40 per person for Guild members Flourless Chocolate Cake with and $50 for non-members. Registration and the pre-lunch reception will begin at 11:30AM, Crème Anglaise with lunch served at 12:15PM. The luncheon is scheduled to conclude by 2:00PM. Parking Pear Tarte with Whipped Cream is available at the Eldorado for $5.00 or in the lot at the southeast corner of San Francisco and Sandoval Streets. Registration closes on Friday, January 24, 2019. Click here to register or phone Ken Hunt at 888-666-3430 x503. THE SEVEN STAGE METAMORPHOSIS OF A BUTTERFLY MARK TIARKS ON M. BUTTERFLY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 5:30PM SANTA FE WOMAN’S CLUB 1616 OLD PECOS TRAIL FREE FOR GUILD MEMBERS; $10 FOR NON-MEMBERS When M. Butterfly premieres during The Santa Fe Opera’s 2020 season, it will be an opera that’s based on a play that’s based on an opera that’s based on a play that’s based on a short story that’s based on a novel. This talk by Mark Tiarks looks at the complex genesis of this new piece, beginning with Pierre Loti’s 1887 novel Madame Chrysanthème and John Luther Long’s 1898 short story inspired by Madame Butterfly. Impresario David Belasco adapted the short story for the New York stage, where it was an unexpected smash hit in 1900. Puccini saw the play in London and insisted on securing the rights for his 1904 opera Madama Butterfly. David Henry Hwang, in turn, used it as inspiration for his 1988 Tony Award-winning play M. Butterfly. Along the way there were film adaptations of the opera (including one without Puccini’s music which starred Cary Grant as Pinkerton!) and of Hwang’s play, starring Jeremy Irons. M. Butterfly has been given new life as an opera by librettist Hwang and composer Huang Ruo. M. Butterfly makes its world premiere this summer in Santa Fe. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear one of our favorite speakers and learn the background of this exciting new opera. The talk will be on Thursday, February 13 at the Santa Fe Woman’s Club, beginning at 5:30PM. This event is free for members, but we are asking everyone to register by clicking here or phoning 888-666-3430 x503. POSOLE MIO! FUNDRAISER IN ESPAÑOLA POSOLE MIO! PRESENTED BY ESPAÑOLA OPERA GUILD January 11, 1:00PM to 4:00PM Moving Arts Española Highway 68-291 Pay at the Door: $12/Adult, Children 12 & under $6 Our sister Guild in Española invites members of the Santa Fe Opera Guild to its annual fundraiser, Posole Mio on behalf of the Espanola Valley Opera Guild. The event is being held on Saturday, January 11. Join in the fun with homemade posole and dessert. This year’s entertainment is special as the feature performer is New Mexico’s own International Opera soprano, Rena Harms. Live mariachi music by DIVINO, and performances by the Moving Arts Espanola Choir & Folklorico Dancers, and the Camino de Paz School & Farm Marimba Ensemble promise outstanding entertainment. Posole Mio will feature a silent auction and raffle. Black Mesa wines will be available from a cash bar. Moving Arts Española is located on NM 68-291 near the Ohkay Owingeh Casino. To RSVP and reserve your place, click here or email [email protected]. APPRENTICE WATCH Erik Van Heyningen, Bass Baritone, is no stranger to The Santa Fe Opera. In 2016, he was accepted into the Apprentice Artist Program and was awarded the Donald Gramm Memorial Award. Erik returned in 2018 as an Apprentice Artist and performed the role of Ragotzki/Archbishop in Candide. He was also awarded the Mackay Family Grant the same year. We are all looking forward to hearing Erik once again at The Santa Fe Opera in the 2020 season, performing the role of Sprecher in The Magic Flute. Erik resides in New York City and is currently a part of the Artist Diploma in Opera Studies program at The Julliard School. He is also a concert soloist whose repertoire includes selections from Handel, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, and Brahms among others. To learn more about Erik’s burgeoning career click. here Credit: Ken Benson Artists SAVE THE DATE: DESIRÉE MAYS LECTURES How fortunate that this March and April bring a two-part lecture series delivered by Desirée Mays about Wagner’s opera Tristan und Isolde, a major event for The Santa Fe Opera this summer. The February and March Operagram will contain further details, but please note the dates and venues now to avoid missing out on this wonderful opportunity to hear Desirée lecture. She is sought after as both a lecturer on opera and a Wagner expert. The lectures take place on March 26, 5:30PM: Introduction to Tristan und Isolde, Part I at the Santa Fe Woman’s Club and on April 29, 6:00PM: The Tristan Chord: Digging Deeper, Part II, at the Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse. BREAKFAST LECTURES Don’t miss the Breakfast Lectures at Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse before Saturday morning performances of The Met: Live in HD. The café opens at 8:00AM. Please plan to arrive at least 30 minutes before the lecture begins to secure a seat and purchase breakfast goodies. Breakfast Lectures precede every The Met: Live in HD broadcast at the Lensic. The January talk takes place at 9:30AM on Saturday, January 11 for Alban Berg’s Wozzeck, with speakers Mim Chapman and Mark Tiarks as guest lecturers. When asked to describe Wozzeck in just a few words, Mark stated “Wozzeck is a 100-minute masterpiece and one of the most emotionally powerful operas ever written; the saga portrays the plight of an impoverished soldier struggling to provide for his family in a society where the odds are stacked against him.” It will also prove enlightening to hear Mim Chapman’s insight into this opera. On February 1, Mark Tiarks returns as speaker for The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. Mark notes “George Gershwin’s Catfish Row classic evolves during a production that fully captures its operatic scope and dramatic impact, in addition to all those hit songs. Add to it the knockout casting of Eric Owens as Porgy and Angel Blue as Bess.” It promises to be quite a lecture! There is a donation of $5 per person, check or cash. Collected Works is located one block from The Lensic at the corner of Galisteo and Water Street. THE MET: LIVE IN HD WOZZECK SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 11:00 AM │ ENCORE PERFORMANCE, 6:00PM THE LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 211 WEST SAN FRANCISCO STREET RUNNING TIME: 1 HR 42 MINS Twentieth century Austrian composer Alban Berg wrote both the music and the libretto for his emotionally complex opera, Wozzeck. This new production is vividly brought to life for the cinema debut by South African William Kentridge who was lauded for his amazing production of Berg’s Lulu. Kentridge sets the opera in Germany prior to World War I with sets that convey his range of visual creativity. The cast is led by Swedish baritone Peter Mattei in the role of the tormented Wozzeck in love with the unfaithful Marie, portrayed by South African soprano Elza van den Heever. The supporting cast includes tenors Gerhard Siegel (The Captain), Andrew Staples (Andres) and Christopher Ventris (The Drum Major). Bass-baritone Christian Van Horn is The Doctor. The conductor is Yannic Nezet-Seguin, The Met’s Music Director. Please click here to learn more about The Second Viennese School of Music where Berg studied and how Atonality and Twelve-tone composition informed his work. The Met: Live in HD website is a wealth of information on every aspect of the production of Wozzeck. Tickets for all The Met: Live in HD performances are available at the Lensic box office or by calling (505)988-1234.