Our opera oasis under the stars
04/14/22 • 1 min
Destination Santa Fe Opera welcomes you back for our 2022 season with our host, Jane Trembley.
We're ready to take on 2022 with five brand new productions, including an international co-production a company premiere, and a world premiere.
You could say that we're a little excited.
New episodes of the podcast are coming to you all spring and summer long featuring the artists, singers, technicians, and many opera professionals working behind the scenes to bring you the stories, music and splendor onstage at the Santa Fe Opera.
Make sure you follow us on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss a beat!
CREDITSDestination Santa Fe Opera is a Santa Fe Opera podcast, produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios.
Post-Production Audio: Edwin R. Ruiz
Hosted by: Jane Trembley
Show Notes by: Lisa Widder
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Learn more about the Santa Fe Opera and plan your visit at http://www.santafeopera.org.
We'd love for you to join us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok @santafeopera.
Destination Santa Fe Opera welcomes you back for our 2022 season with our host, Jane Trembley.
We're ready to take on 2022 with five brand new productions, including an international co-production a company premiere, and a world premiere.
You could say that we're a little excited.
New episodes of the podcast are coming to you all spring and summer long featuring the artists, singers, technicians, and many opera professionals working behind the scenes to bring you the stories, music and splendor onstage at the Santa Fe Opera.
Make sure you follow us on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss a beat!
CREDITSDestination Santa Fe Opera is a Santa Fe Opera podcast, produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios.
Post-Production Audio: Edwin R. Ruiz
Hosted by: Jane Trembley
Show Notes by: Lisa Widder
***
Learn more about the Santa Fe Opera and plan your visit at http://www.santafeopera.org.
We'd love for you to join us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok @santafeopera.
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Art that moves people to action with Santa Fe Opera Chief Artistic Officer David Lomelí
What has all the compelling drama of a marathon finish line and the adrenaline rush of a Formula One championship? Santa Fe Opera’s 2022 Season, of course!
Or so says Jane’s guest. She sits down with Chief Artistic Officer David Lomelí to learn more about the incredible titles and talents set to grace the Santa Fe Opera stage next summer. The pair also charts David’s path from his hometown in Mexico to the rarified stages of Europe and, finally, to his dream job here in the desert, where he’s poised to break the clichés of opera programming, demystify the genre, and broaden the audience experience.
It’s impossible to not respond to David’s enthusiasm for all things opera. Even the logistical complications brought about by COVID-19 inspire him. “It was such a beautiful challenge,” he says about the 2021 Season. “I gained so much perspective,” he adds, citing the physical safety precautions put into place, as well as the collective emotional support of everyone eager for a return to what David dubbed “big voices in an American house.”
So much of the front-facing activity in that house runs through the Artistic office: the Orchestra, the Apprentice Programs, the music staff, the principal artists. It’s no surprise, then, that David spends his days on what he cleverly calls player personnel evaluation. “We have to manage the architecture of the sound,” he says, describing how his efforts transform wish lists of individual talents into cohesive, magical casts.
Next summer promises to deliver even more signature moments beginning with Carmen, the 2022 Season opener. After such a crowd-pleasing start, it would be easy for SFO to coast on the classics but “we're an international opera house [and] there's so many stories,” David says, explaining that the Santa Fe Opera’s legacy of fostering new works offers audiences an opportunity to experience fresh perspectives. “I think that at the end of the day, it is [about] making the highest possible level of art that moves people to do action.”
CREDITSDestination Santa Fe Opera is a Santa Fe Opera podcast, produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios.
Mixed by: Edwin R. Ruiz
Hosted by: Jane Trembley
Featuring:
Chief Artistic Officer
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Learn more about the Santa Fe Opera and plan your visit at http://www.santafeopera.org.
We'd love for you to join us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok @santafeopera.
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More Voices at the Table: Community Engagement and Opera with Kyle Gray
Look up the definition for community engagement, and you'll find lots of fantastic terms––Strategic! Interaction! Ally! But the word that tops them all is "relationship."
Host Jane Trembley chats with Kyle Gray, Santa Fe Opera's Manager of Community Relations and Government Affairs, about how he helps foster meaningful connections between SFO and government agencies, fellow arts organizations, volunteers, and Indigenous communities. The pair also explore SFO's comprehensive DEIA initiatives and why diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility are critical elements of the organization’s continued vitality.
"These days, it's all about partnerships," says Kyle, offering a shorthand explanation for the long list of engagement activities his office is involved in, supporting the creation of impactful artistic work. High-level meetings with municipal and federal legislative representatives are an exciting aspect of Kyle's day-to-day, but he finds the grassroots collaborations most rewarding.
"There's the Pueblo Opera Program (POP); there's music educators; there's fine arts coordinators; there's arts commissioners. It doesn't stop with Santa Fe Opera volunteers. I think everyone is an advocate for the Santa Fe Opera."
Weaving on stage artistry with off-stage engagement requires a continuous exchange of ideas and invites feedback. Kyle admits that although critiques aren't always easy to hear, they're necessary for relationship-building. He points to Opera For All Voices (OFAV) as an example of how SFO explores these issues, holds space for multiple viewpoints, and processes the impact of such world premiere productions as Hometown To The World alongside the entire SFO community.
SFO's strategic commitment to community ensures folks see their stories on stage and representation among the audiences, artisans, and administrators. "Opera can get you thinking," Kyle says, while engagement invites communities to shape the future of the world's most compelling art form.
FEATURED GUESTKyle Gray
Manager of Community Relations and Government AffairsSanta Fe Opera
CREDITSDestination Santa Fe Opera is a Santa Fe Opera podcast, produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios.
Post-Production Audio: Edwin R. Ruiz
Hosted by: Jane Trembley
Show Notes by: Lisa Widder
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Learn more about the Santa Fe Opera and plan your visit at http://www.santafeopera.org.
We'd love for you to join us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok @santafeopera.
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