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This event is FREE! We kindly request that you make a reservation through our website beforehand.
Deepen your experience and understanding of opera with Opera Basics — a series of five free, informative talks that will introduce you to the building blocks of opera while previewing the five productions of the Santa Fe Opera’s 2026 Season: Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Handel’s Rodelinda, and the American premiere of Tobias Picker’s Lili Elbe.
• Learn about the stories, the characters, the music, and the text
• Gain insight into how to listen to the singers and the orchestra
• Learn about the composers, the librettists, and the genesis of the operas
• Get tips on how to understand the sets, props, costumes, and the directors’ concepts
FREE with a reservation! Seating is first come, first served.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Alexis Corbin
Alexis Corbin is the Afternoon Host and Executive Director of Classical 95.5 KHFM in Albuquerque, where she brings both curatorial vision and an engaging on-air presence to one of the region’s leading classical music stations. A native of Portland, Oregon, she performs regularly with Opera Southwest and the Santa Fe Symphony, and has collaborated with the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, the Bill Evans Dance Company and Kawambe-Omowale African Drum and Dance Theater. She has also performed with steel pan artists Liam Teague and Len “Boogsie” Sharpe. She previously served as founding Program Director of New Mexico’s first El Sistema program and has supported arts education through her work with the Public Academy for the Performing Arts.
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1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87505, United States
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