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  MSN Encarta - Santa Fe (New Mexico)
Santa Fe (New Mexico), capital city of New Mexico and seat of Santa Fe County, located on the Santa Fe River in the north central part of the state.
The city is the seat of the College of Santa Fe (1947), St. John's College (1964), the Institute of American Indian Arts (1962), a community college, and the New Mexico School for the Deaf.
The region of Santa Fe was occupied by the Tewa people when Francisco Vásquez de Coronado arrived in 1540, exploring for the Spanish crown.
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 Santa Fe Travel Guide | Fodor's Online
On a plateau at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains -- at an elevation of 7,000 ft -- Santa Fe is surrounded by remnants of a 2,000-year-old Pueblo civilization and filled with reminders of almost four centuries of Spanish and Mexican rule.
La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asísi (the Royal City of the Holy Faith of St. Francis of Assisi) was founded in the early 1600s by Don Pedro de Peralta, who planted his banner in the name of Spain.
Santa Fe is renowned for its arts, tricultural (Native American, Hispanic, and Anglo) heritage, and adobe architecture.
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 Sante Fe Opera tops fame with roof plan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
SANTA FE, N.M. - To thousands of operagoers from around the country and overseas, the Santa Fe Opera Theater is a familiar landmark, backed by the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and fronted by brilliant sunsets.
Santa Fe's open-air theater will be roofed over as part of an extensive reconstruction project.
Now in its 41st season, the Santa Fe Opera is the brainchild of John Crosby, a quiet but strong-willed New Yorker who founded the company in 1957 only a few years after completing his musical training at Yale and Columbia.
www.lubbockonline.com /news/081197/santefe.htm   (417 words)

  
 LA Weekly: Music: A Lot of Night Music: Opera on High
The text, by the Paris-based Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf, is drawn from the medieval account of the troubadour Jaufré Rudel, the Countess Clémence whom he worships from afar for her purity of heart and body, and the Pilgrim who crosses the Mediterranean as a go-between to carry messages to the separated lovers.
In Santa Fe's recently rebuilt opera house, in its unreal setting high on a mountainside, one of the spectacular aspects is the sound of that orchestra in that pit.
Part of the pleasure in journeying to Santa Fe from beyond the mountains is the chance to watch the steady taking-shape of a music consciousness there, a nice counterpoint to the plethora of art galleries and local crafts that have always made the place unique.
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 AllRefer.com - Santa Fe, city, United States, United States (U.S. Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Points of interest are the Palace of the Governors (c.1610), which houses a state museum; the Laboratory of Anthropology, with a museum of Spanish colonial art; museums of international folk art, Navajo ceremonial art, and contemporary Native American art; an exhibition hall for contemporary art; and a museum devoted to the artist Georgia O'Keeffe.
There are artists' and writers' colonies and many art galleries, a renowned summer opera, the restored Lensic Theater, St. John's College, the College of Santa Fe, a Native American school, and a state school for the deaf.
The city is the headquarters for the Santa Fe National Forest and regional headquarters for the National Park Service.
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 Santa Fe Opera -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It is well-known for introducing new and innovative operas as well as for its productions of works from the (additional info and facts about standard operatic repertoire) standard operatic repertoire.
Since its inception, the Santa Fe Opera has staged over forty American premieres and has commissioned nine new operas.
The Santa Fe Opera was founded in 1957 by John Crosby, a New York-based conductor whose goal was to give American singers the opportunity to learn and perform new roles while having ample time for rehearsal and preparation.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/santa_fe_opera.htm   (172 words)

  
 Santa fe opera house Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Santa Fe Opera House are great for when you're looking to get better at santa fe opera house for selfish purposes.
Once the Santa Fe Opera House was built it was clear that Santa Fe was a culture center determined not to fade into the countryside though.
Santa Fe is a small city in which culture looms large.
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 Santa fe opera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Opera of Santa Fe was established in 1957 and is known worldwide as one of the...
Santa Fe Opera: Rossini — The Barber of Seville...
Listen to world-class opera at the Santa Fe Opera's open-air theatre, be movedby the characters on stage in a number of different theatres, some exuding a...
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 Variety.com - Opera sizzles in Santa Fe
SFO was founded in 1957 by John CrosbyJohn Crosby, who, at 67, is still general director and principal conductor, maintaining a hands-on position with the company.
"Santa Fe is a town with a population of 55,000.
And while all backstage operations at Santa Fe are conducted on a non-union basis (because, according to Redden, there is not enough year-round stage work in Santa Fe to support a full-time local), the apprentice singers are represented under an arrangement with the American Guild of Musical Artists.
www.variety.com /article/VR109903   (569 words)

  
 Santa Fe Opera Apprenticeship Tour, Chamizal National Memorial Case Study
The SFO had received a large grant and wanted to expose outlying communities and students to opera.
The Santa Fe Opera provides the educational materials, pays for busing, provides the performers and covers all related costs.
Prior to the presentation, the educational coordinator talks to the children about the opera, what it is, how to listen, and how to enjoy it.
www.nps.gov /partnerships/santa_fe_opera.htm   (642 words)

  
 Santa Fe New Mexico - USA Tourist
Santa Fe, New Mexico, located sixty miles north of Albuquerque, is a favorite vacation destination in the USA.
Santa Fe can be surprising to first-time visitors who think they will find a hot, dry desert climate all year-round.
At the corner of Old Santa Fe Trail and East de Vargas is San Miguel Mission Church, said to be the country’s oldest church structure.
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 Santa Fe
Santa Fe Santa Fe has been an art town since the late 1800s and a tourist destination since the 1920s.
In addition to its renowned summer festivals, Santa Fe is home to a fall new jazz festival, two theatres specializing in independent and foreign films (in addition to 20 other screens), and a film festival.
Santa Fe Now with restaurants, events, and a large number of Santa Fe and New Mexico links.
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 The News-Bulletin: Tiny baritones, sopranos sing about Belen via Santa Fe Opera program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The students were enrolled in Eaglet Opera Camp, a program paid for by federal funding, which enables performers and teachers from the Santa Fe Opera to spend two weeks teaching students about opera and then helping them to find an idea for their own operas, which they then write and perform.
Initially, the main characters in the opera are skeptical about the effect the train will have on their rural way of life, but, in the end, they embrace it as a good thing.
Santa Fe Opera artist-in-residence Daniel Ward has composed the score for the opera and made CDs for the principal performers to take home so they may practice the music.
www.news-bulletin.com /news/42034-06-26-04.html   (845 words)

  
 classical music - andante - santa fe opera aims high
Santa Fe Opera Theater, Santa Fe The lightning in the heavens didn't always translate into thunderclaps onstage.
This production was in many ways built around her slight figure, lightweight voice and penetrating mind, showing the opera through the eyes of her character Amina, a sickly child who spends much of her day in her nightgown with her nose in a book.
Some in the Santa Fe audience expressed relief at the precision of Dessay's coloratura after having heard Agrippina, which was cast with a number of seasoned Handelians who seemed to be having too good a time tearing up the stage to attend to vocal accuracy.
www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=24365   (1489 words)

  
 Santa Fe : Nightlife | Frommers.com
Santa Fe is a city committed to the arts, so it's no surprise that the Santa Fe night scene is dominated by highbrow cultural events, beginning with the world-famous Santa Fe Opera.
Discount tickets may be available on the night of a performance; for example, the opera offers standing-room tickets on the day of the performance.
A variety of free concerts, lectures, and other events are presented in the summer, co-sponsored by the City of Santa Fe and the Chamber of Commerce.
www.frommers.com /destinations/santafe/0030010030.html   (438 words)

  
 Santa Fe Opera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
SANTA FE'S OPERA HOUSE IS A SCENERY-studded 800-mile drive from Los Angeles; last week it seemed...
Santa Fe is famous for its culture, art, and traditions.
Santa Fe Opera - attending the Santa Fe Opera
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 ASNE - And… Music In Its Mountains: New York Opera's New Season Boasts Two Santa Fe Opera Productions. Will More ...
That the opera here can, at its best, be worth crossing deserts for matters to Santa Fe, a city whose center can seem populated entirely by out-of-towners from lands less rich in top-flight classical music.
But what happens at the opera here also gets felt in the Northeast: This year, New York City Opera is bringing in two Santa Fe productions from previous seasons (Tobias Picker's "Emmeline" and Handel's "Xerxes") and if City Opera keeps up its promised rate of new productions, more may be on the way.
Handel knew that opera audiences must be dazzled, and while this production's gilt-trimmed look and glittering costumes (borrowed from London's Royal Opera) do their part, the singers sounded drab by comparison.
www.asne.org /kiosk/writingawards/1998/davidson4.htm   (1165 words)

  
 Santa Fe Sensation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The striking new roof of the Santa Fe Opera House hangs from an ingenious array of steel rods and masts.
The theater perches in the Santa Fe hills, its two roofs curving in consonance with the setting.
The opera house has been financially self-sufficient, says Cecil Bingham, engineer for the owner, but because of weather, performances can be given only for a few summer months, and budgets are not lavish.
www.pubs.asce.org /ceonline/santafe.html   (2377 words)

  
 The Guilds of the Santa Fe Opera: Pueblo Opera Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
With the assistance of Native-American coordinators and leaders from local pueblos and reservations, The Guilds of the Santa Fe OperaÌs Pueblo Opera Program is expanding cross-cultural awareness, dispelling opera misconceptions and reciprocating pueblo hospitality through music, dance and drama.
Santa Fe Opera artists serve as mentors to the participants by helping them develop the story, libretto and music and by coaching them at rehearsals.
The young opera singers perform for their schools and communities and bring their production to the Santa Fe Opera open house, as well.
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 Sunset: Santa Fe Opera and rooms sold out? There are ways
Celebrating its 30th season this summer, the Santa Fe Opera is the nation's only outdoor repertory opera company.
Santa Fe Opera also has a box office downtown at 201 Galisteo Street, at the corner of Water Street; it's open 10 to 1 and 2 to 5 Mondays through Saturdays (advance ticket sales only).
Along with the opera, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Desert Chorale, and theater productions combine to give Santa Fe its reputation as the Salzburg of the U.S. For schedule and ticket information for these and other local events, see The New Mexican's Friday supplement called Pasatiempo.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1216/is_v177/ai_4292486   (752 words)

  
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Santa Fe Opera 2002 Season, through Aug. 24: Tchaikovsky’s "Eugene Onegin," Rossini’s "The Italian Girl in Algiers," Mozart’s "La clemenza di Tito," Verdi’s "La Traviata" and the American premiere of Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho’s "L’Amour de loin." Individual tickets range from $20 to $200.
Where else but Santa Fe can you attend the opera "Eugene Onegin" one evening and a lecture on the hero’s personality disorder the next morning.
Sondra Radvanovsky, who was to make her Santa Fe debut in the role, bowed out on doctor’s orders because of vocal problems brought on by altitude and dryness.
www.durangoherald.com /arts_entertainment/arts020805_3.htm   (738 words)

  
 here you find santa fe opera house
The Santa Fe Institute is devoted to creating a new kind of scientific research community, one emphasizing multidisciplinary collaboration in pursuit of understanding the common themes that arise in...
Santa Fe New Mexico visitors information for travel, lodging, and...
Santa Fe Mayor: Larry Delgado Population of New Mexico: 1.8 million Population of Santa Fe: 66,522 State: New Mexico became 47th state in 1912 State Capital: Santa Fe Official State Symbols...
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 ABQjournal: Former Santa Fe Opera General Director Dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
SANTA FE — John Crosby, founder and longtime former general director of the Santa Fe Opera, has died after a brief illness in a California hospital, opera officials said.
Crosby, who died Sunday at Eisenhower Memorial Hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif., had founded the Santa Fe Opera in 1957 and was its general director until his retirement at the end of the 2000 season.
With $200,000 in financing from his father, a New York attorney, Crosby purchased a ranch seven miles north of Santa Fe and oversaw construction of a 480-seat, open-air theater.
www.abqjournal.com /obits/profiles/apcrosby12-16-02.htm   (547 words)

  
 Santa Fe Opera Trip History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
From a quick count, I think that the groups I have taken to Santa Fe have bought a total of around 186 tickets in the 9 years that we've been (excluding my first trip in 1985), and I would estimate that 120+ different people have been on the trip.
For almost all of them it was their first experience of the Santa Fe Opera, and for many it was their first time at any opera.
As a matter of historical interest, this trip was the weekend before GE's due diligence for their purchase of Smallworld began, and there were highly secret meetings at Starbucks in Santa Fe to discuss the issue amongst the members of the Smallworld hierarchy who were there - me, Warren, Dick, Joan and Tim.
www.ebatty.com /culture/sf_opera_history.htm   (685 words)

  
 Travel Channel :: Santa Fe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The acclaimed Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival (www.sfcmf.org) runs July through August, with performances nearly every night at either the Lensic Performing Arts Center or the St. Francis Auditorium.
Santa Fe Opera (www.santafeopera.org) performs in a strikingly modern structure -- a 2,126-seat, indoor-outdoor amphitheater with excellent acoustics and sight lines.
The Santa Fe Symphony (www.sf-symphony.org) performs eight concerts each season (from September to May) in the Lensic Performing Arts Center.
travel.discovery.com /destinations/fodors/santafe/nightarts_20218_1.html   (261 words)

  
 classical music - andante - alan gilbert named music director of santa fe opera
Gaddes said in a statement that Santa Fe Opera has been pleased with Gilbert's previous appearances there: "We were impressed with the rapport he established with the singers and the opera orchestra, and with the enthusiatic public response to the performances he led."
A violinist, he served as assistant concertmaster of the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra in 1993, and conducted his first fully staged opera — a production of Falstaff — in Santa Fe in 2001.
Santa Fe Opera Founder John Crosby Is Dead at 76
www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=20741   (309 words)

  
 Philly in the Desert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Santa Fe apprentice is part of a select group chosen to sing concerts this September in Albuquerque and other Southwestern cities.
AVA director K. James McDowell, who started his own career as an apprentice at Santa Fe in 1977 as a 21-year-old baritone, recommends the program to his students not only for its expertise, but for its respect of the student’s prior training.
Richard Gaddes, the Santa Fe associate general director who will succeed founder John Crosby as head of the company next year, says Philadelphians have a leg up when it comes to Santa Fe auditions.
www.citypaper.net /articles/082699/mus.opera.shtml   (514 words)

  
 Variety.com - Reviews - Madame Mao
A Santa Fe Opera presentation of an opera in two acts with music by Bright Sheng, libretto by Colin Graham.
A strong contribution to the opera is made by Neil Patel's scenic designs, based on an open cube or box, suggesting the way romantic illusions are boxed in.
Santa Fe's production of Offenbach's opera-bouffe "La Belle Helene" came from the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, where its rambunctious satire apparently seemed at home.
www.variety.com /review/VE1117921589?categoryid=33&cs=1   (983 words)

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