Fri. 6/28 10a: On June 28, a new production of Offenbach's comic operetta "The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein" opens the new season at the Santa Fe Opera. The 2013 season continues through August 24, with five productions running in repertoire. Outside in the Opera's Cantina, Spencer Beckwith is joined by the director of "The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein," Lee Blakeley.
Spencer Beckwith reports on the arts for KUNM. For ten years, until March of 2014, Spencer was the producer and host of KUNM's "Performance New Mexico," a weekday morning arts program that included interviews with musicians, writers and performers. Spencer is a graduate of the acting program at the Juilliard School, and, before moving to New Mexico in 2002, was for many years a professional actor based in New York City.