Fri. 6/21 10a: Offenbach's "The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein," Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," Rossini's "La Donna del Lago," Verdi's "La Traviata" and a new opera by Theodore Morrison, "Oscar," based on the life of Oscar Wilde, are part of this summer's season at the Santa Fe Opera, from June 28 through August 24. Spencer Beckwith is joined for a preview of the new season by Charles MacKay, the General Director of the Santa Fe Opera, outside in the Opera's cantina.
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.