Fri. 7/20 10a: Opening July 21 at the Santa Fe Opera is the first major American production of Polish composer Karol Szymanowski's 1926 opera, King Roger. A great champion of the rarely-heard opera, Mariusz Kwiecień, is singing the title role in the Santa Fe production. Host Spencer Beckwith talks with the Polish baritone 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.