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UNM Opera Theatre Presents a Puccini Premiere

Thurs. 2/21 10a: The students in the University of New Mexico's Opera Theatre perform in "A Night with Puccini," February 22-24 at UNM's Keller Hall in Albuquerque. The performance includes two works, the one-act opera, "Suor Angelica," and the first work Puccini wrote for the stage, the opera "Le Villi." The performance is the first of "Le Villi" in Albuquerque. Spencer Beckwith speaks with the co-director of UNM's Opera Theatre, Sam Shepperson.
 

 

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.