The 6th Annual Taos Opera Institute (TOI) Festival ends with a fundraising Gala and Reception at the Taos Center for the Arts (TCA) featuring the TOI Singers and the Cantos de Taos quartet in an evening of opera classics. These singers, who have completed the month-long intensive training of the Institute, will showcase their accomplishments with duets, trios, quartets and full ensemble presentations of beloved arias from several operas and operettas. The performance is preceded by a reception that begins at 7:00 pm. Doors will open at 6:45 pm. Tickets are available for $25 and may be purchased in advance at the TCA office Monday-Friday from 10am-5pm or by calling 758-2052 or ordered for pick-up on the evening of the performance. Telephone – 575-758-2052, Fax 575-751-3305, or email at info@tcataos.org. A full schedule of events is available on the TOI Web site,
Or, for further information call 575-758-5101 or email toitaosnm@aol.com.
These events are planned for TCA’s various venues: the auditorium, Encore Gallery, and Stables Gallery. Most events, but not all, are sponsored by TCA. Submit your TCA event here. View art events around Taos.
Friday, May 24 and Saturday, May 25
Screening in HD of the live performance of the National Theatre of London's "This House" a new play by James Graham.
It’s 1974 and the corridors of Westminster ring with the sound of infighting and backbiting as Britain’s political parties battle to change the future of the nation, whatever it takes. In this hung parliament, the ruling party holds on by a thread. Votes are won and lost by one, fist fights erupt in the bars, and ill MPs are hauled in to cast their votes.
It’s a time when a staggering number of politicians die, and age-old traditions and allegiances are thrown aside in the struggle for power.
James Graham’s biting, energetic and critically-acclaimed new play strips politics down to the practical realities of those behind the scenes who roll up their sleeves, and on occasion bend the rules, to manoeuvre a diverse and conflicting chorus of MPs within the Mother of all Parliaments.
‘James Graham’s superb new drama held everyone enthralled throughout... Funny, touching and cliff-hangingly suspenseful.’ Daily Telegraph
'Aided by helmer Herrin's pedal-to-the-floor pace, Graham kicks off with the kind of action-packed exposition for which The West Wing was celebrated.' Variety
Tickets: $12 for TCA Members, $15 for the general public and $10 for students 18 and under. Call 758-2052
Friday, May 24 and Saturday, May 25
Screening in HD of the live performance of the National Theatre of London's "This House" a new play by James Graham.
It’s 1974 and the corridors of Westminster ring with the sound of infighting and backbiting as Britain’s political parties battle to change the future of the nation, whatever it takes. In this hung parliament, the ruling party holds on by a thread. Votes are won and lost by one, fist fights erupt in the bars, and ill MPs are hauled in to cast their votes.
It’s a time when a staggering number of politicians die, and age-old traditions and allegiances are thrown aside in the struggle for power.
James Graham’s biting, energetic and critically-acclaimed new play strips politics down to the practical realities of those behind the scenes who roll up their sleeves, and on occasion bend the rules, to manoeuvre a diverse and conflicting chorus of MPs within the Mother of all Parliaments.
‘James Graham’s superb new drama held everyone enthralled throughout... Funny, touching and cliff-hangingly suspenseful.’ Daily Telegraph
'Aided by helmer Herrin's pedal-to-the-floor pace, Graham kicks off with the kind of action-packed exposition for which The West Wing was celebrated.' Variety
Tickets: $12 for TCA Members, $15 for the general public and $10 for students 18 and under. Call 758-2052
The Sixth Annual Taos Poetry Festival: Conversing in Verse
May 30 - June 1, 2013
Location: Taos Community Auditorium, Harwood, Taos Mesa Brewery, SOMOS
The Sixth Annual Taos Poetry Festival: Conversing in Verse
May 30 - June 1, 2013
Taos Community Auditorium, Harwood, Taos Mesa Brewery, SOMOS
The Taos Poetry Festival, May 30-June 1, envisions a community in Taos where conversing in verse is a learning tool, a cornerstone of cultural and individual identity, and a means of social dialogue. We aspire to contribute to the arts economy, create connections between poets, and build new audiences. The Taos Poetry Festival invites you to be part of this poetic conversation. Everyone is welcome. Join us.Made possible in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the department of cultural affairs and the National Endowment for the arts.Visit
The Taos Center for the Arts is proud to present ARCOS Dance. ARCOS is a professional contemporary dance company based in Austin, Texas. The company combines cutting-edge choreography with equally evocative music, video, and theater elements to push past the lines that separate artistic disciplines and to innovate distinct new forms.
ARCOS Dance concert features new works and existing choreography by Artistic Director Curtis Uhlemann and Associate Artistic Director Erica Gionfriddo, the performance includes dance members from Austin Texas and the Northern New Mexico region.
Tickets are $15 for TCA members, $20 general admission and $10 students 18 and under.
Carmen – Georges Bizet
Original transmission date: Saturday, January 16, 2010
Richard Eyre’s hit production stars El?na Garan?a as the seductive gypsy of the title, opposite Roberto Alagna as the obsessed Don José. Carmen "is about sex, violence, and racism—and its corollary: freedom," the director says about Bizet’s drama. "It is one of the inalienably great works of art. It's sexy, in every sense. And I think it should be shocking."
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Production: Richard Eyre; Barbara Frittoli, El?na Garan?a, Roberto Alagna, Mariusz Kwiecien
Individual opera ticket prices, $12 TCA Members, $15 General Public
$10 Students 18 and under. For more information or to order tickets
call 575-758-2052
Il Trovatore – Giuseppe Verdi
Original transmission date: Saturday, April 30, 2011
David McVicar’s stirring production of Verdi’s intense drama premiered at the Met in the 2008–09 season. This revival stars four extraordinary singers—Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky—in what might be the composer’s most melodically rich score.
Marco Armiliato; Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Individual opera ticket prices, $12 TCA Members, $15 General Public
$10 Students 18 and under. For more information or to order tickets
call 575-758-2052
The 6th Annual Taos Opera Institute (TOI) Festival ends with a fundraising Gala and Reception at the Taos Center for the Arts (TCA) featuring the TOI Singers and the Cantos de Taos quartet in an evening of opera classics. These singers, who have completed the month-long intensive training of the Institute, will showcase their accomplishments with duets, trios, quartets and full ensemble presentations of beloved arias from several operas and operettas. The performance is preceded by a reception that begins at 7:00 pm. Doors will open at 6:45 pm. Tickets are available for $25 and may be purchased in advance at the TCA office Monday-Friday from 10am-5pm or by calling 758-2052 or ordered for pick-up on the evening of the performance. Telephone – 575-758-2052, Fax 575-751-3305, or email at info@tcataos.org. A full schedule of events is available on the TOI Web site,
Armida – Gioachino Rossini
Original transmission date: Saturday, May 1, 2010
This mythical story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, including Gluck, Haydn, and Dvo?ák. Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Rossini’s version, opposite no fewer than five tenors. Director Mary Zimmerman describes the work as “a buried treasure, a box of jewels.” Armida is a fanciful and magical tale with “an epic, enchanted quality and a tremendous visual element.”
Conductor: Riccardo Frizza; Production: Mary Zimmerman; Renée Fleming, Lawrence Brownlee, Bruce Ford, Barry Banks, Kobie van Rensburg
Individual opera ticket prices, $12 TCA Members, $15 General Public
$10 Students 18 and under. For more information or to order tickets
call 575-758-2052
La Traviata - Giuseppe Verdi
Original transmission date: Saturday, April 14, 2012
Natalie Dessay stars as Verdi’s most beloved heroine in Willy Decker's stunning production, first seen at the Met in 2010. Matthew Polenzani is her lover, Alfredo, and Dimitri Hvorostovsky sings his stern father, Germont. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.
Individual opera ticket prices, $12 TCA Members, $15 General Public
$10 Students 18 and under. For more information or to order tickets call 575-758-2052
