![]() Neef will take a leading role in production matters, including commissions and the selection of performers and production teams. Bicket, who has been the company’s chief conductor since 2013, will become its first music director since Alan Gilbert held the post more than a decade ago. Meya would work closely with its board and oversee the strategy and operations of the company, which has an annual budget of $24 million. Other opera companies - notably including the Metropolitan Opera in the 1970s - have experimented with similar structures that divided responsibilities for administration, musical affairs and productions. He said in a statement that he was confident that “the team that I am proposing - a triumvirate of sorts - will be able to rise to the challenges of the future.” In singing roles, Keri Alkema, a former apprentice, will replace Isabel. Meya, is a seasoned arts executive who recently oversaw Santa Fe’s $45 million campaign to renovate its striking open-air theater, which has panoramic views of New Mexico’s mountains. MacKay on Wednesday also announced some changes in the 2016 season, which marks The Santa Fe Opera's 60th anniversary. ![]() Neef and Harry Bicket, who is being promoted from chief conductor to music director. Meya, who is currently its director of external affairs Mr. Santa Fe’s new general director will be Robert K. Neef, who will continue to run the Canadian Opera, is to become part of a trio of leaders in Santa Fe succeeding Charles MacKay, who is stepping down as its general director this fall, after his 10th season. Samuel Barber’s Gothic tale opens on Saturday, July 30. ![]() Now he is expanding his reach south of the border: The Santa Fe Opera announced on Friday that he would become its first artistic director. Sunday, July 24th, 2016 at 12:01AM Vanessa shrouds the Santa Fe Opera in a Hitchcock-ian world of shadows and light. The season opens with La Fanciulla del West, Puccini’s romantic portrait of the Golden West which tells a dramatic tale of love on America’s. ![]() Since Alexander Neef became general director of the Canadian Opera Company a decade ago, he has helped turn it into one of the most interesting opera houses in North America. Santa Fe Opera’s 2016 season offers 37 performances of five different operas, running from July 1 through August 27, and is filled with some of the world’s most powerful love stories. Scene 1: Friar Laurence’s cell: Roméo and Juliette, accompanied by Gertrude, go to the cell, and the wedding takes place. ![]()
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