summer music roundup hitting all the right notes
David Finlayson
The Peterson Brothers come up from Austin, Texas, to play blues, funk, and soul at Bandstand on July 12.
From al fresco opera to plaza dance parties, the mesas are alive with music this summer in Santa Fe. The Santa Fe Opera (June 30–August 26) will present its 15th world premiere, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, a retelling of the innovator’s binary life. The opera blends tech and tradition in story and music: composer Mason Bates blends electronica with traditional opera orchestration. The season also includes Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Golden Cockerel, Handel’s Alcina, Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, and Johann Strauss Jr.’s Die Fledermaus (The Bat), a comic opera sung in English. With 40 concerts performed by 80 top musicians and ensembles, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival is brimming with premieres; five commissioned pieces, including works by William Bolcom, Brett Dean, and Julian Anderson will debut during the season (July 16–August 21). Acclaimed countertenor and artist-in-residence David Daniels makes his festival debut in three programs, August 13, 16, and 19. The Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s summer season (July 19–August 13) salutes the past by tapping into a multi-venue cultural collaboration. Be Here Now: Summer of Love Santa Fe examines 1960s social experimentation and activism with museum exhibits, while the chorus gives voice to the era with programming on liberty and justice. The 12th annual New Mexico Jazz Festival (July 13–August 5) has a calendar of Left: Anthony McGill returns to Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, which runs July 16–August 21.
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by Ashley M. Biggers