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Opera Southwest: The Farolitos of Christmas

December 7, 12, 13 & 14, 2025 6:30 pm Friday, 2:00 pm & 6:00 pm Saturday, & 4:00 pm Sundays Music & Libretto / Héctor Armienta Opera Southwest and the National Hispanic Cultural Center present a heartwarming holiday opera for all ages with Héctor Armienta’s The Farolitos of Christmas. A new opera for families and children based on Rudolfo Anaya’s beloved children’s book, The Farolitos of Christmas is a heartwarming holiday opera about love, tradition, and the quiet power of invention. Luz’s father is away at war. Her (more…)

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Opera Southwest: Mosè in Egitto

April 19, 24 & 26, 2026 2:00 pm Sundays, 7:30 pm Friday NHCC  | Albuquerque Journal Theatre Music/ G. Rossini Libretto/Andrea Leone Tottola A sweeping Biblical epic rarely heard in the United States. This visually arresting production features Justin Hopkins (Bluebeard 2023 & Norma 2018) as Mosè, Ashley Milanese in her company debut as Elcia, and Zaikuan Song (Turandot 2023) as Pharaoh. Expect dramatic storms, plagues, and miracles, set to some of Rossini’s most powerful writing. It’s as if The Ten Commandments were an opera! Piano tuning

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Opera Southwest: Aida

February 22, 25, 27 and March 1, 2026 2:00 pm Sundays, 7:30 pm Wednesday & Friday NHCC | Albuquerque Journal Theatre Music / G. Verdi Libretto / Antonio Ghislanzoni The grandest of grand opera is back on the NHCC stage. Michelle Johnson (Turandot 2023 and Lohengrin 2019) returns in the title role, alongside Olivia Vote (Verdi’s Requiem 2025 & Norma 2018 ) as Amneris, Dane Suarez makes his company debut as Radames, OSW favorite Matt Hanscom returns as Amonasro. This new production promises vocal fireworks, stirring choruses, and unforgettable theatrical

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Opera Southwest: Dolores

October 26, 29, 31 & November 2, 2025 2:00 pm Sundays, 7:30 pm Wednesday & Friday NHCC | Albuquerque Journal Theatre Music / Nicolás Lell Benavides Libretto / Marella Martin Koch 1968. The Delano grape strike is dragging into its third year. Farmworkers in California are building solidarity that transcends race and language. Bobby Kennedy is running for president. Tricky Dick is on the radio promising discipline. Dolores Huerta is holding the movement together with one hand. With the other, she dials home, again, to say goodnight

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Chatter: Become Ocean

3:00 pm Chatter presents its first full orchestral concert in partnership with the Albuquerque Youth Symphony. The program features Become Ocean by John Luther Adams, a Pulitzer Prize– and Grammy Award–winning composition known for its vast, immersive soundscape that evokes the rising sea. Paired with it is John Coolidge Adams’ Son of Chamber Symphony, a kinetic and rhythmically charged work originally commissioned for the San Francisco Ballet. David Felberg conducts this side-by-side performance uniting professional and student musicians in a bold and ambitious musical collaboration. This is a reserved

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Opera Southwest: Beyond Carmen

An Evening with Audrey Babcock and Andrés Vadin 3:00 pm NHCC | Bank of America Theatre Opera Southwest and the National Hispanic Cultural Center present an homage to Bizet’s Carmen. Mezzo-soprano Audrey Babcock weaves legends of the Old World into a 21st-century musical tapestry that spans generations and genres—from classical to flamenco to tango, medieval to modern. Featuring guitarist Andrés Vadin. $35 with discounts for students and Opera for All with a WIC or EBT card.

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Opera Southwest: Mariposa Que Vuela: An Evening with Cecilia Violetta López

6:00 pm Opera Southwest & the NHCC present Mariposa Que Vuela, a “recital autobiográfico” with soprano Cecilia Violetta López. Weaving together mariachi, ranchera, and opera music, Cecilia tells the story of her family, her early childhood in the farm fields of Idaho, the songs that her mother taught her, and her thrilling career in opera. $22, $32 & $42, Discounts for patrons 30 years old and younger  as well as anyone with a WIC or EBT id. Please call the NHCC Box office at 505-724-4771 for discounted tickets. Celebrated

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Prophets, Pyramids & Paños

1:00pm – 4:00pm Explore music and performance art in various areas of the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) on Saturday, October 28th. The brainchild of composer Nathan Felix, this exploratory, immersive production titled, Prophets, Pyramids & Paños, showcases an array of local talent that will come together to create a surrealistic musical world at the NHCC where attendees can walk through various locations on the NHCC campus including the pyramid and Torreón to see these different site-specific presentations. Free Community Event

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Guerrilla Opera: A Discussion with Composer/Director Nathan Felix

6:00pm A discussion with composer/director Nathan Felix about his guerilla approach to opera and staging unconventional classical music performances in non-traditional spaces and how it relates to his collaboration with NHCC. Felix will also give a retrospective insight into his process and inspiration behind his imaginative works such as ‘6 Pianos in Surround Sound’, ‘Opera on a Bus’ and ‘Immersive Operas’. Free Community Event

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