• Opera Southwest: The Farolitos of Christmas

    Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM

    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...)

  • Festival Ballet Albuquerque: Dracula, A Love Story

    Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM

    7:00 Saturday & Sunday 2:00 pm Festival Ballet Albuquerque presents an original production, Dracula, A Love Story. “Dracula meets Lestat” in this dramatic vampire production, complete with choreography by Ms. Dickinson Wells, sets by John Malolepsy, lighting by Eric Kennedy, lavish costumes and Dracula flying trickery provided by ZFX Flying Effects, combined to pack plenty of scares from the zombie-like gargoyles and evil minions. With powerful choreography, classical music, eerie effects, and an unsurpassed love story spanning centuries, do not miss this production! It’s a sophisticated original ballet (more...)