The Santa Fe Opera offers preview dinners for guests at its Dapples Pavilion before each evening’s performance.
Surrounded by the opera’s gardens, visitors dine beneath a large canopy with sunset views to the west and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the east. The menus are ever-changing, but always include a farm-to-table buffet, wine selections, coffee and dessert. Groups are seated together at reserved tables, and complimentary round-trip shuttle service is available between the theater parking lot and Dapples Pavilion.
Groups can also tailgate before the shows. They can set up tables in the parking lot and purchase tailgate dinners online, hire caterers or bring their own food.
The Opera, established in a state-of-the-art open-air theater, has commissioned and produced many new American operas, beginning with “The Tower” in 1947. With 14 world premieres under its belt, the Opera debuted another in 2017: “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs.”
The 2018 season has been freshly slated and tickets are currently for sale.
“It will be our 62nd year and include a very diverse repertory,” says Kathy Prenevost, the Santa Fe Opera’s group sales and advertising manager. “I personally think groups will enjoy ‘Madame Butterfly.’ It’s a beautiful opera, and (they) will recognize the music. ‘Dr. Atomic’ will be interesting and exciting since the atomic bomb was developed at Los Alamos National Labs, our neighbor.”
The 2018 season also includes “Candide,” “The Italian Girl in Algiers” and “Ariadne Auf Naxos.”
To learn more, email Prenevost or visit santafeopera.org.
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