The Santa Fe Opera is pleased to bring back their Spring Tour! Through the Spring Tour, the Opera has made many friends and devoted fans with their unique approach to storytelling through opera. Join the Santa Fe Opera for one or both special presentations of The Telephone featuring Amy Owens, soprano, Theo Hoffman, baritone, and Nathan Salazar, pianist. These events are free of charge. No tickets or reservations required.

The Telephone

Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti
Run time: 30 minutes
Sung in English

April 13 at 7 pm
Ralph Edwards Civic Center
400 W 4th St, Truth or Consequences, NM 87901

April 15 at 4 pm
Anderson Museum
409 E College Blvd, Roswell, NM 88201

Amy Owens, soprano
Theo Hoffman, baritone
Nathan Salazar, pianist

(Photos courtesy of the Santa Fe Opera)

Synopsis: Two lovers, Ben and Lucy, squeeze in some supposed quality time together before Ben catches a train. He expresses how much he cares about her–preparing to ask for her hand in marriage–when each time he gets close, he’s interrupted by the ringing telephone. Lucy answers and eagerly listens to the mundane details of the caller’s life, demonstrating more investment in conversation over the phone than in one right before her. When she hangs up Ben re-gathers the courage to propose to her, only to be interrupted again by the phone ringing. The delightful irony of the opera lies in its ending–how Ben leaves and calls Lucy on a pay phone and only then, can he hold her attention long enough to ask her to marry him.