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{{Short description|Opera company in Santa Fe, New Mexico}} {{Infobox venue | name = Santa Fe Opera | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Santa Fe Opera-Roofline.jpg | image_size = 300px | image_alt = | caption = Santa Fe Opera's Crosby Theatre | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_caption= | address = 301 Opera Drive | city = [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]], [[New Mexico]] | country = [[United States]] | designation = | coordinates = {{Coord|35.7640|-105.9470|display=inline,title}} | architect = 1998 rebuild: [[James Polshek]] | owner = | tenant = | operator = | capacity = 2128 plus 106 standees | type = | opened = July 3, 1957 | reopened = | yearsactive = | rebuilt = 1968, 1998 | closed = | demolished = | othernames = | production = | currentuse = [[performing arts center]] | website = {{URL|https://www.santafeopera.org}} }} '''Santa Fe Opera''' (SFO) is an American [[opera]] company, located {{convert|7|mi|km}} north of [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]]. After creating the ''Opera Association of New Mexico'' in 1956, its founding director, [[John Crosby (conductor)|John Crosby]], oversaw the building of the first opera house on a newly acquired former [[guest ranch]] of {{convert|199|acre|km2}}. The company has presented operas each summer festival season since July 1957, and is internationally known for introducing new operas as well as for its productions of the [[List of important operas|standard operatic repertoire]]. Five operas are presented each season during the summer. <ref>Barbour, David. OPERA NEWS; JUL 2016; 81; 1; p16-p16</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Summer Opera in Santa Fe {{!}} The Hudson Review |url=https://hudsonreview.com/2013/03/summer-opera-in-santa-fe/#.ZAenGy-B2M4 |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=hudsonreview.com}}</ref> Since its inception, Santa Fe Opera has staged 45 American premieres and 18 world premieres, including ''[[Emmeline (opera)|Emmeline]]'', ''[[The Tempest (opera)|The Tempest]]'', ''[[The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs]]'', ''[[Adriana Mater]]'', and ''[[Cold Mountain (opera)|Cold Mountain]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rosenbaum |first=Dave |date=April 1, 2022 |title=Making Welding Magic at the Santa Fe Opera |journal=Welding Journal |pages=46-49 |via=Applied Science and Technology Source}}</ref>
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