Arizona Opera returns to Tucson Music Hall this fall | Art and theater

However, Specter said Arizona Opera’s supporters and donors held on to the company and helped it survive financially at a time when many companies across the country were struggling.

“I think we must have the humility to say this has been an incredibly challenging time for our company, our community and the world at large,” said Specter. “I think we are grateful for the support that has brought us to the point where we can announce this season. The community has adapted to the occasion and we are in a strong position to advance into the new season.”

Arizona Opera, founded in 1971 as the Tucson Opera Company before expanding to Phoenix five years later, has produced more than 170 fully staged operas and concerts in its 50 years. Specter joined the company in 2016 as the eighth general manager.

The 2021-22 season kicks off with The Copper Queen, which will air in October on the company’s on-demand website at ondemand.azopera.org. Produced by an all-female cast – a premiere for Arizona Opera – tells the story of Julia Lowell, who lived at Bisbee’s Copper Queen Hotel in 1910 and was forced to live in captivity to serve the men of the city . The opera was composed by Clint Borzoni with a libretto by John de los Santos.

On December 11th and 12th, Arizona Opera’s McDougall Red Series will show the holiday-themed mariachi opera “El Milagro del Recuerdo (The Miracle of Remembering)”, a continuation of “Cruzar la Cara de la Luna”, the first ever mariachi opera that the company presented to a highly acclaimed and sold-out audience in the 2014/15 season. “El Milagro” was composed by Javier Martinez, the son of the late José “Pepe” Martinez, who composed “Cruzar la Cara de la Luna” and was music director of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán.

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