Seven New Productions, Including a World Premiere, a Met Premiere, and the Complete Ring Cycle,
James Levine conducts the final two installments of Robert Lepage’s production of the Ring: Siegfried and Götterdämmerung; complete cycles scheduled for April and May 2012

 View the Season Trailer here

The season opens with the first-ever Met performance of Donizetti’s Anna Bolena, starring Anna Netrebko in the first of two new productions she sings this season; Laurent Pelly’s production of Manon follows in April

The world premiere of The Enchanted Island, a pastiche of Baroque music and Shakespearean comedy, opens on New Year’s Eve

Tony Award-winning stage directors Michael Grandage and Des McAnuff make their Met debuts with new productions of Don Giovanni and Faust In its sixth season, The Met: Live in HD series will feature 11 live transmissions

The 2011 – 2012 Line-up
Anna Bolena – Gaetano Donizetti October 15, 2011, 11 AM - Run Time: 250 minutes
Don Giovanni – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart October 29, 2011, 11 AM - Run Time: 230 minutes
Siegfried – Richard Wagner November 5, 2011, 10 AM - Run Time: 351 minutes
Satyagraha – Phillip Glass November 19, 2011, 11 AM - Run Time: 248 minutes
Rodelinda – George Frideric Handel December 3, 2011, 10:30 AM - Run Time: 255 minutes
Faust – Charles Gounod December 10, 2011, 11 AM - Run Time: 255 minutes
The Enchanted Island – Various January 21, 2012, 11 AM - Run Time: 210 minutes
Götterdämmerung – Richard Wagner February 11, 2012, 10 AM - Run Time: 374 minutes
Ernani – Giuseppe Verdi February 25, 2012, 11 AM - Run Time: 229 minutes
Manon – Jules Massenet April 7, 2012, 10 AM - Run Time: 243 minutes
La Traviata – Giuseppe Verdi April 14, 2012, 11 AM - Run Time: 187

Tickets are $20 General Admission, $17 for TCA Members, $10 for children under 18 and students. Season tickets can be purchased for $200 General Admission and $170 for TCA members. Tickets go on sale for Metropolitan Opera Members on Friday, August 19, 2011, for TCA Members on Friday, August 25, 2011 and General Admission on Monday August 29, 2011. You can purchase tickets or find more information by calling the TCA office at 575-758-2052 or by going to our website; tcataos.org.

Donizetti’s Anna Bolena – New Production
October 15, 2011
Anna Netrebko opens the Met season with her portrayal of the ill-fated queen driven insane by her unfaithful king. She sings one of opera’s greatest mad scenes in a production that also stars El?na Garan?a as her rival, Jane Seymour, and Ildar Abdrazakov as Henry VIII. Marco Armiliato conducts.
 

Donizetti’s AnnaMozart’s Don Giovanni – New Production
October 29, 2011
Mariusz Kwiecien brings his youthful and sensual interpretation of Mozart’s timeless anti-hero to the Met for the first time, under the direction of Tony Award®-winning director Michael Grandage and with James Levine conducting. A troupe of refined Mozartians appears in this new production, including Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli, Isabel Leonard, Matthew Polenzani, Ramón Vargas, and John Relyea. Gerald Finley steps into the title role later in the season, and Andrew Davis also conducts.

Wagners’s Siegfried– New Production
November 5, 2011
In part three of the Ring, Wagner’s cosmic vision focuses on his hero’s early conquests, while Robert Lepage’s revolutionary stage machine transforms itself from bewitched forest to mountaintop love nest. Gary Lehman sings the title role and Deborah Voigt’s Brünnhilde is his prize. Bryn Terfel is the Wanderer. James Levine conducts.

Glass’s Satyagraha
November 19, 2011
The Met’s visually extravagant production is back for an encore engagement. Richard Croft (right) once again is Gandhi in Philip Glass’s unforgettable opera, which the Washington Post calls “a profound and beautiful work of theater.”

Handel’s Rodelinda
December 3, 2011
Sensational in the 2004 Met premiere of Stephen Wadsworth’s much-heralded production, Renée Fleming
reprises the title role. She’s joined by Stephanie Blythe and countertenor Andreas Scholl, and Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts

Gounod’s Faust– New Production
December 10, 2011
With Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, René Pape as the devil, and Angela Gheorghiu as Marguerite, Gounod’s classic retelling of the Faust legend couldn’t be better served. Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff updates the story to the first half of the 20th century with a production that won praise in London last season. A later run features another first-tier Faust cast: Roberto Alagna, Joseph Calleja, Marina Poplavskaya, and Ferruccio Furlanetto. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts on the heels of his Don Carlo success.

The Enchanted Island– New Production
January 21, 2012
Inspired by the musical pastiches and masques of the 18th century, the Met presents an original Baroque fantasy, featuring a who’s who of Baroque stars led by eminent conductor William Christie. With music by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and others, the new libretto by Jeremy Sams combines elements of The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. David Daniels is Prospero, Joyce DiDonato is Sycorax, Danielle de Niese is Ariel, Luca Pisaroni is Caliban, and Plácido Domingo makesa special appearance as Neptune. Lisette Oropesa and Anthony Roth Costanzo also star. This dazzling production is directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Satyagraha and the Met’s 125th Anniversary Gala).

Wagner’s Götterdämmerung
February 11, 2012
With its cataclysmic climax, the Met’s new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde and Gary Lehman is Siegfried—the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate. James Levine conducts.

Verdi’s Ernani
February 25, 2012
Angela Meade takes center stage in Verdi’s thrilling early gem. Salvatore Licitra is her mismatched lover, and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast.

Massenet’s Manon– New Production
April 7, 2012
Anna Netrebko’s dazzling portrayal of the tragic heroine in Laurent Pelly’s new production travels to the Met from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Piotr Beczala and Paulo Szot also star, with the Met’s Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi on the podium.
 

Verdi’s La Traviata
April 14, 2012
Natalie Dessay will put on the red dress in Willy Decker’s stunning production, in her first Violetta at the Met. Matthew Polenzani sings Alfredo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky is Germont, and Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.
 

Peoples Choice Awards go to: Mary Ellen Mathews, April Werner & Klara Wetmore
All three were tied with the same amount of votes! Congratulations!

In it’s third year the Taos Artists Self Portraits show has been open to anyone residing in or represented by a gallery in Taos County. The call was for all types of media, drawing, painting, sculpture, mixed media and photography so it is a very eclectic exhibit. There was a size limitation of forty inches this year so that more artists could be represented in the exhibit.

This year’s self portrait show was juried by Robert Cafazzo, Robbie Steinbach and Judy Van Heyst.
The jury was looking for interesting, well-executed interpretation of the self-portrait. This show is wide open for the artist to create anything, however they want with whatever they want, that speaks to who they are as a person. It is not an easy task for any jury to choose the pieces that eventually end up in a show and it is even harder when the theme is open to almost any interpretation. To make it even more of a challenge sixty artists entered their work for the exhibition —the largest amount of entries for this show so far—so you will see an incredible variety of both media and personality on the walls of the Encore Gallery.

The Taos Center for the Arts will give prizes to the top three winners of the People’s Choice Award.
Prizes will consist of free movie passes to the TCA’s year round independent film program. The awards will be announced after the reception for the artists on December 10th, 2011 at the Encore Gallery.

The thirty artists chosen out of the sixty entries are:
Jamie Ash, Adeliza Backus-Pace, Bill Baron, Suzanne Betz, Adeana Carlyle, Susan Carpenter Sims,
Jeff Cochran, Ann Cole, Bob Cooley, Jane M Farmer, Reta Fitch, Bob Fitch, Sarah Hart, Kim Henkel,
Inger Jirby, Elizabeth Jose, Ted Keller, Jivan Lee, Mary Ellen Matthews, Wayne McKinzie, Deborah McLean, Carol Mell, Susanne Pinkham, Sam Richardson, Wesley Rusnell, Charlee Shroyer, Jean Stevens, Jonathan Sobol, April Werner and Klara Wetmore

Anyone can view all of the entries on the TCA website at www.tcataos.org/entries.

Sunday, January 29 at 2:00 PM
Monday and Tuesday January 30 & 31 at 7:30 PM
Country: USA, Language: English, Runtime: 101 min.,

The Ides of March takes place during the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, when an up-and-coming campaign press secretary (Ryan Gosling) find himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate’s shot at the presidency. An incredible cast includes: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright and Rachel Wood.
“Clooney as director seems attracted to stories about smart men under pressure ("Good Night, and Good Luck," "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind"). He draws back from action and plunges into intrigue. Here he conceals certain of Stephen's inner workings (some planned, some improvised) to great effect, as the young man reveals an amorality that surprises even the hardened pros he works under. The last shot of the film, a closeup of Ryan Gosling, held for a long time, is chilling.” –Roger Ebert

Tickets: $6.50 TCA Members, $7.50 Regular Admission.
Tickets at the box office 45 minutes prior to screening

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, The UPS Store, Sleep Sanctuary, Toto Home, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, High Country Real Estate, Claireworks Gallery, Knight Financial Ltd., Heritage Trust Co., Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, Mariposa Realty, Dimond Mortgage, KKIT/KVOT, \ KTAO, KRZA,

Sunday, January 29 at 2:00 PM
Monday and Tuesday January 30 & 31 at 7:30 PM
Country: USA, Language: English, Runtime: 101 min.,

The Ides of March takes place during the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, when an up-and-coming campaign press secretary (Ryan Gosling) find himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate’s shot at the presidency. An incredible cast includes: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright and Rachel Wood.
“Clooney as director seems attracted to stories about smart men under pressure ("Good Night, and Good Luck," "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind"). He draws back from action and plunges into intrigue. Here he conceals certain of Stephen's inner workings (some planned, some improvised) to great effect, as the young man reveals an amorality that surprises even the hardened pros he works under. The last shot of the film, a closeup of Ryan Gosling, held for a long time, is chilling.” –Roger Ebert

Tickets: $6.50 TCA Members, $7.50 Regular Admission.
Tickets at the box office 45 minutes prior to screening

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, The UPS Store, Sleep Sanctuary, Toto Home, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, High Country Real Estate, Claireworks Gallery, Knight Financial Ltd., Heritage Trust Co., Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, Mariposa Realty, Dimond Mortgage, KKIT/KVOT, \ KTAO, KRZA,

Sunday, January 29 at 2:00 PM
Monday and Tuesday January 30 & 31 at 7:30 PM
Country: USA, Language: English, Runtime: 101 min.,

The Ides of March takes place during the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, when an up-and-coming campaign press secretary (Ryan Gosling) find himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate’s shot at the presidency. An incredible cast includes: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright and Rachel Wood.
“Clooney as director seems attracted to stories about smart men under pressure ("Good Night, and Good Luck," "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind"). He draws back from action and plunges into intrigue. Here he conceals certain of Stephen's inner workings (some planned, some improvised) to great effect, as the young man reveals an amorality that surprises even the hardened pros he works under. The last shot of the film, a closeup of Ryan Gosling, held for a long time, is chilling.” –Roger Ebert

Tickets: $6.50 TCA Members, $7.50 Regular Admission.
Tickets at the box office 45 minutes prior to screening

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, The UPS Store, Sleep Sanctuary, Toto Home, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, High Country Real Estate, Claireworks Gallery, Knight Financial Ltd., Heritage Trust Co., Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, Mariposa Realty, Dimond Mortgage, KKIT/KVOT, \ KTAO, KRZA,

Sunday, February 5 at 2:00 PM
Monday and Tuesday February 6 & 7 at 7:30 PM

Country: UK/Germany, Language: English, Runtime: 130 min.,
Rated PG-13 for some violence and sexual content

A political thriller advancing the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays; set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her.

“Welsh actor Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill) plays Oxford with such fire and nobility you can almost believe he was the author of the Bard's timeless plays and sonnets. Disgrace to the royal line would follow if Oxford put his own name on his work, so rather than go with the trite Anonymous, he first considers hiring playwright Ben Jonson (Sebastian Armesto) as his surrogate. Failing that, he signs on with Will Shakespeare (Rafe Spall – all ham on wry), an illiterate comic actor. And then Queen Elizabeth gets into the act. Played in her youth by a live-wire Joely Richardson and later by her mother, a glorious Vanessa Redgrave, the virgin queen takes more than Oxford's manuscripts to bed.” –Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Tickets: $6.50 TCA Members, $7.50 Regular Admission.
Tickets at the box office 45 minutes prior to screening

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, The UPS Store, Sleep Sanctuary, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, High Country Real Estate, Claireworks Gallery, Knight Financial Ltd., Heritage Trust Co., Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, Mariposa Realty, Dimond Mortgage, KKIT/KVOT, \ KTAO, KRZA,

Sunday, February 5 at 2:00 PM
Monday and Tuesday February 6 & 7 at 7:30 PM

Country: UK/Germany, Language: English, Runtime: 130 min.,
Rated PG-13 for some violence and sexual content

A political thriller advancing the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays; set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her.

“Welsh actor Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill) plays Oxford with such fire and nobility you can almost believe he was the author of the Bard's timeless plays and sonnets. Disgrace to the royal line would follow if Oxford put his own name on his work, so rather than go with the trite Anonymous, he first considers hiring playwright Ben Jonson (Sebastian Armesto) as his surrogate. Failing that, he signs on with Will Shakespeare (Rafe Spall – all ham on wry), an illiterate comic actor. And then Queen Elizabeth gets into the act. Played in her youth by a live-wire Joely Richardson and later by her mother, a glorious Vanessa Redgrave, the virgin queen takes more than Oxford's manuscripts to bed.” –Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Tickets: $6.50 TCA Members, $7.50 Regular Admission.
Tickets at the box office 45 minutes prior to screening

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, The UPS Store, Sleep Sanctuary, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, High Country Real Estate, Claireworks Gallery, Knight Financial Ltd., Heritage Trust Co., Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, Mariposa Realty, Dimond Mortgage, KKIT/KVOT, \ KTAO, KRZA,

Sunday, February 5 at 2:00 PM
Monday and Tuesday February 6 & 7 at 7:30 PM

Country: UK/Germany, Language: English, Runtime: 130 min.,
Rated PG-13 for some violence and sexual content

A political thriller advancing the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays; set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her.

“Welsh actor Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill) plays Oxford with such fire and nobility you can almost believe he was the author of the Bard's timeless plays and sonnets. Disgrace to the royal line would follow if Oxford put his own name on his work, so rather than go with the trite Anonymous, he first considers hiring playwright Ben Jonson (Sebastian Armesto) as his surrogate. Failing that, he signs on with Will Shakespeare (Rafe Spall – all ham on wry), an illiterate comic actor. And then Queen Elizabeth gets into the act. Played in her youth by a live-wire Joely Richardson and later by her mother, a glorious Vanessa Redgrave, the virgin queen takes more than Oxford's manuscripts to bed.” –Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Tickets: $6.50 TCA Members, $7.50 Regular Admission.
Tickets at the box office 45 minutes prior to screening

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, The UPS Store, Sleep Sanctuary, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, High Country Real Estate, Claireworks Gallery, Knight Financial Ltd., Heritage Trust Co., Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, Mariposa Realty, Dimond Mortgage, KKIT/KVOT, \ KTAO, KRZA,

Join us for a screening of the live production of a new play by Nicholas Wright
February 10 & 19 at 7 PM

How had a twenty–two–year–old pretentious layabout made a discovery that would elude every other cinematic pioneer for years to come?

In a remote village in Eastern Europe, around 1900, the young Motl Mendl is entranced by the flickering silent images on his father’s cinematograph. Bankrolled by Jacob, the ebullient local timber merchant, and inspired by Anna, the girl sent to help him make moving pictures of their village, he stumbles on a revolutionary
way of story-telling. Forty years on, Motl – now a famed American film director – looks back on his early life and confronts the cost of fulfilling his dreams.

Following Vincent in Brixton and The Reporter, Nicholas Wright’s new play is a funny and fascinating tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood’s golden age. The award-winning Antony Sher – whose previous work with the National Theatre includes Primo and Stanley – returns to play Jacob.
Running Time: 3 hours (estimate) including host introduction and one 20 minute intermission (10 minutes of programming; 10 minutes of countdown clock)
Ticket prices are $12 for TCA members, $15 for the general public and $10 for students18 and under. Tickets may be purchased by calling the TCA office at 575-758-2052 or at the box office

Wagner’s Götterdämmerung - with its cataclysmic climax, the Met’s new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde and Gary Lehman is Siegfried—the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate.

Individual opera ticket prices are $17 for TCA members, $20 for the general public and $10 for students under 18. Tickets may be purchased by calling the TCA office at 575-758-2052 or at the box office.
The Met: Live in HD at the TCA is underwritten by: KRZA Community Radio, KKIT/KVOT - DMC Braodcasting and the Taos Opera Guild

MADE IN NEW MEXICO, an hour-long documentary that takes an inside look at the film and media industry, premieres February 1st in Santa Fe followed by screenings around the state. Shot and edited over a two-year period and financed largely through crowd funding, the film aims to educate and celebrate a healthy film and media industry. It is produced and directed by New Mexico filmmakers David Jean Schweitzer and Brent Morris.

Taos screening sponsored by the Taos Center for the Arts will take place at the Taos Community Auditorium on Sunday, February 12 at 7 PM and is free to the public. There will be a Question and Answer period after the screening with Taos resident and filmmaker David Jean Schweitzer and others.

MADE IN NEW MEXICO sheds light on many factors that make the state one of the premiere places to shoot motion pictures, television series and digital media. From a brief history of filmmaking to a discussion of the forward thinking necessary in today's competitive industry, the documentary explores the hotly debated incentive programs New Mexico initiated a decade ago. Other topics include economic impact, media education, Native American filmmakers and developing brick and mortar infrastructure necessary for a thriving industry.

Set against stunning landscapes, the filmmakers interviewed producers Stewart Lyons (Breaking Bad), Tony Mark (The Hurt Locker), Kenneth Topolsky (The Wonder Years) and Alton Walpole (The Book of Eli); studio management Rick Clemente (I-25 Studios), Jason Hool (Santa Fe Studios) and Wayne Rauschenberger (ABQ Studios); actors including Virginia Madsen, directors Aaron Shiver and Lawrence Blume, union leaders, industry veterans, educators and students. Some of the most revealing and honest points come from the backbone of the industry -- many hard-working technicians on film sets and at postproduction facilities.

Both directors work full time in the industry. Taos resident David Jean Schweitzer is also a cinematographer and long-time supporter of burgeoning talent, lending his expertise to such locally-produced films as Good Luck, Mr. Gorski and an upcoming documentary on Russell Means. Brent Morris of Albuquerque is a producer and production manager of numerous New Mexico features and recently co-directed the Filmmakers' Showcase documentary winner Flamenco School. Editor David Aubrey, composer CK Barlow, executive producers Holly Baker, Rick Clemente and Betty Weaver and co-producers Melinda Frame and Mark Steinig helped make the film possible.

The premiere takes place at 4 PM, Tuesday, February 1st at CCA's Cinematheque: 1050 Old Pecos Trail/Santa Fe, NM 87505/www.ccasantafe.org. Sponsored by IATSE Local 480, the screening will be free and open to the public as part of the annual Media Day at the Capital and feature a Q&A afterwards.

Additional Screenings (to date):
-Wednesday, February 8th at 7 PM at Film Las Cruces/Rio Grande Theater as the featured selection of the city’s monthly forum for filmmakers.
-Friday, February 10th at 4 PM at UNM’s Valencia Campus FilmFest in Los Lunas.
-Sunday, February 12 at 7 PM at the Taos Community Auditorium

Screenings are currently being scheduled in Albuquerque, Alamogordo, Farmington and Grants.

"It's been a long-standing goal to give back to this vital, artistic community in our state," says co-director Brent Morris. "Making this film connected us with so many talented and wise people.” Adds David Schweitzer, “By interviewing experts in the economics of the field, we’ve tried to create an honest portrayal of the industry’s impact on New Mexicans.”
 

Join us for a screening of the live production of a new play by Nicholas Wright
February 10 & 19 at 7 PM

How had a twenty–two–year–old pretentious layabout made a discovery that would elude every other cinematic pioneer for years to come?

In a remote village in Eastern Europe, around 1900, the young Motl Mendl is entranced by the flickering silent images on his father’s cinematograph. Bankrolled by Jacob, the ebullient local timber merchant, and inspired by Anna, the girl sent to help him make moving pictures of their village, he stumbles on a revolutionary
way of story-telling. Forty years on, Motl – now a famed American film director – looks back on his early life and confronts the cost of fulfilling his dreams.

Following Vincent in Brixton and The Reporter, Nicholas Wright’s new play is a funny and fascinating tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood’s golden age. The award-winning Antony Sher – whose previous work with the National Theatre includes Primo and Stanley – returns to play Jacob.
Running Time: 3 hours (estimate) including host introduction and one 20 minute intermission (10 minutes of programming; 10 minutes of countdown clock)
Ticket prices are $12 for TCA members, $15 for the general public and $10 for students18 and under. Tickets may be purchased by calling the TCA office at 575-758-2052 or at the box office

Verdi’s Ernani - Angela Meade takes center stage in Verdi’s thrilling early gem. Salvatore Licitra is her mismatched lover, and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast.

Individual opera ticket prices are $17 for TCA members, $20 for the general public and $10 for students under 18. Tickets may be purchased by calling the TCA office at 575-758-2052 or at the box office.
The Met: Live in HD at the TCA is underwritten by: KRZA Community Radio, KKIT/KVOT - DMC Braodcasting and the Taos Opera Guild

Experience a very special cinematic presentation: LEONARDO LIVE, a preview of the UK's National Gallery landmark exhibition Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan, captured live and broadcast on a delayed basis to movie screens around the world.

This never-before-seen exhibition brings together the largest number of Leonardo’s rare surviving paintings ever assembled in one collection.

Art lovers globally will have the chance to be part of this highly-anticipated gallery opening, the first-ever captured live for global movie theater audiences. The program will be presented by internationally acclaimed art historians and broadcasters Tim Marlow and Mariella Frostrup. See the trailer here

Ticket prices are $7 for TCA members, $10 for the general public and $5 for students18 and under. Tickets may be purchased by calling the TCA office at 575-758-2052 or at the box office

Experience a very special cinematic presentation: LEONARDO LIVE, a preview of the UK's National Gallery landmark exhibition Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan, captured live and broadcast on a delayed basis to movie screens around the world.

This never-before-seen exhibition brings together the largest number of Leonardo’s rare surviving paintings ever assembled in one collection.

Art lovers globally will have the chance to be part of this highly-anticipated gallery opening, the first-ever captured live for global movie theater audiences. The program will be presented by internationally acclaimed art historians and broadcasters Tim Marlow and Mariella Frostrup. See the trailer here

Ticket prices are $7 for TCA members, $10 for the general public and $5 for students18 and under. Tickets may be purchased by calling the TCA office at 575-758-2052 or at the box office.

The Taos Shortz Film Festival is rapidly becoming an internationally known short film festival and has been buzzed as "the sundance for short films". This year we will screen over 70 short films from around the globe and offer more diversity in programming, including Thursday screenings spotlighting New Mexican students and local filmmakers, free public panel discussions on film related topics with industry professionals, an animation hotline where a phone message will be transformed into a short film, and many social event opportunities to meet and mingle. We are also excited to host the 48 Hour Film Project International Filmapalooza. Through this new partnership, Taos will host over 150 filmmakers and special guest from around the world, including cities such as Rome, Paris, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Brisbane. The weekend festival will culminate on Sunday March 4th with two separate award ceremonies at the TCA. Our goal is to grow as a leader in presenting world class indie cinema to our community and to put Taos on the map as a world-wide cinematic destination.
Go to www.taosshortz.com for screening information.

Please join us for a Reception, March 23, 4-6 pm
Paintings and Sculpture
Parks Gallery
March 24 to April 22, 2012
110 A Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos
(No Reception)

For more than 30 years, Melissa Zink’s art was fueled by her great love of books. From the sculptural ceramic tableaus of the late 1970s and early ‘80s, to trompe l’oeil paintings of the early ‘90s, the bronzes, some of them heroic, of the last decade, and her most recent work which combined sculpture and painting with immaculate mixed media construction, Zink was on a restless quest for more accurate and satisfying expressions of what she has termed “the book experience.”

The quest ended with her death in July, 2009, at the age of 77. She left a rich body of work which the gallery will continue to represent.

Also visit the comprehensive website about Melissa Zink's career here: www.melissazink.com

Join us for a screening of the National Theatre of London's live production of "The Comedy Of Errors" By William Shakespeare
Screenings are March 16 and March 23 at 7 PM
Running Time: 3 hours, 15 minutes (estimate) including host introduction and one 20 minute intermission (10 minutes of programming; 10 minutes of countdown clock)

I in earth, in heaven, or in hell?
Sleeping or waking? mad or well advised?
Known unto these, and to myself disguised!

Two sets of twins separated at birth collide in the same city without meeting for one crazy day, as multiple mistaken identities lead to confusion on a grand scale. And for no one more so than Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant Dromio who, in search of their brothers, arrive in a land entirely foreign to their distant home. A buzzing metropolis, to the outsiders it appears a place of wonderment and terror, where baffling gifts and unexplained hostilities abound.

Do you know me, sir? Am I Dromio? Am I your
man? Am I myself?

Consistently recognised by strangers, the visitors question their very selves as the turmoil escalates. Meanwhile, Aegeon, father to the Antipholus twins, has been captured searching for his sons and, as an illegal immigrant, is sentenced to death at sunset. Shakespeare’s furiously paced comedy will be staged in a contemporary world into which walk three prohibited foreigners who see everything for the first time. Lenny Henry plays Antipholus of Syracuse.




Ticket prices are $12 for TCA members, $15 for the general public and $10 for students18 and under. Tickets may be purchased by calling the TCA office at 575-758-2052 or at the box office

Join us for a screening of the National Theatre of London's live production of "The Comedy Of Errors" By William Shakespeare
Screenings are March 16 and March 23 at 7 PM
Running Time: 3 hours, 15 minutes (estimate) including host introduction and one 20 minute intermission (10 minutes of programming; 10 minutes of countdown clock)

I in earth, in heaven, or in hell?
Sleeping or waking? mad or well advised?
Known unto these, and to myself disguised!

Two sets of twins separated at birth collide in the same city without meeting for one crazy day, as multiple mistaken identities lead to confusion on a grand scale. And for no one more so than Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant Dromio who, in search of their brothers, arrive in a land entirely foreign to their distant home. A buzzing metropolis, to the outsiders it appears a place of wonderment and terror, where baffling gifts and unexplained hostilities abound.

Do you know me, sir? Am I Dromio? Am I your
man? Am I myself?

Consistently recognised by strangers, the visitors question their very selves as the turmoil escalates. Meanwhile, Aegeon, father to the Antipholus twins, has been captured searching for his sons and, as an illegal immigrant, is sentenced to death at sunset. Shakespeare’s furiously paced comedy will be staged in a contemporary world into which walk three prohibited foreigners who see everything for the first time. Lenny Henry plays Antipholus of Syracuse.




Ticket prices are $12 for TCA members, $15 for the general public and $10 for students18 and under. Tickets may be purchased by calling the TCA office at 575-758-2052 or at the box office

Massenet’s Manon– New Production - Anna Netrebko’s dazzling portrayal of the tragic heroine in Laurent Pelly’s new production travels to the Met from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Piotr Beczala and Paulo Szot also star, with the Met’s Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi on the podium.

Individual opera ticket prices are $17 for TCA members, $20 for the general public and $10 for students under 18. Tickets may be purchased by calling the TCA office at 575-758-2052 or at the box office.
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Verdi’s La Traviata - Natalie Dessay will put on the red dress in Willy Decker’s stunning production, in her first Violetta at the Met. Matthew Polenzani sings Alfredo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky is Germont, and Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.

Individual opera ticket prices are $17 for TCA members, $20 for the general public and $10 for students under 18. Tickets may be purchased by calling the TCA office at 575-758-2052 or at the box office.
The Met: Live in HD at the TCA is underwritten by: KRZA Community Radio, KKIT/KVOT - DMC Braodcasting and the Taos Opera Guild