This production was co-produced with three other opera companies, including Houston, where I saw it. It is a visually interesting production, with Don Giovanni onstage, if in another room, for the entire night. The projections all feature the lines of Leporello's list. If you have a chance to see this (it was an HD production) as well as listen, it will be worth it.

From Albuquerque's Opera Southwest, California-based Hector Armienta wrote an opera based on Rudolfo Anaya's seminal novel, Bless me, Ultima. This is the world premiere performance.

The first full-length telling of the legend of Orpheus in 17th-century Italy with full music. This is a modern-dress version with a small cast and a baroque orchestra for the about 90-minute score.

Oklahoma's Kelly O'Connor as Mercedes joins Anna Maria Martinez and Brandon Jovanovich as Carmen and Don Jose, with Alexander Vinogradov as Escamillo and Amanda Woodbury as Micaela. Pictured are Carmen and Escamillo in Act IV.