VAREILLES Family

Review of The Santa Fe Opera

The Santa Fe Theater Opera's Crosby has put togeth...

The Santa Fe Theater Opera's Crosby has put together innovative and original programming that gives it an international reputation. Its indoor / outdoor amphitheater is built on a hillside with a magnificent view of the surrounding mountains. After the founding of the New Mexico Opera Association in 1956 by director and founder John O'Hea Crosby, this theater was built on a former ranch and the work was supervised by itself. His first season began on July 3, 1957.
John Crosby (1926-2002) was a musician, conductor and American arts administrator. He was famous as founding general manager of the Santa Fe opera that bears his name, a company he has overseen for 43 years.