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The Santa Fe Opera (SFO) is an American opera company, located north of Santa Fe in the U.S. State of New Mexico. After creating the ''Opera Association of New Mexico'' in 1956, founding director, John Crosby, oversaw the building of the first opera house on a newly-acquired former guest ranch of . 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 standard operatic repertoire. Since its inception, The Santa Fe Opera has staged forty-four American and eleven international premieres, and has commissioned ten new operas.〔( The Santa Fe Opera repertory list of commissioned works ) on santafeopera.org〕 ==General history== John Crosby, who was a New York-based conductor, founded the company in 1956, initially with the financial support of his parents who helped in the acquisition of the land and the building of the first opera house. One goal was to give American singers the opportunity to learn and perform new roles while having ample time for rehearsal and preparation in the context of a summer festival situation with the presentation of five operas in repertory. Its first season began on 3 July 1957 with a performance of Puccini's ''Madama Butterfly''. Crosby remained as general director until 2000, the longest general directorship in US opera history. Richard Gaddes served as the company's General Director from 2000 through 2008.〔Craig Smith, "SFO to hunt for director's successor". ''The New Mexican'', 9 August 2007.〕 In November 2007, SFO named Charles MacKay the company's third general director, effective 1 October 2008. In addition to being the opera company's founding General Director, Crosby had simultaneously served as its ''de facto'' first principal conductor. Alan Gilbert became the company's first music director from 2003 to 2006. Kenneth Montgomery, a regular guest conductor starting in 1982, served as interim music director for the 2007 season.〔Anne Constable, "Santa Fe Opera music director steps down". ''The Santa Fe New Mexican'', 9 May 2007.〕 In July 2007, Edo de Waart was named as chief conductor, effective 1 October 2007, with an initial contract was of four years. He was the first conductor to hold that title with the company〔Craig Smith, "Dutch maestro takes over as chief conductor". ''The New Mexican'', 24 July 2007.〕 However, in November 2008, it was announced that de Waart's departure from the post before the end of his contract, no earlier than the end of the 2009 season. de Waart cited health and family reasons for this decision. In May 2010, the company announced the appointment of Frédéric Chaslin as the company's next chief conductor, effective 1 October 2010, with an initial contract of three years. However, in August 2012, Chaslin resigned as the Opera's chief conductor. In April 2013, the company announced simultaneously the appointments of Harry Bicket as its next chief conductor, effective 1 October 2013, and of Montgomery as conductor laureate for the 2013 season. Bicket made his first appearance as chief conductor in July 2014 when he conducted a new production of Beethoven's ''Fidelio''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Santa Fe Opera」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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