Fri. 10/26 10a: A rarely-performed drama by Gioachino Rossini opens the 40th anniversary season of Opera Southwest. Otello, based on Shakespeare's tragedy, gives three performances at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque: October 28, November 2 and November 4. Spencer Beckwith speaks with the Artistic Director of Opera Southwest, conductor Anthony Barrese.
Spencer Beckwith reports on the arts for KUNM. For ten years, until March of 2014, Spencer was the producer and host of KUNM's "Performance New Mexico," a weekday morning arts program that included interviews with musicians, writers and performers. Spencer is a graduate of the acting program at the Juilliard School, and, before moving to New Mexico in 2002, was for many years a professional actor based in New York City.