The Santa Fe Opera: Mariusz Kwiecień

KUNM | By Spencer Beckwith

Published July 20, 2012 at 9:29 AM MDT

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Fri. 7/20 10a: Opening July 21 at the Santa Fe Opera is the first major American production of Polish composer Karol Szymanowski's 1926 opera, King Roger. A great champion of the rarely-heard opera, Mariusz Kwiecień, is singing the title role in the Santa Fe production. Host Spencer Beckwith talks with the Polish baritone outside in the Opera's cantina.

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Spencer Beckwith

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.

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