Fri. 6/29 10a: Amanda Echalaz has sung the title role in Puccini's "Tosca" in opera houses across Europe. She makes her American debut singing Tosca this summer at the Santa Fe Opera. The production opens on June 29 and runs through August 24. Host Spencer Beckwith speaks with the South African soprano outside in the Opera's cantina.
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.