Enhance Your Experience
Prelude Talks
These lively and informative talks are offered in Stieren Orchestra Hall twice before most performances. The first talk begins two hours before the performance and the second is one hour before. Prelude Talks begin Wednesday, July 4, 2012, and are free to ticket holders. For best availability, we suggest the first one. Prelude Talks are not offered on Opening Weekend (June 29 and 30) or on Apprentice Scenes performance evenings (August 12 and 19).
Benefits for Donors
Learn more about VIP ticketing, parking privileges, rehearsal attendance and Opera Club access only available to donors at select contribution levels. Learn more.
Special Event Opportunities
Celebrate the opening of the season with four days of revelry at the Gala Opening Celebration. Meet the creative teams behind each production while you dine in style at an Opening Night Dinner.
Backstage Tours
Go behind the scenes and learn about the fascinating and colorful world of opera production. One-hour tours are given Monday through Friday at 9 am, starting May 28, 2012, through August 24, 2012. Tickets are $5 for adults; children (ages 6-17) are free. Tours start at the box office. No reservations are needed; tickets are sold at the start of the tour.
NOTE: The Guilds of The Santa Fe Opera will sponsor Opera Insiders, with free backstage tours, every Saturday in June, July, and August. Entertainment and refreshments are offered on the theater patio at 8:30 AM, followed by an informational talk by an Opera staff member and a backstage tour.
RANCH TOURS
We will offer tours of the Opera Ranch from 9:30 to 10:30am on the following Fridays during the season: June 22, July 27, and August 24, 2012. The tour will focus on the rehearsal facilities and will conclude with a continental breakfast at the Dapples Pavilion where you may take in the sights and sounds of our singers arriving to prepare for the day's rehearsals. No reservations are necessary for this 30 minutes tour, and tickets may be purchased at the Box Office beginning at 9:00am the morning of the tours. Adults $10, Seniors $9, Children $5.
Opera Shop
During the Festival Season, the Shop is open Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 4:30 pm, as well as two hours prior to each performance, during intermissions, and post-performance. A wide variety of items in all price ranges is available. If you are visiting Santa Fe during the Opera's off-season you may make an appointment to visit the store by calling 505-986-5949. Learn more about the Shop.