Taos Opera Institute (TOI*) proudly presents the third annual Winter Warmup for Summer Song, featuring acclaimed tenor David Portillo and Santa Fe-based pianist Nathan Salazar on January 10, 2025, 5:30 pm at the Taos Center for the Arts. Proceeds will benefit
Young Artists scholarships to TOI’s summer institute.

David Portillo performed in both Don Giovanni and Der Rosenkavalier at the Santa Fe Opera’s 2024 season. Of his performance in Don Giovanni, Opera with Opera News raved, “David Portillo made a musical, characteristically forthright Ottavio; his arias, beautifully sculpted in flowing lines, were in vocal terms the evening’s highest points, along with the Mask Trio.” He comes to Taos fresh from performing Tamino in the Metropolitan Opera’s holiday production of The Magic Flute. According to Dr. Mark Craig, General Director of TOI, “David held our students in the palm of his hand during his masterclasses at TOI in 2024, and his ties to TOI go back to when he studied with co-founder Linda Poetschke in Texas.”

Nathan Salazar has worked and performed with Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Colorado, The Handel and Haydn Society, The Boston Symphony, and the Boston Lyric Opera. He recently made his company debuts at San Francisco Opera and Los Angeles Opera in Gabriela Lena Frank’s El Ultimo Sueno de Frida y Diego. Salazar made an indelible impression at TOI’s October 2024 Fall Into Song concert when he accompanied Mark Craig and Olga Perez Flora in a wide-ranging program.

David and Nathan will perform an evening of beloved opera classics, along with art song and musical theater repertoire. Tickets for the concert only are $50, and $100 for the concert followed by a reception to meet the artists. For information about Taos Opera Institute, go to TaosOI.org. For concert tickets, go to tcataos.org/calendar.

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