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Join the Taos Opera Guild for a tailgate and a performance of The Thirteenth Child. We will be ordering the Sampler box or Dinner Box for the SFO. The Guild will provide appetizers and you will bring your favorite beverage. The cost for this delicious and entertaining evening is $ 119 with a Sampler Box and $128 with a Dinner Box.
The Opera
Forget about magic beans and bowls of porridge—this fairy tale is a “down-to-the-wire” thriller, inspired by the Brothers Grimm. A paranoid king banishes his twelve sons in favor of Lyra, the thirteenth child. When Princess Lyra learns about her long-lost brothers, she embarks on a quest to find them. Like all the best fairy tales, it has an enchanted forest, riddles, a handsome prince, a horrible mistake, and a nearly impossible feat for Princess Lyra to perform if everything is to be put right.
Poul Ruders is one of today’s most highly acclaimed composers. His operatic setting of The Handmaid’s Tale has been hailed as “a riveting, kaleidoscopic score” by The New York Times. To be conducted by Paul Daniel and directed by Darko Tresnjak, The Thirteenth Child is Ruders’ fifth opera and our sixteenth world premiere.
The Dinner
Boxed Dinner: The boxed dinner options are either $19 for a sampler box or $28 for a dinner box. Select the dinner you want when making your reservation.
Sampler Boxes ($19)
Spicy petit brie en croute SAMPLER: Apricot habañero jam filled brie wrapped in pastry, mixed fruit, marinated mushrooms, french bread and crostini, petit fours.
Smoked salmon SAMPLER: Smoked salmon, mixed fruit, wild rice and roasted vegetables, bagel chips and crackers, caper cream cheese and lemon dill cream cheese, petit fours.
Quinoa falafel SAMPLER (vegan): Quinoa patties, white bean salad, mixed fruit, gluten-free crostini, vegan cranberry cardamom biscotti.
Dinner Boxes
Salmon DINNER: Grilled & chilled wild salmon with balsamic reduction Arugula, fennel, frisée salad with orange basil vinaigrette, roasted cauliflower steak with garlic, lemon and thyme, cherry espresso chocolate bar.
Vegetarian savory pastry DINNER: Pastry with spinach, feta, mushroom, pepper, garlic and onion, arugula, seasonal greens, red cabbage salad with roasted red pepper dressing, melon and berry salad in honey, lime and mint dressing, cherry espresso chocolate bar.
Beef tenderloin DINNER: Grilled & chilled beef with roasted red pepper and sweet potato, mixed greens, tomato, yellow pepper, cucumber with fresh herb vinaigrette, wild rice and roasted vegetables, chocolate chai latte cupcake.
Chicken breast DINNER: Chilled cilantro lime and cumin chicken breast, romaine, arugula, and seasonal greens with vinaigrette, white bean salad, chocolate chai latte cupcake.
