Operas from the Crypt

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE COMPOSER GOES MAD ??

Using the mystic powers of music, a composer attempts to bring his lost love back from … The Other Side of the Veil!   Remember the old horror comics from the 1950s — so lurid and over the top you'd get arrested if you gave them to kids today?  This chamber opera is an homage to those books — creepy, funny … and surprisingly deep.

Written by librettist Jonathan David Dixon, and Emmy Award-winning classical composer Daniel Steven Crafts, this production rises again — for a Santa Fe Premiere at Teatro Paraguas, Santa Fe, Halloween Weekend, 2026:

TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY:

Friday (Oct. 30th) at 7:30pm 

Sunday (Nov. 1st) at 2pm

One hour (no intermission)

Composer:  Daniel Steven Crafts

Libretto:  Jonathan David Dixon

Directed and Designed by: Jonathan David Dixon

CAST/MUSICIANS

The Grave-Robber:  Thomas Griego (Tenor)

Erik Ingel:  Thomas Munro (Baritone)

Marie:  Jenna Kuchar (Soprano)

Clarinet:  Megan Snow

Bassoon:  Ronald Thurman

Keyboard:  Scott Jacobsen

Tickets:  $25