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Mon, Apr 20
|Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse
Behind the Opera: An Evening with the Creative Team of The Lovesick Skunk
An artist talk and sing-through of The Lovesick Skunk, a new short opera by a team of New Mexico’s creators, sung by the Young Voices of the Santa Fe Opera.
Date, Time & Location
Apr 20, 2026, 7:00 PM MDT
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
Join us in-store or register to watch on Zoom.
The Lovesick Skunk is a popular children's tall tale book by Joe Hayes, telling the story of a boy in Arizona whose smelly black-and-white high-top sneakers attract a romantic skunk. The story follows the boy's reluctance to stop wearing the shoes until the skunk intervenes.
Creative Team:
Author: Joe Hayes
Librettist: Andrea Fellows Fineberg
Composer: Beth Ratay
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