Thank you to the Fondation des États Unis for hosting this incredible concert featuring artists from New York and Paris for an evening of opera and classical music on Thursday April 17th. Click on the poster to RSVP

I'm thrilled how the music workshop went in D.C. last week. I'm working on editing a wealth of video so I can share some of the results. Here is a new aria for baritone sung by Anthony D. Anderson. 

Next up for me is a music workshop in at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. for the continued development of my opera Faces in the Flames. It'll be my first time in D.C. and my first time working with music director Pablo Zinger. For info. on our singers and to RSVP to the public performance on March 28th, click on the pic below 

I stitched together footage from the immersive opera performance for Glory Gone in San Antonio. It was just me on a camera trying my best to cover as much ground as possible without being intrusive, so it can be a little shaky at times but I'm really proud of it. Here are the result. 

Thank you Roma & Great Day SA for having us on the show to promote Glory Gone Opera that premieres this Saturday at The Radius Center. RSVP to attend HERE

Thank you Texas Public Radio and hosts Barry Brake and Nathan Cone for having us on the air to promote Glory Gone Opera to the airwaves in San Antonio!

Thanks KMFA. It's an honor for Opera Austin Festival to recognized as the 'Best New Venture of 2024' on their end-of-year list. Huge thanks to the team, sponsors, talent, attendees, family and more. I guess we gotta keep it going for 2025 😅

It's always a wonderful experience when we get to hang out with Barry Brake and Nathan Cone at TPR. This time we promoted our upcoming performance of La Malinche | Traitor Savior at Opera Austin Festival this Saturday November 16th at 9pm.

This is a special one for me. Before I get into the background story, I'd like to thank a lot of friends who helped bring this song to life. For starters, Garrett T. Capps brilliant vision in producing this song, Lucas Oswald for the killer mix, Bill Baird for engineering and his rad mic that made my vocals so warm, my bestie Kory Cook on drums, Odie on bass/vocals and the legendary B.J. Cole (Elton John, Depeche Mode, R.E.M) on pedal steel. Thanks to Scott Langford for directing the video and to ALL my friends that came and volunteered their time to be extras at The Lonesome Rose. It warmed my heart and part of why I love San Antonio. 

For those interested in the backstory - Rewind five years. During the fall of 2019, my career was on this exciting upward trajectory in which I was at the beginning of my opera composing career with three of my first immersive operas in three different cities, my first film exhibition, a symphony performing my music in Orlando and I was going to spend a week in Denmark at a castle for a composers workshop. But on the inside I was going through heavy heart ache related to a past relationship that lingered for years. I keep my personal life and feelings pretty close to the vest but after losing 50 lbs and my doctor telling me if I lost any more that it could jeopardize my organs I decided to reach out to my dear friend Shane. His advice was that I had to sit in my pain and face it. The months ahead were tough. I remember visiting my mom, being in her car as she backed out of her driveway, my sunglasses on, her asking if I was ok and trying hard to nod while holding back tears and then just completely losing it. I still choke up remembering that moment. She stopped the car, put her arms around me and didn't prod. She just told me she loved me and that she would be there for me however I needed.

The beginning of 2020 was met with excitement. While I was still on my healing journey I knew the toughest hurdles were behind me. I felt raw and vulnerable but filled with positivity. Then when the pandemic hit I found myself alone and isolated in my home but I didn't feel pain or loneliness. This is when I knew my journey in the fall was real. With so much time on my hands and no operas to prepare for, I picked up my guitar. I used to play daily for fifteen years and wrote songs all the time for my old bands but now my hands felt paralyzed. I kept playing daily to have fun and that's when some songs started to develop. Out to Dance was my goodbye song. About letting go. Remembering where my heart was, accepting my feelings and not running from them. I choked up as the lyrics came into focus knowing I could channel the past without it sending me into a downward spiral. I wrote a few more songs early in the pandemic. Didn't think much of them but thankfully I demo'd them. The last four years I've been producing operas all over the country but at the end of 2023, I started feeling really burnt out and creatively empty. I came across a hard drive that had those demo's I made during the pandemic. I sent one to Garrett to see if he'd be interested in working with me to record it and I'm so happy he agreed. I wanted to be hands off and let Garrett have room to be creative. There was no rush which worked for both of our busy schedules. Over the spring we talked about the overall sound and approach and eventually went to track at Bill Baird's studio. I realized how much I missed hanging out in the studio. It was so relaxed. Almost the complete opposite of the corporate feel of classical music and the opera world. We didn't use a click and just tracked live a few times. I didn't manipulate my voice like I did in my indie rock days. No overthinking. Over the next few months Garrett added layers of percussion, vocals and got B.J. Cole to play pedal steel.

As a teenager, I used to rush home from school excited to practice guitar and even practice fifteen hours a day every summer but I lost that love when I started composing for films and classical music so it's cool to rediscover it again, even if it's in a small way. Coolest part of it all was getting to hang and become better amigos with Garrett and he's down to record a batch of more of songs in 2025. Check out his music. His new album is amazing. 

Here is the video. I wanted to type out the lyrics for you but since this post is already long, you can turn on the closed captions on the video. But I did want to share my two favorite lines from the song because they captured my pre-2020 desire to hold on. "I've got a feeling it's the end; but maybe I wanna fall in love again" & "I know she ain't comin' back; but I'd rather play the fool and be fooled'. I hope you enjoy!

I made this about my latest immersive opera production, The Thinker. Featuring music & interviews with the cast at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Check out the EPIC intro ⚡️

Shoutout to Ben Perkins for the writeup in the CityBeat about my new opera I'm premiering on August 16th at the Cincinnati Art Museum. 

Next up, I'll be taking my talents to Cincy! On August 16th, I'll be premiering a new immersive opera titled, The Thinker, at the Cincinnati Art Museum. The Thinker is a short opera about French sculptor Auguste Rodin and his colorful life. The opera highlights and explores Rodin's humble beginnings, salacious affairs, life-long love for Rose Beuret and his encounters with iconic contemporaries like Claude Monet. Got friends in Cincy? Invite them! Click on the poster for the ticket link

I've decided to start an opera festival in the city I grew up in. Maybe I'm crazy for adding more to my plate but something in the air is stirring and plus it's Gemini season so it's hittin' hard! The inaugural festival will be on November 16th 2024. KMFA has partnered with me as the media sponsor. A whole lotta details will be unveiled in the coming months. Let's rock n' roll bb 😎

I wrote these songs for soprano Lucianna Astorga as a song cycle which she premiered during SXSW in March of 2023. A few months later we decided to record them in the studio and today we released them on all streaming platforms.

I finally had time to stitch together a handful of excerpts from El Conquistador. Here ya go...

Listen to our interview & performance of excerpts of my newest opera, El Conquistador, that premieres in San Antonio at the Carver Center. 

New operas, immersive works & new music for 16 freaking pianos in Des Moines — kicking it off this weekend in Brooklyn & then I’m off to Texas & Iowa

I made this short documentary on the production of my opera, The Paños Prophecy, that premiered at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque last week. I hope you enjoy!!!

Excited to share this short documentary I made about the process of bringing my immersive opera, The Cadence of Life, to life last week in Des Moines at Anderson Gallery at Drake University. Check it out!

 

I have even more content from my production on Glory Gone earlier this month in Albuquerque for hispanic heritage month. Watch the cast talk about their experience working on their roles.

I'm more than thrilled to be releasing my new album, Santa-Almada, on December 9th. Choral group, Inversion Ensemble, sang it so beautifully. I have a pre-order on Band Camp (click on pic below) where to can preview some of it. Artist, Michael Carnes created such beautiful artwork for the album. 

That's a wrap on my 2022 fall season 😅 - 8 concerts. 5 cities. 3 different operas. 1 week off and I start composing for my 2023 spring season where I'll be presenting new works in TX, IA, GA, SC, NY and FL. BUT before I see ya'll next year, I'll be releasing a live album of my choral symphony, Santa-Almada, on December 9th 2022. Here is the first of a few promotional trailers...

What a pleasure talking with Seth Kubersky over at the Orlando Weekly. We talked about why I love coming to and working in Orlando as well as the up coming premiere of my brand new opera No. 5, an opera about the loves of Coco Chanel.

Thx 🙏🏽 to the Daily Lobo for interviewing us about 𝘓𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦 - 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳 | 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳. Opening night was a smashing success 💫

I cannot wait for rehearsals this summer for the premiere of a new opera I was commissioned to write and direct for the Albuquerque Museum of Art about La Malinche. I'm working with an all-star cast featuring Lucianna Astorga (La Malinche), Madison Marie McIntosh (Hernan Cortes) and more! La Malinche: Traitor | Savior will premiere on July 21st (6:30pm) and a matinee will follow on July 24th (1pm). Both performances at the ABQ Museum are free and open to the public! Also today is my bday 💝

FL > NM > WA > Hitting up new markets in 2022 to premiere new operettas as well as my hometown Austin where I’ll premiere my 3rd symphony in May. Let’s go! 

I've been laying low since Orlando. Resting and reloading for 2022. Music has provided opportunities for me to travel and foster new friendships and for that I'm most thankful. Having my family join me in Orlando made this opera about my grandmother that much more special.

I'm really excited for my first concert in New York City in 15 years! Back then I was playing in a punk band at CBGB's & fast forward to 2021 as I present my immersive opera on Thursday Oct 28th at The High Line Nine gallery in Chelsea. RSVP FREE HERE

My new film exhibition is coming to Forsyth Galleries this October to January in tandem with Jorge Villarreal's 'Sink Series'! Stop by College Station Texas to be amazed!

Thanks to Josh Figeroa and Sightlines Magazine for the interview and review of my new chamber opera, Öcalan. Click on the image below to read the article. The article include music videos you can listen to and watch as well!  

Excited to release my new chamber opera inspired by Kurdish Political Activist, Abdullah Öcalan. Pre-order music on Bandcamp - https://nathanfelix.bandcamp.com/album/calan