Sat, Dec 05
|National Hispanic Cultural Center
The Farolitos of Christmas
Presented by Opera Southwest
Time & Location
Dec 05, 2026, 2:00 PM – Dec 06, 2026, 4:00 PM
National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102, USA
About the event
FOUR PERFORMANCES ONLY!
Music & Libretto / Hector Armienta, based on the book by Rudolfo Anaya
The Heartwarming Holiday Tradition Returns!
By popular demand, we are pleased to bring you the second annual performances of Hector Armienta’s glowing adaptation of Rudolfo Anaya’s beloved children’s book, The Farolitos of Christmas is an opera for people of all ages to enjoy about love, tradition, and the quiet power of invention.
Luz’s father is away at war. Her grandfather is too sick to build the luminarias. So Luz finds a new way to light the path on Christmas Eve, one that will become tradition.