With the previous artistic director, Alexander Neef (who was shared with the Canadian Opera Co.), having left for the Paris Opera, Santa Fe decided to combine his position with that of director of artistic administration and call the resulting job “chief artistic officer.” The company has now filled that job with David Lomelí, a former tenor who also has degrees in computer science and international marketing and currently works as director of artistic administration for The Dallas Opera. (He will continue to serve as a casting consultant in Dallas and for the Bavarian State Opera in Munich.) – Santa Fe New Mexican