Before Opera Santa Barbara's 22|23 Season opener, Puccini's Tosca, we asked some questions of tenor Adam Diegel who will be playing Tosca's lover, Mario Cavaradossi . Some of you may remember Adam from 2017's La Rondine or his memorable "Nessun Dorma" from Opera SB's 25th...

Ahead of Opera Santa Barbara's 22|23 Season opener, Puccini's Tosca, we asked some questions of bass-baritone Wayne Tigges who will be playing the villain, Baron Scarpia. Some of you may have seen Wayne in his OSB main stage debut as John Proctor in 2019's The...

We are just a few weeks from the 22|23 Season opener of Tosca at the Granada Theatre on October 1. We spoke with Greek soprano Eleni Calenos who will star as the titular character in her pandemic-delayed return to the company. Many of you might...

Sam Fischer | 2018/19 Opera Santa Barbara Concertmaster Opera Santa Barbara is celebrating 25 years! Over the course of the 2018/19 season, we will be profiling musicians, artists, board members, and staff both past and current who have brought a quarter-century of thrilling opera to Santa...

L'Elisir d'Amore, March 2016, Photo by David Bazemore