Girls of Summer ZULIMAR LÓPEZ-HERNÁNDEZ, Zerlina at Des Moines Metro Opera, talks to TRISTAN KRAFT about Mozart and other matters. Zulimar López-Hernández, who sings Zerlina in Des Moines Metro Opera's Don Giovanni this summer, has a personality that seems ideally suited to the role: in conversation, one...

19 June, 2012

  Opera Santa Barbara announces an Opera Lip Sync Competition! There will be a $1,000 cash first prize for the winner. Thursday, June 7 at 7:30 pm at SOhO Music Club Following are the competition rules: Each contestant will be allowed one 4-minute (or less) aria or duet. Judging will...

29 April, 2012

Thanks to Karen Pelland for the wonderful interview with Layna Chianakas, who will star in Opera Santa Barbara's Orpheus and Eurydice"  this weekend. [Tickets start at just $25: to purchase, call the Lobero box office. 805-963-0761.] [caption id="attachment_1213" align="alignleft" width="477" caption="Click to be taken to kdb.com and...

26 April, 2012

  Opera Santa Barbara videographer Daniel Anderson interviews Robin Wilson, one of the dancers from our current production of Orpheus & Eurydice. The production features extensive dance segments choreographed by Yannis Adoniou, and includes dancers from the State Street Ballet, Santa Barbara Dance Theatre and Bodytraffic. To...

19 April, 2012

[caption id="attachment_1279" align="alignleft" width="500"] Video by Daniel Anderson[/caption] Opera Santa Barbara asked, you answered: "What is Opera?" We visited the Santa Barbara Farmer's Market to find out what opera means to you!  The answers were sometimes surprising, sometimes funny - check out the answers HERE (You...

28 March, 2012

Opera Santa Barbara will offer two final noontime concerts in April featuring members of our 2012 Studio Artists Program. Don’t miss these opera-stars-of-tomorrow performing popular arias and ensembles. These one-hour concerts are offered free to the general public. Wednesday, April 11, at the Granada Theatre (McCune...

27 March, 2012

Thanks to our cast of "Figaro" and to Daniel Anderson for this great video.. enjoy! [caption id="attachment_1104" align="alignleft" width="601" caption="Click to watch on YouTube!"][/caption]...

21 March, 2012

Thanks to Karen Pelland for the wonderful interview with Opera Santa Barbara's Susanna in this weekend's Figaro: Karen Vuong. [caption id="attachment_1092" align="alignleft" width="450" caption="Click to be taken to kdb.com and hear the interview!"][/caption]...

21 March, 2012
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L'Elisir d'Amore, March 2016, Photo by David Bazemore