• The Lasting Novelty and Dramatic Power of Wagner's Das Rheingold • In 1849, the 36-year-old Richard Wagner was on the verge of becoming the most successful opera composer in German-speaking Europe. And then calamity struck. The city of Dresden, where he was currently living, was seized...
• Opera SB Chrisman Studio Artist Spring Showcase Spotlight on Soprano Brooklyn Snow • There is still time to purchase your tickets for the Opera Santa Barbara Chrisman Studio Artist Spring Showcase! Opera SB will highlight its 20|21 Season Chrisman Studio Artists with two performances Saturday,...
• Opera SB Chrisman Studio Artist Spring Showcase Spotlight on Mezzo-Soprano Max Potter • There is still time to purchase your tickets for the Opera Santa Barbara Chrisman Studio Artist Spring Showcase!Opera SB will highlight its 20|21 Season Chrisman Studio Artists with two performances Saturday, June...
• Opera SB Chrisman Studio Artist Spring Showcase Spotlight on Tenor Matthew Greenblatt • There is still time to purchase your tickets for the Opera Santa Barbara Chrisman Studio Artist Spring Showcase!Opera SB will highlight its 20|21 Season Chrisman Studio Artists with two performances Saturday, June...
• OSB Bravo Society Patron Highlights | Mary Tonetti Dorra • All Bravo Society members share a deep personal connection with opera. How they arrived at the decision to leave their own opera legacy is unique. We asked current OSB Board Member, Mary Tonetti Dorra, to share her...
• Opera SB Closes 20|21 Season with Das Rheingold• An epic ending and an auspicious beginning. In March 2020, our company was the last to produce a live performance in Santa Barbara before theater closures that have lasted for more than a year. In June 2021 we...
• Remembering Jean Nell 1924-2021 • [caption id="attachment_15593" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Bravo Society Member Jean Nell celebrating OSB's Silver Anniversary during the 18|19 Season alongside Montecito Journal's Richard Mineards[/caption] In February, Opera Santa Barbara and many other performing arts groups and patrons mourned the loss of Jean Nell....
• Get to know Don Pasquale's Jana McIntyre• Soprano Jana McIntyre has been praised for her “dancer’s grace, mercurial wit, and vibrant soprano tone” (Opera News). Later this season, she joins the casts of Palm Beach Opera’s The Magic Flute and Tulsa Opera’s Rigoletto to cover...
• Get to know Don Pasquale's Andrew Potter• Bass Andrew Potter has garnered increasing demand across the country for his larger than life stage presence and voice to match. Of a recent performance in L’elisir d’amore, Opera Today hailed, “With his huge, all?encompassing bass voice and precise comic...
• OSB Bravo Society Patron Highlights | Joan Rutkowski • [caption id="attachment_15364" align="aligncenter" width="350"] President of Opera SB, Joan Rutkowski, at the Granada Theater in June 2012. Photo © Kevin Steele[/caption] All Bravo Society members share a deep personal connection with opera. How they arrived at the decision to...