Opera Santa Barbara will be holding auditions for future chorus and comprimario opportunities for the 14/15 season consisting of Rigoletto, L’italiani in Algeri, and A Streetcar Named Desire. WOMEN Note: there is no women’s chorus in any of these shows. If you sang in any productions for...

  Do you know that the negative ions of salt help you sing to your fullest potential? Join us for a remarkable evening in the Salt Cave of Santa Barbara. Buried deep beneath the earth on State Street, this special location features an underground room covered...

Join Opera santa Barbara for a staged performance of Gian Carlo Menotti’s one-act comic opera The Telephone. Premiering in 1947, the opera tells the story of Ben, who is leaving on a trip and wants to propose to his girlfriend Lucy before leaving. however, Lucy...

  Opera Santa Barbara will present Menotti's one-act opera The Telephone on Monday, August 25 at 12:00 pm at the Center Stage Theatre. Premiering in 1947, the opera tells the story of Ben, who is leaving on a trip and wants to propose to his girlfriend Lucy before...

"To criticize a theater piece as too theatrical is as senseless as to criticize a piece of music for being too musical...

The Consul is a tragedy of the meek who live desperately beneath the burden of tyranny. Set in a nameless European country, the musical drama tells the story of men and women caught in the red tape of a Consulate, which bars their escape to...

In 1950 Gian Carlo Menotti was inspired to write The Consul by the real-life tragedy of a woman who killed herself on Ellis Island when she was refused entry to the United States. Although the opera grew out of a specific historic situation, when the...

Thursday, April 24, 6:00 pm, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1130 State Street Julie Adams, soprano and Cathy Miller, pianist will grace the galleries at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art for this season's final Pop Up Opera performance.  Ms. Adams (a Music Academy of the...

Opera Santa Barbara is now selling spaces for our second annual Party Book of exclusive and fun events! Each party has a limited number of spaces, and spaces are sold on a first-come, first-serve basis. Following are the parties being offered: March 2: Academy Awards Party ($175 per...

Opera Santa Barbara invites you and your special valentine to join us for an elegant evening of music and dancing to celebrate our 20th Anniversary Season. Our Valentine's Gala will feature a cocktail reception, romantic candlelight dinner, operatic arias and duets performed by the cast...

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