The final free noontime concerts of our season will return in April. These concerts are offered FREE to the public, and feature the talented members of our Studio Artists Program. Concerts feature a diverse repertoire of popular and lesser-known operatic offerings, all accompanied by piano. April...
Friday, February 21, 5:00 - 7:00 pm, MichaelKate Interiors, 132 Santa Barbara St. Opera Santa Barbara returns to MichaelKate Interiors & Art Gallery to continue shedding light on the opera experience. Enjoy an intimate performance featuring San Francisco based mezzo-soprano, Catherine Cook (pictured at left); followed...
Wednesday, February 26, 6:00 - 9:00 pm Santa Barbara Art Foundry & Gallery, 120 Santa Barbara Street and The Arts Fund, 205-C Santa Barbara Street Opera Santa Barbara is excited to celebrate Falstaff with an evening of art, opera, & indulgence in the Funk Zone. Join us as...
Opera Book Club: “Falstaff, a Novel” by Robert Nye Monday, March 3, 6:00 PM, Granada Books, 1224 State Street Join us as we continue our book club series with celebrated novelist and poet, Robert Nye as the voice of the now 81-year-old Sir John Falstaff. In this...
Opera Santa Barbara is very excited about our upcoming season, featuring three fully-staged operas! This season continues OSB's dedication to bringing high caliber professional artists to the stage of the Granada Theatre. One of the ways in which we are able to maintain a roster of fabulous...
Tuesday, December 3, 6:00 PM, El Presidio Chapel, 123 E. Canon Perdido Street Opera Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation invite you to a very special evening to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Opera Santa Barbara’s first performance (December 3, 1993). Join...
Friday, November 15, 7 - 9 pm, MichaelKate Interiors, 132 Santa Barbara Street What is opera all about? Do they only sing in Italian? How am I supposed to know what they are saying? ? On Friday, November 15th, MichaelKate Interiors & Art Gallery, opens its doors...
Saturday, November 2, 5:30 PM Granada Theatre Founders Room Opera Santa Barbara is offering a unique opportunity to gain a “behind the scenes” view of our production of Tosca. Stage Director and OSB Artistic Director Jose Maria Condemi and conductor Christopher Larkin will be joined by...
To launch its 20th Anniversary Season, Opera Santa Barbara is presenting a special performance of Lee Hoiby’s comic one-act opera Bon Appétit! on Monday, September 30 at noon at the Center Stage Theatre. This delicious opera is a comedic take on a classic episode of...
Monday, October 28, 7:00 PM, Granada Books, 1224 State Street Opera Santa Barbara is bringing back the book club this season with Paola Capriolo’s Floria Tosca. Based on Sardou’s play La Tosca (which inspired our beloved Puccini) this crafty tale reads as an inside look at...