Opera Santa Barbara will conclude its 23rd season with the company’s premiere production of Giacomo Puccini’s sensuous and poignant operetta La Rondine at the historic Granada Theatre on April 28 and 30. Performances will take place at 7:30 pm on Friday, April 28, and at...
Christine Vanderbilt Holland, a former attorney who has supported an array of area cultural and nonprofit organizations in recent years, has been elected to the Board of Directors for Opera Santa Barbara. Her three-year term began in January. A resident of Santa Barbara since 1996, Ms....
Superstar soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian will headline Opera Santa Barbara’s ambitious new production of Czech composer Leoš Janácek’s heartwarming and imaginative The Cunning Little Vixen at the Granada Theatre on March 3 and 5. Performances will take place at 7:30 pm on Friday, March 3, and...
The Opera Lab, Opera Santa Barbara’s innovative outreach program for children, will tour area elementary schools beginning this week. Opera Lab sessions will take place at Foothill and Monte Vista elementary schools in Santa Barbara on Monday, January 30; Briggs School in Santa Paula on...
Emeritus Director Frederick R. Sidon, who will be honored at OSB's Opera Ball gala on February 17, sat down for a brief interview Wednesday with Elizabeth Stewart, host of "The Arts and Antiques Radio Show" on KZSB AM 1290. Click on the audio player below...
Opera Santa Barbara will receive a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to help defray costs associated with its new production of Leoš Janácek’s The Cunning Little Vixen, which the company will present at the Granada Theatre on March 3 and...
Opera Santa Barbara has named four outstanding young vocalists Mosher Studio Artists for 2016-17. Under an expansion of the company’s artist residency program begun last year, the four standout singers and an apprentice vocal coach will take part in Opera Santa Barbara productions, community events...
Opera Santa Barbara will open its 2016-17 season with a colorfully electrifying production of Carmen, Georges Bizet’s enduring tale of love and jealousy set amid the vibrant, unruly streets of 19th century Seville. Performances will take place at 7:30 pm on Friday, November 4, and...
Opera Santa Barbara cordially invites you to join us as we celebrate the opening of our 23rd season in style with our annual Opening Night Dinner and performance of Carmen! There are ONLY 10 SEATS left for the pre-opera dinner! Carmen Opening Night Dinner & Performance Friday, November 4, 5:00 pm The...
Opera Santa Barbara returning to the Bacara Resort & Spa for our Third Annual Wine & Opera Dinner. This year's event will be held in the newly renovated Angel Oak restaurant, with sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean. Offering the perfect coupling of fine wine and...