Opera Santa Barbara is seeking young artists with exceptional career potential and some professional experience for its 2017-18 Mosher Studio Artist Program. Studio Artists perform and cover roles in main-stage productions, perform in educational and outreach programs, and study with Artistic Director Kostis Protopapas and...
Opera Santa Barbara is partnering with Santa Barbara City College's Center for Lifelong Learning to offer a new course on opera during the Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 quarters. Titled "Opera in Performance", the course will be centered around the three operas being performed in OSB's 2016-17...
Nancy Golden, an accomplished marketing and fundraising professional with a distinguished record of involvement with area cultural and nonprofit organizations, has been named Opera Santa Barbara Board chair. Ms. Golden, who had been serving as vice-chair, will succeed Sandra Urquhart when her two-year term begins...
Opera Santa Barbara will welcome four promising young vocalists for 17 weeks of performances, training, and community events under an expansion of its artist residency program early next year. The company’s new Mosher Studio Artist Program will enable four singers and an accompanist to take...
Cynthia D. Brittain , an estate planning and tax law specialist with the Northern Trust Corp., has been elected to the Board of Directors for Opera Santa Barbara. Her three-year term began in September. Born in North Carolina, Ms. Brittain earned undergraduate degrees in economics and...
Tuesday, April 14 6:30 pm Tre Lune Restaurant 1151 Coast Village Road, Montecito Opera Santa Barbara returns to Tre Lune Restaurant in Montecito for our annual opera night. The evening will feature a four-course prix fixe dinner with each course preceded by performances from members of the cast of...
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...
Opera SB Patron Services Associate Malena Jones sat down with Maestro Francesco Milioto to talk about Falstaff, which he calls “a complete joy ride from the beginning to the end… be ready for high-paced music, fun, scheming…” Malena Jones (MJ): Falstaff is such an ensemble piece, and...
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...