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...
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...
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...
Opera Santa Barbara will present a special one-hour performance of Donizetti’s comic opera Don Pasquale, to be performed free for children of all ages and their chaperones on Saturday, April 27 at 5:00 pm. The production will feature professional singers in full costumes, sets, lighting and...
MARCH 27: 'Spring/Autumn Affairs and the Generation Gap in Don Pasquale and other operas' Presented by Desirée Mays Don't miss this month's Opera on the GO! Entitled "Spring/Autumn Affairs and the Generation Gap in Don Pasquale and other operas." Presented by the Santa Fe Opera's Desirée...
Opera Santa Barbara is presenting a special holiday concert on Wednesday, December 5 featuring soprano Marcy Stonikas and pianist Christopher Allen. Part of the Opera on the Go! series, this recital is Opera Santa Barbara’s holiday gift to the community. Enjoy works by Mozart, Barber,...
Opera Santa Barbara is starting an opera book club. The club will meet every 6-8 weeks in the new “lounge” at our downtown offices. Each meeting will include wine and cheese, to discuss a book which coordinates with one of the operas in our season...
Girls of Summer ZULIMAR LÓPEZ-HERNÁNDEZ, Zerlina at Des Moines Metro Opera, talks to TRISTAN KRAFT about Mozart and other matters. Zulimar López-Hernández, who sings Zerlina in Des Moines Metro Opera's Don Giovanni this summer, has a personality that seems ideally suited to the role: in conversation, one...
• COMPANY PREMIERE: FIRST-EVER OPERA SANTA BARBARA PRODUCTION OF VERDI’S AIDA
• MIHOKO KINOSHITA IS MADAME BUTTERFLY; INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED JAPANESE SOPRANO SINGS HER SIGNATURE ROLE
• ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JOSE MARIA CONDEMI DIRECTS DON PASQUALE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 15, 2012 PRESS CONTACT: Steven Sharpe, 805.898.3890, [email protected]Santa Barbara – Opera Santa Barbara announces its 2012/2013 season, featuring three operas; a heartrending story of love and betrayal, a wrenching personal drama, and an effervescent comedy. The season opens with Madame Butterfly in November 2012, followed by Aida in March 2013 and Don Pasquale in April 2013.
“This will be one of Opera Santa Barbara’s most memorable seasons,” says OSB’s Artistic Director, Jose Maria Condemi. “I am particularly excited to present our company premiere of Verdi’s Aida, in a stunning production conceived by Francesca Zambello for the Glimmerglass Opera. As we continue to make our mark as a leading arts organization, I invite audiences both old and new to come see why people are talking about Opera Santa Barbara.”