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Conductor:
Douglas Kinney Frost
Conductor / Don Giovanni
November 2015 (debut)
Stage Director:
Kelly Robinson
Director / Don Giovanni
November 2015
Director / Le nozze di Figaro
March 2012 (debut)
Scenic Designer:
Eric Allgeier
Scenic Designer / Don Giovanni
November 2015 (debut)
Lighting Designer:
Trevor Burk
Lighting Designer / Don Giovanni
November 2015 (debut)
Costume Designer:
Holly Jenkins-Evans
Costume Designer / Don Giovanni
November 2015 (debut)
Hair & Makeup Designer:
Heather Sterling
Heather Sterling is an accomplished makeup artist and hair stylist with a wide range of experience that includes work in theater, film, print, and fashion. She is a licensed cosmetologist and has a degree in fine art with an emphasis in psychology. Armed with an extensive knowledge of period makeup and hairstyles, Heather first designed for Opera Santa Barbara in 2006 for the company's performances of Tosca; since then her work has been seen in nearly forty OSB productions. She regularly designs for the Music Academy of the West's summer operas and she recently designed for the Granada Theatre's A Christmas Carol.
Hair & Makeup Designer / Tosca
February 2006 (debut)
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Don Giovanni:
Mark Walters
Don Giovanni / Don Giovanni
November 2015 (debut)
Donna Anna:
Marcy Stonikas
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni
November 2015
Floria Tosca / Tosca
November 2013 (debut)
Donna Elvira:
Rena Harms
Donna Elvira / Don Giovanni
November 2015
Micaëla / Carmen
March 2009 (debut)
Don Ottavio:
Benjamin Brecher
Benjamin Brecher, tenor, has performed over fifty operatic roles and sung with over fifty symphonies throughout the world. He has performed over ten roles with The New York City Opera beginning in 1997, specializing in the bel canto opera repertoire. Other performances include: Santa Fe Opera, Opera de Montreal, Opera de Nice, and Glimmerglass Opera, among others. On the concert stage, he has sung with the orchestras of Chicago, Chautauqua, Mexico City, Rome, Seattle, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Budapest, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Toronto Symphony Milwaukee, and the National Symphony at Kennedy Center to mention a few. 2015-2016 will bring: Beethoven’s Ninth in Santa Rosa, Carmina Burana with Florida Symphony, Holiday ‘Pops’ concerts with The Jacksonville Symphony, along with the role of Gerald in Lakmé in Fresno and the world Premiere performances of Shot! A World Changed, an opera about the assassination of President McKinley in Buffalo. Also in 2015 his tenth commercial CD will be released, “Forgotten Liszt”, with Robert Koenig, pianist. The recording will include five world premiere recordings of lost Liszt songs and other of his rare works along a tour of recitals in Fresno, Modesto, Long Beach, and in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen Scotland. Professor Brecher is an Associate Professor at UCSB.
Leporello:
Daniel Mobbs
Leporello / Don Giovanni
November 2015 (debut)
Zerlina:
Sara Duchovnay
Zerlina / Don Giovanni
November 2015 (debut)
Masetto:
Ryan Bradford
Masetto/ Don Giovanni
November 2015 (debut)
Mosher Studio Artist
2015
Il Commendatore:
Kevin Thompson
Commendatore / Don Giovanni
November 2015
Sparafucile / Rigoletto
November 2014
Ramfis / Aida
March 2013 (debut)