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As sad as it is beautiful, Puccini’s shimmering classic has been captivating audiences for over a century. Set on the hills above the Nagasaki harbor in Imperial Japan, Madama Butterfly is a window to a world of opposing cultures and values.
Kostis Protopapas conducts. Octavio Cardenas, last with OSB for 2016’s Carmen, directs. Eleni Calenos (Mimi/La Bohème, 2018) and Harold Meers (Le Chevalier des Grieux/Manon, 2017 and Don José/Carmen, 2016) return as the doomed geisha and sailor.
Eleni Calenos (soprano) as Cio-Cio San
Harold Meers (tenor) as B.F. Pinkerton
Audrey Babcock (mezzo-soprano) as Suzuki
Luis Alejandro Orozco (baritone) as Sharpless
Benjamin Brecher (tenor) as Goro
Colin Ramsey (bass-baritone) as The Bonz
The Santa Barbara Symphony's 2019/20 Season continues with Mozart & Mahler, Saturday, November 16 at 8:00PM and Sunday, November 17 at 3:00PM, 2019, the second of nine exciting and versatile programs.
Opera SB celebrates World Opera Day, October 25, 2019 with a week of free opera events for the Santa Barbara community. All events are free and open to the public. This includes the popular noontime concert at the downtown SB Public Library, short performances at Pianos on State Street by the Chrisman Studio Artists, and the key event of the week: a Free Open Rehearsal of Madama Butterfly at the SB Courthouse Sunken Gardens on October 27, from 3-5PM.
Opera SB opens its 26th season with several returning favorite artists. Soprano Eleni Calenos and tenor Harold Meers will headline a lavish production of Puccini's opera, Madama Butterfly 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, at The Granada Theatre.
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The Thanksgiving Play
San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (5/3 - 5/19) | ||
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Ojai Art Center Theater (3/29 - 4/21) | ||
Camerata Pacifica Baroque: The French Dispatch
Hahn Hall, Music Academy (4/26 - 4/26) | ||
Mahler Meets Klezmer: Titans of Sound
The Granada Theatre (4/20 - 4/19) | ||
Ubu's Other Shoe Staged Reading: World Premiere
San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (4/19 - 4/20) | ||
9 to 5 - The Musical
San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (6/7 - 6/30) | ||
Rhapsody in Blue @ 100: Jazz Comes to The Symphony
The Granada Theatre (5/18 - 5/18) | ||
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