The operawarhorses.com has received a very favorable response for our Tom’s Tips for enjoying opera in Los Angeles and San Diego. Thus, we will provide similar information for a venue we have not yet highlighted - Opera Santa Barbara!
In late February and early March, characterizing itself as an “Italian Passions Festival”, Opera Santa Barbara will [...]
Entries from February 2008
Tom’s Tips on the Santa Barbara Opera Scene
February 5th, 2008
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In Quest of Exotic French Opera - 2008
February 1st, 2008
This website has reviewed performances in the United States of two operas from, respectively, France’s Second Empire and Third Republic - Bizet’s “Les Pecheurs de Perles” and Saint-Saens’ “Samson et Dalila”. Their stories incorporate exotic and fantastic themes; the music that Bizet and Saint-Saens composed for these operas are as immersed in exoticism as the [...]
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