(Photo credit: Morgan Horell) Soprano Lydia Grindatto has won first place in the 2025 Loren L. Zachary National Vocal Competition. Grindatto took home the top prize of $15,000. Coming in second place was tenor Ben Reisinger, along with mezzo-soprano Madeleine Lyon in third, baritone Paul Jang fourth, and soprano Sunwoo Park in fifth. Bass Michael Mensha took home the Encouragement {…}
(Photo credit: Dune Alford & Fay Fox) Opera Santa Barbara has released its lineup for the 2024-25 season. All productions are held in the Lobero Theatre. Tenor Robert Stahley and soprano Alaysha Fox star as Canio and Nedda in “Pagliacci.” The new production is inspired by neorealist Italian cinema by Octavio Cardenas and Daniel Chapman, the creative team behind “Zorro” {…}
The Opera Buffs will present a gala evening of Donizetti favorites, including excerpts from “Lucia di Lammermoor,” and “La Fille du Régiment” at Zipper Hall, The Colburn School in Los Angeles on May 13, 2022. Opera Buff Alumni will join a full chorus and orchestra, under the baton of maestro Brent McMunn, to showcase the Act one Fountain Scene, and {…}
The Opera Buffs are set to present “An Evening of Donizetti” on May 13, 2022. The company will present two scenes from Acts one and two from “Lucia di Lammermoor” followed by Act one from “La Fille du Régiment.” “Lucia” will star Michelle Drever in the title role with Ben Lowe as Enrico, Jesús León as Edgardo, Chris Hunter as {…}