The Opera Buffs will present a “New Opera Pop-Up” on May 18, 2025 at The Stowaway. The showcase will feature five contemporary mini-operas, each 10 minutes in length. The operas include “It’s a Tragedy” by Marc L. Vogler, which is the story of a German composer rehearsing scenes from his newest tragedy based on Nietzsche’s ‘The Birth of Tragedy. The {…}
Tenor Anthony León will present a recital and masterclass with The Opera Buffs on March 13, 2025 at Northridge United Methodist Church in Los Angeles, CA. The recital kicks off at 7 p.m. and is scheduled to have a duration of 40 minutes. From there, the masterclass will proceed until 10 p.m. local time. León is a winner of a {…}
The Opera Buffs are set to present a masterclass with tenor Rodell Rosel on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. The event will take place at MiMoDa Studio in Los Angeles from 2 p.m. through 5 p.m. Participants in the masterclass include soprano Talar Arslanian, tenor Krishna Ramen, baritone Leland Smith, and tenor Timothy Simon. Rodell made his Metropolitan Opera as Valzacchi {…}
The Opera Buffs will present Douglas Moore’s “The Ballad of Baby Doe” in concert on June 9, 2024. The showcase, which will take place at Zipper Hall at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, will feature Graycen Gardner as Baby Doe, Ben Lowe as Horace Taber, Audrey Babcock as Augusta Taber, and Erin Wood McCourt as Mama, among others. Ensemble {…}
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 {…}
The Opera Buffs is set to present “Music of the Spanish Speaking World.” The program will be presented on Jan. 8 at the Barrett Recital Hall in the Pasadena Conservatory of Music and will feature a program of song, aria, and zarzuela. Orianna Falla, Anthony León, and Efrain Solis will serve as soloists of the evening. Falla is a Colombian-American {…}
The Opera Buff is set to present New Voices/Concert of Discovery on Sept. 19. The concert, which will be held at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music (Barrett Hall) in California, will mark the organization’s first of the Membership Year and the first in-person concert since the pandemic. The evening will feature Sarabeth Belon, Dongmin Byeon, Daniela Camilleri, Emilie Faiella, Lena {…}
On September 19, 2021, The Opera Buffs will present its first live concert since the beginning of the pandemic, titled “New Voices/Concert of Discovery.” Held at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music’s Barrett Hall in California, the performance will feature nine young artists who have been selected through the company’s recent virtual auditions. The artists include Sarabeth Belon, Daniela Camilleri, Lena {…}
The Opera Buffs have announced a brand new series entitled “Stay In / Sing Out.” The online showcase provides artists to present their stories and present a unique online recording. The first in this series is bass Peter Barber who was set to become an Apprentice Singer at Santa Fe Opera prior to the COVID-19 lockdown. Instead, he used his {…}
(Credit: Fay Fox) The Opera Buffs have announced Rossini’s comic opera, “La Cenerentola,” as their 2019 Opera in Concert. Performed on Sunday, December 8, 2019 at The Colburn School’s Zipper Hall, the cast for the Rossini classic will include Katherine Beck as Cinderella, Randall Bills as Prince Ramiro, Efrain Solis as Dandini, and Jose Luis Maldonado as Don Magnifico, with {…}