Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliaccipresented by Opera Santa Barbara.
The opening of this year’s Opera Santa Barbara festival brought high expectations and a pair of shorter pieces.
Author: Charles Donelan
Theatrical Time Warp
Bob Potter, Santa Barbara’s answer to Bertolt Brecht, has a new production and a very promising new cast and director lined up for his latest play, Last Days of the Empire, which opens at Center Stage Theater on Friday, February 22.
Roy Fowler
Roy Fowler comes to Santa Barbara by way of several decades’ residence in Manhattan, but he does so as a native son coming home.
The Granada Begins a New Century
The most anticipated renovation since the Parthenon is about to be unveiled in a marathon of special events
Catalan Violist Jordi Savall Writes History with Music
The viola da gamba, or viol, occupies a special place in the history of music.
African Musicians Bearing Deep Messages
Nowhere is the power of music more fundamental to life than in Africa, where racist dictatorships have literally been toppled through popular song.
The Royal Philharmonic with Pinchas Zukerman, presented by CAMA.
The Royal Philharmonic rolled into the Arlington on Wednesday night full of fire and minus one significant figure.
Therse Raquin at ETC
Ensemble Theatre Company’s artistic director Jonathan Fox helms Therse Raquin, a French classic by way of England, and it promises to be smoldering.
Angelina Jolie Accepts SBIFF Award
Few roles in this year’s crop of great screen performances send the powerful message that Angelina Jolie has put into her portrayal of Mariane Pearl, the Cuban-French journalist whose husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, was kidnapped and then murdered by Al Qaeda in Karachi, Pakistan, in February 2002.
Public Places, Giant Steps
Festival docs profile Cuyama’s “Mexican Disneyland” and SB public art.
