Swashbuckling Operatic Finale
Opera Santa Barbara’s season leaps into the contemporary, accessible world of ‘Zorro,’ at the Lobero Theatre.
Opera Santa Barbara’s season leaps into the contemporary, accessible world of ‘Zorro,’ at the Lobero Theatre.
The mighty milestone Centennial Festival Weekend includes the Santa Barbara debut of the ambitious Pacific Jazz Orchestra.
The latest appearance by the Joshua Bell–led Academy of Academy of St Martin in the Fields orchestra featured a world premiere by jazz-inclined composer Vince Mendoza.
Friendly jazz legend Herbie Hancock, 83 and still creatively vital, makes a rare local appearance at the Arlington.
A wealth of live musical temptations lands during the traditional concert calendar high season of April.
Capping off its “Doppelgänger Project,” the Danish String Quartet, a decade into its Santa Barbara residency), caps off with a Thomas Adès premiere, at Campbell Hall.
Master paper-cutting Danish artist Karen Bit Vejle’s “Poetry in Paper” on exhibit at Solvang’s Elverhøj Museum.
A serendipitous jazz double-header found Ted Nash at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art followed by Antonio Artese Trio onstage (literally) at the Granada.
Music Academy reveals another summer bounty of a festival, with a new team at the helm.
Last weekend, in non-Irish cultural news, concert life was brightened by the timeless chanteuse Madeleine Peyroux.