Friday: September 26, 9:30 a.m. – 12 noon
Weinman Hall, Music Academy of the West 1070 Fairway Road, Santa Barbara
VISTAS member price: $20; non-member price: $30
Presented by: Bob Weinman
This will be a one-day class centering on the coming season at Opera Santa Barbara. The operas we will talk about are Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana (epic singing, doomed romance, rousing choruses, bad decisions and their consequences); George Frideric Handel’s Julius Caesar (aka Caesar and Cleopatra) (steamy passion, ruthless politics, vocal pyrotechnics); and Robert Aldridge and Herschel Garfein’s Elmer Gantry (satirical drama, greed, lust, and old-time religion). Like Bob’s other opera-related classes, this presentation will be of interest both to devoted opera fans and those who are perhaps only opera-curious. Expect a lot of fun … and a few surprises!