Review: Pacific Opera Project puts immersive spin on Vivaldi
The Pacific Opera Project goes all out with an obscure Vivaldi showpiece, refashioning the hipster Ebell Club in Highland Park.
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The Pacific Opera Project goes all out with an obscure Vivaldi showpiece, refashioning the hipster Ebell Club in Highland Park.
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — “It would be impossible to find a more relevant topic for contemporary theatre,” wrote Arts Knoxville when I Can’t Breathe received its first production back in February. The new opera by composer Leslie Burrs, with a libretto by Brandon J.
By Gerald Carpenter, Noozhawk Contributing Writer | @noozhawknews December 22, 2020 | 9:00 a.m. Santa Barbara has always had a fine way with Christmas and adjacent festivals — never “white,” of course, but brilliant, colorful, yet thoroughly laid-back. All we had to do the get in the spirit was take an evening stroll up State Street or Coast Village Road, pausing to peer into shop windows, or stopping for an espresso or hot chocolate. As we walked, we were likely to pass through several music zones, each softly broadcasting some seasonal favorites that blended in a tapestry of no...