Season Calendar
Below you can find all of our upcoming shows. Check back regularly for news and updates. We look forward to seeing you at the Opera!
Featured Event!
The Wizard of Oz
SATURDAY & SUNDAY - MAY 17 & 18: 2PM PERFORMANCES | Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo
This May 17th and 18th, click your ruby slippers together and be magically transported to the Emerald City in our region’s first grand production of THE WIZARD OF OZ! Our spectacular production mirrors the famous 1939 MGM movie version with the familiar characters and songs we’ve all grown up loving.
You've not experienced musical theatre until you see it produced by a grand opera company, and OperaSLO's production promises to thrill and wow patrons moment-to-moment with expansive two-story sets, vivid costumes, thrilling dance, large chorus, and a nationally acclaimed leading cast! Justine Prado makes her OperaSLO directing debut, with choreography by Drew Silvaggio, all accompanied by the OperaSLO Grand Orchestra conducted by Brian Asher Alhadeff.
Tickets are on sale now, ranging from $34-$90 per person.
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The Little Mermaid - WORLD PREMIERE BALLET
Saturday, March 1: 2pm & 7:30pm | Sunday, March 2: 2pm at the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara
The Opera San Luis Obispo Grand Orchestra joins forces with State Street Ballet Santa Barbara and OSLO Resident composer Charles Fernandez in a world premiere ballet featuring all-new sets, costumes, life-sized puppets. In this heartwarming tale, The Little Mermaid takes the ultimate adventure, sacrificing her tail and her voice to experience life as a human and pursue true love. An imaginative take on a classic story, this production is perfect for all ages.
Choreography by Megan Philipp and Cecily MacDougall
Music by Charles Fernandez (World Premiere)
Featuring the Opera San Luis Obispo Grand Orchestra
Conducted by Brian Asher Alhadeff
*Young audience members are invited to enter the theater at 1:15 pm on March 2nd to take a photo with a real ballerina and hear her tell the story of The Little Mermaid.
*Families with special needs or small children are invited to our first sensory-friendly Performance on March 1 at 2:00 pm. During sensory-friendly performances, the lights in the theater stay on, the music is played more quietly, fidget items are welcome, and patrons can move, vocalize, and behave in ways that are often unfamiliar in other performance settings. Tickets are $20; subsidized tickets are available upon request.
*This is a State Street Ballet Santa Barbara season production which OperaSLO is honored to collaborate.