Theme of both nights is Broadway musical
–Opera San Luis Obispo is currently selling tickets to its highly anticipated Broadway-themed fundraiser, which serves as the first event of the season and will occur Aug. 14 and 15. Tickets are $125 and will include performances by singers and the orchestra, wine pairings, and depending on the day, appetizers or a three-course dinner.
“OperaSLO’s August Broadway fundraisers are important events for generating season funding so that we can continue to produce meaningful, relevant, and impactful performances, and youth outreaches,” said Dr. Brian Asher Alhadeff, the Artistic & General Director of OperaSLO and Lompoc Pops Orchestra. Dr. Alhadeff is also the Principal Conductor for the State Street Ballet Santa Barbara and Civic Ballet San Luis Obispo.
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For many, December includes an outing to The Nutcracker ballet, and for dance schools up and down the Central Coast, holiday show ticket sales make up a large part of the yearly operating budget. But with theaters closed, performances of the holiday classic will be posted online for home viewing. The Nutcracker, set to the music of Tchaikovsky, is a holiday production that delights audiences everywhere.
“It was first performed at the Mariinsky Theater in Russia in 1892,” said Cecily Stewart MacDougall. It’s become incredibly popular and is performed by ballet companies all over the world.
MacDougall is director of education for State Street Ballet. She said the Santa Barbara dance company has performed The Nutcracker every year since 1994 with only two interruptions a cancelled date during the Thomas fire, and now the pandemic.