Noontime Concert with Opera Santa Barbara
Image courtesy Opera Santa Barbara
Wednesday, February 5
12 - 1 p.m.
Join the Wildling for a special Noontime Concert in the galleries with Opera Santa Barbara on Wednesday, February 5, 12 - 1 p.m. Admission to this event is free.
This concert will feature selections from Opera Santa Barbara’s upcoming production of Daniel Catán’s Il Postino and will include performances by Opera Santa Barbara’s four Chrisman Studio Artists: Julia Metzler, soprano; Kelly Guerra, mezzo; Chandler Johnson, tenor; and John Allen Nelson, baritone.
For Opera Santa Barbara’s 2019-2020 schedule of local Noontime Opera performances, visit: www.operasb.org/outreach/free-noontime-concerts/
About Il Postino
His job was to simply deliver the mail. But when the poor and uneducated Mario meets Chilean exile and poet, Pablo Neruda, his life is forever changed. Set in the 1950s on a small island off the coast of Italy, Catán’s stunning score soars against a backdrop of political and spiritual conflict. Mario is in love with a beautiful woman and asks Neruda for help in finding the words to win her heart. The pair develop a friendship and as it grows, so does Mario’s capacity for words – from metaphors about love, to poetry with political gravity. The postman’s devotion to the poet alters the course of this story and the generations to come. For more information about the production, visit: www.operasb.org/events/event/il-postino/