Opera Santa Barbara’s most prolific artist returns to the Lobero stage to perform his first fully staged production of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. Figaro is a role Colin has sung and studied for many years and is thrilled to be doing his first outing at home in Santa Barbara. He leads the cast with many former and current Christman Studio Artists incuding his wife, Christina Pezzarossi Ramsey. Kostis Protopappas conducts, Sara Widzer directs the production with projections by Yuki Izumihara

CAST

Figaro - Colin Ramsey

Susanna - Sun Woo Park

Il Conte - Matthew Petersen

La Contessa - Jennifer Lindsay

Cherubino - Max Potter

Marcellina - Christina Pezzarossi

Dr. Bartolo - Scott Levin

Don Basilio - Manfred Anaya

Don Curzio - William Grundler

Antonio - Byron Mayes

Opera Santa Barbara’s most prolific artist returns to the Lobero stage to perform his first fully staged production of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. Figaro is a role Colin has sung and studied for many years and is thrilled to be doing his first outing at home in Santa Barbara. He leads the cast with many former and current Christman Studio Artists incuding his wife, Christina Pezzarossi Ramsey. Kostis Protopappas conducts, Sara Widzer directs the production with projections by Yuki Izumihara

CAST

Figaro - Colin Ramsey

Susanna - SunWoo Park

Il Conte - Matthew Petersen

La Contessa - Jennifer Lindsay

Cherubino - Max Potter

Marcellina - Christina Pezzarossi

Dr. Bartolo - Scott Levin

Don Basilio - Manfred Anaya

Don Curzio - William Grundler

Antonio - Byron Mayes

Colin returns to Amarillo Opera singing his acclaimed Escamillo in Bizet’s Carmen. The production will be directed by frequent collaborator, Fenlon Lamb and conducted by Jorge Parodi.

CAST

Carmen - Hilary Ginther

Don Jose - Trey Smagur

Escamillo - Colin Ramsey

Micaela - Cecelia lopez

Morales - Travis Sherwood

Frasquita - Elizabeth Magnor

mercedes - candace carpenter

el remendado - corey trahan

dancairo - alexander winn

zuniga - sean milligan

CAST & CREDITS

DIRECTION

Director:

Layna Chianakas

Conductor:

Kostis Protopapas

Scenic & Projection Design:

Yuki Izumihara

Lighting Design:

Helena Kuukka

Filmmaker:

Zach Mendez

ARTISTS

Floria Tosca:

Eleni Calenos

Mario Cavaradossi:

Adam Diegel

Baron Scarpia:

Wayne Tigges

Angelotti/Sciarrone:

Colin Ramsey

Sacristan:

Ben Lowe

Spoletta:

Matthew Peterson

Its wonderful to be revisiting Leporello in Mozart’s Don Giovanni again. This will be a concert presentation in Del Mar, CA.

Ted Pickell (Don Giovanni)

Colin Ramsey (Leporello)

Tasha Koontz (Donna Anna)

Sarah Tucker (Donna Elvira)

David Margulis (Don Ottavio)

Brandon Morales (Masetto)

Mindy Ella Chu (Zerlina)

Shelby Condray (Commendatore)

Its wonderful to be revisiting Leporello in Mozart’s Don Giovanni again. This will be a concert presentation in Del Mar, CA.

Ted Pickell (Don Giovanni)

Colin Ramsey (Leporello)

Tasha Koontz (Donna Anna)

Sarah Tucker (Donna Elvira)

David Margulis (Don Ottavio)

Brandon Morales (Masetto)

Mindy Ella Chu (Zerlina)

Shelby Condray (Commendatore)

2022 begins with one of my favorite Handel operas. Semele is full of some of the most beautiful music Handel ever wrote. The opera is best known for the virtuosic title role, but my favorite pieces all come from supporting characters. Juno has the thrilling ‘Iris, Hence Away’ and Ino some of the most hauntingly beautiful music in the whole show. The dual role of Somnus features a magical descent into the realm of sleep finishing with the languid aria ‘Leave Me, Loathsome Light’. It is a remarkable moment of stillness around an opera full of rapid fire fioratura and melismas.

2022 begins with one of my favorite Handel operas. Semele is full of some of the most beautiful music Handel ever wrote. The opera is best known for the virtuosic title role, but my favorite pieces all come from supporting characters. Juno has the thrilling ‘Iris, Hence Away’ and Ino some of the most hauntingly beautiful music in the whole show. The dual role of Somnus features a magical descent into the realm of sleep finishing with the languid aria ‘Leave Me, Loathsome Light’. It is a remarkable moment of stillness around an opera full of rapid fire fioratura and melismas.