Welcome to our 2025-2026 Operatic Season
It gives me great pleasure to share with you our 2025-26 season. With your support, we are now in our second year of completely sold-out shows. Building on our success, we look forward to sharing with you a signature OSB season comprised of three meticulously crafted shows spanning three centuries of the opera.
2025-26 seats and season packages are now available through the Lobero Box Office. Below you will find all the information you need to
- renew and make changes to your current season seats
- buy a new season ticket package
- buy tickets to the individual shows
If you need any more information, don’t hesitate to contact me at [email protected].
I look forward to seeing you at another season of amazing shows,
Kostis Protopapas
Artistic and General Director
Season at a Glance
November 7 & 9, 2025
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
By Pietro Mascagni
Drama, set in Sicily in the 1890s
Duration 90 minutes
Sung in Italian with English captions projected in LED
Epic singing; doomed romance; rousing choruses; bad decisions, and their consequences.
Sarah Saturnino
Xavier Prado
February 27 and March 1
CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA
By George Frederic Handel
Historical drama, set in ancient Egypt
Duration 100 minutes
Sung in Italian with English captions projected in LED
Steamy passion, ruthless politics, and vocal pyrotechnics. Think House of Cards in ancient Egypt.
Starring:
Colin Ramsey
Anastasia Malliaras
May 1 and 3, 2026
ELMER GANTRY
By Robert Aldridge and Herschel Garfein
Satirical drama, set in small-town America in the early 1900’s
Duration 2 hours and 30 minutes
Sung in English with projected LED captions
Greed, lust, and old-time religion burst into flames in a gospel-infused opera, based on Sinclair Lewis.
Evan Bravos
Christina Pezzarossi
Season in Detail
Cavalleria Rusticana
by Pietro Mascagni
November 7 & 9, 2025
A classic example of Italian ‘verismo’, Cavalleria Rusticana explores life and tragedy in a 19th century Italian village. For decades it was the inseparable companion of Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, our sellout hit at the Lobero last November. In 90 action-packed minutes, our Cavalleria delivers the luscious music and compelling human drama that we love about Italian opera, in a beautiful new production inspired by the Sicilian countryside.
Sarah Saturnino as Carmen at OSB (’23) Photo by Zach Mendez
Xavier Prado as Zorro at OSB (’24) Photo by Zach Mendez
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Caesar and Cleopatra
by George Frederic Handel
February 27 and March 1, 2026
By popular demand we return to the opulent world of baroque opera with a two-hour adaptation of Handel’s 4-plus-hour blockbuster Giulio Cesare. Based on on historical events that took place after the Roman Civil War and the conquest of Egypt, the opera puts one of antiquity’s most famous power couples front and center. The sequence of arias and duets in our new adaptation could be dubbed ‘Handel’s Greatest Hits.’
Colin Ramsey as Escamillo at OSB (’23) Photo by Zach Mendez
Anastasia Malliaras Courtesy Photo
COLIN RAMSEY, the star of our recent The Marriage of Figaro is Julius Caesar. Soprano ANASTASIA MALLIARAS makes her company debut as Cleopatra. JOSH SHAW of Pacific Opera Project stages his first drama at OSB, and EMILY SENTURIA who led our Semele in 2022 returns to conduct.
Elmer Gantry
by Robert Aldridge and Hershel Garden
May 1 & 3, 2026
Based on the 1927 satirical novel by Sinclair Lewis, Elmer Gantry follows the exploits of a womanizing salesman turned evangelist in rural America of the early 1900s. Burt Lancaster’s portrayal of Elmer in the eponymous 1960 movie earned him his first Oscar. Elmer Gantry may well be the most entertaining opera of the 21st century so far.
Evan Bravos Courtesy Photo
Christina Pezzarossi Courtesy Photo
Chrisman Studio alumn baritone EVAN BRAVOS, who most recently starred in our 2022 As One, plays Elmer. Co-starring as Sharon Falconer, a role inspired by events in the career of radio evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, is mezzo soprano CHRISTINA PEZZAROSSI.
Ticket Information
- The following prices are guaranteed through April 30:
PREMIUM AISLE: $159
PREMIUM CENTER: $139
ZONE A: $79
ZONE B: $39
- Ticket prices increase over time.
- We never offer rush tickets or last-minute discounts
- Season tickets purchased before June 1, 2025, are refundable through September 30, 2025.