Press Release for Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Press Release for Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Opera Santa Barbara Announces Opera Commission from Renowned Composer Stephen Schwartz to Adapt Séance on a Wet Afternoon for Debut in the Spring of 2009Opera Santa Barbara (OSB) announces a commission with celebrated composer Stephen Schwartz to adapt the 1961 novel, Séance on a Wet Afternoon, to anew opera for a debut in Santa Barbara at the Granada Theatre in the Spring of 2009. This will be the first opera for Schwartz, who composed the recent musical Wicked, among many other successful musical theatre productions.
Michael Jackowitz will be the Executive Producer, currently producing theLos Angeles premiere of Jonathan Larson’s tick, tick…BOOM!. This marks a new era for Opera Santa Barbara with the first commission of a new opera inthe history of the company. (more…)
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