UCSB's award-winning Opera Theatre program presents Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's beloved opera buffa, Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro). Opera Santa Barbara's General and Artistic Director, Kostis Protopapas conducts the production, with Isabel Bayrakdarian (UCSB Assistant Professor of Voice) serving as Stage Director and Benjamin Brecher (UCSB Professor of Voice) serving as Music Director and Producer. The opera features many of the program's top graduate students, including Tyler Reece as Count Almaviva, Julie Davies as Countess Almaviva, Naomi Merer as Susanna, Byron Mayes as Figaro, and Kelly Newberry as Cherubino. Recorded on 02/08/2018. (#33667)