Montecito Miscellany A Sweet Night for Opera
Among those dancing the night away to the Jon Harris Quintet with vocalist Gina Saputo were Gretchen Lieff and Miles Hartfeld, Mary Dorra, Todd Aldrich, Richard and Marilyn Mazess, George Konstantinow, Lynn Kirst, Maria McCall, Robert Ooley, Anne Towbes, Beno and Kandy Budgor, Fred and Nancy Golden, Nir and Gaja Kabaretti, Frank and Marika Tabar, Arthur Swalley, John and Hazel Blankenship, Palmer and Susan Jackson, Rick Oshay and Teresa Kuskey Nowak, Joan Rutkowski, Robert Weinman, Barbara Burger, Simon Williams, and Marilyn Gilbert. Clearly all in the right aria.... Rodney Baker and Robert Ooley (photo by Zach Mendez)
Opera Santa Barbara staff Kostis Protopapas, Tim Accurso, Helena Kuukka, Amy Marshall, Laura Teague, Jessica Hetrick, and Christina Ramsey (photo by Zach Mendez)
by Richard Mineards
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t was an evening of high note, not to mention many in between, when Opera Santa Barbara hosted a captivating La Dolce Vita, A Night of Puccini gala at the Montecito Club with a sell-out crowd of 180 raising more than $200,000 for the popular organization. The fun fête, co-chaired by Karen Knight and Carol Vernon, was emceed
by Italian concert pianist Jacopo Giacopuzzi, with soprano Janet Szepei Todd and tenor Xavier Prado, accompanied by Tim Accurso on piano, providing entertainment during the threecourse dinner with a selection of works from La Boheme, Tosca, Turandot, and Madama Butterfly, among others. OSB’s artistic director Kostis Protopapas conducted a Stand Up for Opera fund raiser, which added another $120,000 to the coffers.
SBCC Moving Forward
Kathryn and Peter Martin, Teresa Kuskey Nowak, and Nir Kabaretti (photo by Rick Oshay)
After days of May gray, the sun shone brightly when Santa Barbara City College Foundation hosted its 4th annual Spring Forward! gala on the campus’s Great Meadow with 320 guests raising around $450,000 for general funds. Chief Executive Officer Geoff Green welcomed the supportive crowd of staff, faculty, college trustees and volunteers, and auctioned off a number of attractive lots including Cocktails with a View –
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