Long Beach Opera

Long Beach Opera kicked off its 2025 season with an inaugural show performing “Earth Ears: A Sonic Ritual” by composer and humanitarian Pauline Oliveros. “[The show] was an opera but also a ritual, an experience and a group incantation,” LBO tells PAPER.papermag.com/long-beach-ope…

🎬Creative team highlight! Meet Kate Soper composer of IPSA DIXIT! She's also a performer, writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist. She has been hailed by The Boston Globe as "a composer of trenchant, sometimes discomfiting, power" Read more about her here! instagram.com/p/CxY-95FP89U/

Read up on our 2024 season here! #LongBeachOpera #OperaForANewEra #lbo #lbo24

"Why do I keep supporting this organization year after year? Because it keeps reinventing itself as a place for cultural innovation..." - Keith Simmons, LBO Board Member Want to read more about what Keith has to say? Check out our post on Instagram! instagram.com/p/CxV91VCvE6T/

Join Keith in helping LBO to reach our goal of raising $10,000 for Long Beach Gives! Donate through the Long Beach Gives website or to us directly, with or without your 2024 season subscription! 🔗Check out linktr.ee/longbeachopera for donation options!

🎬Creative team highlight! Meet San Cha composer of ASUNCIÓN! San Cha is a singer-songwriter, based in the City of Angels, increasingly known for her visceral and explosive live performances Want to read more? Check out our post on Instagram! instagram.com/p/CxTkBSbyY1A/

"...I'm thrilled that I can also witness world-class art right here in Long Beach when I attend Long Beach Opera productions..." - Dr. PK Fonsworth, LBO Board Member Want to read more about what PK has to say? Check out our post on Instagram! instagram.com/p/CxQ5RDVPiq0/

Join PK in helping LBO to reach our goal of raising $10,000 for Long Beach Gives! Donate through the Long Beach Gives website or to us directly, with or without your 2024 season subscription! 🔗 Check out linktr.ee/longbeachopera for donation options! #LBO #LongBeachGives

🎬Creative team highlight! Meet Alyssa Weinberg, composer of ISOLA! Weinberg uses color, texture and gesture to channel big emotions, creating music that is “quite literally stunning." Want to read more? Check out our post on Instagram! instagram.com/p/CxOZzE8y6VR/

⭐ Today is the first day of Long Beach Gives, a community-wide day of philanthropy, and donations are open from now until Sept. 21st! 🔗visit longbeachgives.org/longbeachopera to donate! #LongBeachOpera #OperaForANewEra #LongBeachGives

Check out our newest post on Instagram that showcases some of the great minds behind our 2024 season! instagram.com/p/CxJhTniPHdS/… #LBO #LongBeachOpera #OperaForANewEra #IsolaLBO #AsunciónLBO #IpsaDixitLBO #lbo24

Long Beach Opera announces 2024 season bit.ly/3Pk9THH

Introducing… our 2024 Season! Long Beach Opera continues to adapt, grow and innovate–embracing the company’s singular take on the myriad possibilities for opera in the 21st century. The 2024 Season features new operas by female composers and librettists! longbeachopera.org/2024-season-ov…

🎉Coming up in November we invite LBO supporters to party like its 1979 at Long Beach Opera’s 2023 gala. Details about purchasing tickets will be made available soon and we hope to see everyone under the disco ball in November! #LongBeachOpera #OperaForANewEra #GALA1979

Stay tuned… Big Announcement of our 2024 Season coming this Tuesday, September 12th! #LongBeachOpera #OperaForANewEra #Opera

Long Beach Gives (@longbeachgives) is almost here! Help LBO reach our goal of raising $10,000 on this special day of giving for the Long Beach Community! 🔗Check out our linktree at linktr.ee/longbeachopera #LongBeachOpera #OperaForANewEra #LongBeachGives

Our CEO, seen in several of these photos, had the pleasure of listening to Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson speak about @portoflongbeach infrastructure alongside other city leaders/ community members. LBO is proud to be a part of the Long Beach civic community!

Congratulations to Anna Schubert (@schubeard) for being named Best Opera Singer in San Francisco Classical Voice's (@SFCV) Audience Choice Awards 2022–2023 for Los Angeles! Read more here: sfcv.org/articles/featu…

📣 Attention all LA County undergraduate students and recent graduates! Thanks to the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, LBO is hiring three paid interns for the upcoming year! ℹ️ Learn more about the internships and apply today, visit longbeachopera.org/opportunities

Team LBO is working on some very exciting things, so make sure to stay tuned for a whole series of exciting announcements in the coming weeks and months. We are just getting started… 👀 #LongBeachOpera #OperaForANewEra #LBO

From the stunning world premiere of THE ROMANCE OF THE ROSE, to the multidisciplinary event of THE RECITAL; the spiritual exploration of THE HORSE, and extravagant and dramatic evening of THE FEAST… Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2023 Season! ❤️