The Music of Cassatt's Paris: Opera, Art Song, and Cabaret of the Belle Époque

two side by side portraits, on the left an older white man in a tuxedo and on the right a blonde haired white woman in a dark dress

(Left to right) Kostis Protopapas, Artistic & General Director of Opera Santa Barbara. Mezzo-soprano Max Potter

print of woman on a balcony with a cat in her lap

Mary Cassatt, On the Balcony, 1889. Soft-ground etching à la poupée. Gift by Marci Holliday in Loving Memory of Thomas E. Holiday.

Adults Performance

Saturday, December 5, 2026
3 – 4:30 pm

SBMA, Mary Craig Auditorium

$30 SBMA Members & Opera SB 26|27 Season Subscribers
$40 Non-Members

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Enjoy an afternoon of opera, art song, and cabaret from the Belle Époque to celebrate the exhibition Cassatt & Friends. Introduction by SBMA Chief Curator James Glisson. Commentary and piano accompaniment by Kostis Protopapas, Artistic & General Director of Opera Santa Barbara. Performance by mezzo-soprano Max Potter.

Champagne reception to follow.

A collaboration between Opera Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

The Music of Cassatt's Paris: Opera, Art Song, and Cabaret of the Belle Époque

The Music of Cassatt's Paris: Opera, Art Song, and Cabaret of the Belle Époque

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