Opera Buffs’ Pre Concert Lecture & Recital for The Ballad of Baby Doe | May 28

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 — 7:00 pm

The Opera Buffs is a renowned organization dedicated to promoting opera in Los Angeles. With a passion for showcasing both established and emerging talent, they bring captivating performances to audiences and provide valuable support to the opera community.

Join us at The Ebell of Los Angeles for an exclusive evening with The Opera Buffs! In anticipation of their June concert opera with orchestra, The Ballad of Baby Doe, you’ll not only enjoy a sneak preview of some of the opera’s most beloved arias and duets but also learn about the opera from Buffs’ music director, Brent McMunn, resident stage director, Michael Van Duzer and board president and scholar, David Gibb.

A dramatization of the true love triangle involving the nineteenth-century Colorado silver king Horace Tabor and his two wives, Augusta Tabor and Elizabeth “Baby Doe” Tabor, the work premiered in Colorado shortly before the lyricist’s death, and became one of the most successful works in the American operatic canon.

Don’t miss out on this fun evening filled with music, drink and a rich history of the classic “rags to riches” love story!