Mission Opera is thrilled to announce the premiere of Mission: Xcrawl, an all-new live improv adventure show inspired by the beloved tabletop RPG setting. Part dungeon crawl, part game show, part live theater – Mission: Xcrawl puts brave adventurers into a televised arena where glory, danger, and crowd favor are all on the line. A preview performance will take place ...

Host: Matt Watson Guests: Savannah Lopez, Matt Zuchowicz, Josh Wentz On today’s show, your host Matt Watson talks with Savannah Lopez, Facilitator with iLead online. They talk about the SCVi and iLead is network of free public charter schools with campuses in Castaic, Lancaster, Agua Dulce as well as a home study program.  Go to ileadschools.org Matt Zuchowicz who works ...

Host: Barbara Cochran and Jennifer Sparks Guests: Joshua Wentz, Stephan Nieman, Adam Laraway On today’s show, your host Barbara Cochran and Jennifer Sparks welcome Joshua Wentz of Mission Opera and Stephan Nieman, Director.  Together, they talk about the upcoming production of Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier.  The show is the backstory of what happened with Jafar, the ...

Local educational performing arts charity Mission Opera, together with Bella Cucina Italian Restaurant, is excited to announce “Bella Notte,” a new monthly event starting this Fall that blends the worlds of Italian fine dining, live opera, and community support. “This monthly event will help keep the arts alive and vibrant in Santa Clarita while also supporting a locally-owned business that ...

Mission Opera, Joshua R. Wentz, artistic director, is the winner of The American Prize in Opera Performance, 2024, in the professional division for its production of  Susannah. The ensemble was selected from applications reviewed recently from all across the United States.  The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is the nation’s most comprehensive series of contests in ...

Host: Barbara Cochran and Dr. Thomas Polucki Guests:  Josh Wentz, Adam Laraway On today’s show, your hosts Barbara and Dr. Polucki welcome Josh Wentz, Artistic Director of the Mission Opera House in Santa Clarita.  They talk about the upcoming events at the Opera House including Carmina Burana.  They are currently taking on singers for the production with open auditions for ...

Santa Clarita locals can enjoy Mission Opera’s Fourth Annual “Winter Holidays of the World” all for free as performers pay homage to various winter celebrations around the world via song and dance.  On Friday, Dec. 8,  at 7:30 p.m., the Santa Clarita United Methodist Church (UMC) is set to host this special event.  Musicians from Mission Opera and Santa Clarita ...

Mission Opera is set to bring a brand new opera to Santa Clarita by the name of “Girondines,” which is based on the true stories of women’s tragedies and triumphs during the French Revolution. The Girondines will have its premier on Oct. 28-29 with show times of 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on both days at Canyon High School’s Performing ...

Santa Clarita-based Mission Opera is set to present the haunting true-life tales of six French revolutionary women in the new opera “Girondes.” On Saturday, Oct. 28 and Sunday, Oct. 29, Mission Opera is set to present the West Coast Premiere of Girondines, by Kirsten C. Kunkle (librettist) and Sarah Van Sciver (composer) at Canyon High School Performing Arts Center.  Weaving ...

Mission Opera is eager to present their long postponed Hollywood Producer’s #metoo version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” at the Canyon High School Performing Arts Center in November.  The 21st century adaptation of the “Don Giovanni” classical opera presented by Mission Opera is expected to tell the tale of the psychological repercussions of exploitation within the entertainment industry, according ...