
CSUSB’s Opera Theatre presents “I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky,” set in Los Angeles circa 1994 during the Northridge earthquake, on Thursday, May 5, and Friday, May 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Recital Hall.

The NEA grant has allowed the CSUSB Opera Theatre to create two full-length works this spring semester, with one that premiered last month and the next, “The New Frontier: An Atomic Age Jazz Opera,” to premiere on March 24.

Cal State San Bernardino’s Opera Theatre will present a live performance – “Opera in the Trenches!” – on Wednesday, Nov. 10, in the Performing Arts Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. in honor of Veterans Day. Tickets are now available.

CSUSB’s Opera Theatre has released the full-length theatrical motion picture “Song from the Uproar,” by Grammy-nominated Missy Mazzoli, which features 10 CSUSB students who tell the story of the life of early 20th century feminist, nomad and novelist Isabelle Eberhardt.

Music’s Stacey Fraser’s performance is reviewed and history’s David Yaghoubian is interviewed for a program on “The demise of the dollar.”

A musical story mixed with humor and tragedy hits the stage when the CSUSB Opera Theatre presents “Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot,” held at the CSUSB Performing Arts Recital Hall on Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m.

Stacey Fraser (music) is interviewed about the opera theatre at CSUSB, while Brian Levin (criminal justice) discusses how Spanish is becoming a flashpoint in the immigration debate.

“Les Mamelles de Tirésias” (The Breasts of Tiresias), a comic opera by French composer Francis Poulenc, will be performed on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, both at 7:30 p.m., at the university’s Performing Arts Recital Hall.