Calendar of Events

GHOST RECITAL!

SUNDAY - November 15, 2025 | 2pm-4pm | Private Home in Downtown San Luis Obispo

Experience the debut of Opera San Luis Obispo's restored 1924 Steinway Duo Art Grand Piano which was generously donated by the Hayward family in 2023. After almost two years of restoration, we are excited to resurrect Ignas Paderewsky, George Gershwin, Vladimir Horowitz, Artur Rubenstein, and other great composers and pianists that recorded rolls especially for this instrument over 100 years ago. 

EVENT INCLUDES WINE AND LIGHT APPETIZERS!

You may think you've experienced these composers on CD or video, but it's nothing like hearing their spirit perform on the actual piano they recorded rolls for at the turn of the 20th century. You'll be fascinated watching the leather bellows, brass chains, and authentic ebony and ivory keys mix together in this industrial age mechanical marvel of genius: the finest player piano ever made: a Steinway converted "Model B" 6-foot 10-inch grand piano currently appraised at over $120,000! Between 1912 and 1932, Steinway made only 6,000 of these instruments and today fewer than 500 remain in restored working condition. 

This exciting recital takes place in a restored Victorian era home in downtown San Luis Obispo. Join us as Maestro Alhadeff narrates a fantastic afternoon of beautiful music, refined atmosphere, and friends of the arts. Attendance is limited to 45 guests. Tickets are $70.00 each and include wine and light appetizers. 

Date: November 15, 2025 

Time: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM 

We look forward to sharing this memorable afternoon with you!

The Nutcracker in Oxnard

Saturday & Sunday: December 6 & 7 - Both Performances at 2pm | Oxnard Performing Arts Center

We are thrilled to expand our Nutcracker tradition in a new partnership with Ventura County Ballet! This year, for the first time, the Opera San Luis Obispo Grand Orchestra will accompany Ventura County Ballet's production of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker at the beautiful 1600-seat Oxnard Performing Arts Center! There's nothing like ending the year with a grand performance of The Nutcracker with live full orchestra. Join us in Oxnard and make it a stay-cation!

Saturday and Sunday | December 6 and 7, 2025 | Both Performances at 2pm

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The Nutcracker in San Luis Obispo

FRIDAY: December 12, 7pm | SATURDAY: December 13, 2pm & 7pm | SUNDAY: December 14, 2pm | Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo

The end of the year means, Civic Ballet San Luis Obispo's presentation of Lorilee Silvaggio’sThe Nutcracker! For over 40 years, the Civic Ballet of San Luis Obispo has presented this holiday classic (including 25 years performing to sold out audiences). Lori Lee Silvaggio’s The Nutcracker is filled with all the pageantry, magic and wonder that have made this one of the most enduring holiday traditions around the globe. Audiences of all ages will marvel in this spectacular and professional production, accompanied by the OperaSLO Grand Orchestra conducted by Maestro Brian Asher Alhadeff.

Friday, Dec. 12th at 7pm

Saturday, Dec. 13th at 2PM and 7PM

Sunday, Dec. 14th at 2 PM

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The Nutcracker in Santa Barbara

FRIDAY: December 19, 6pm | SATURDAY: December 20, 2pm & 7:30pm | SUNDAY: December 20, 2pm | Granada Theater Santa Barbara

The end of the year means The Nutcracker, Santa Barbara-style at one of California's most beautiful venues - the historic Granada Theatre. Audiences of all ages will marvel at the magic and wonder of this spectacular and professional production by Santa Barbara's State Street Ballet, accompanied by the OperaSLO Grand Orchestra conducted by Maestro Brian Asher Alhadeff. 

Friday, December 19: 6pm (NEW ADDED PERFORMANCE 2025!)

Saturday, December 20: 2pm

Saturday, December 20: 7:30pm

Sunday, December 20: 2pm

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New Year's Eve Gala: From 42nd Street to the MET

Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at 7:30pm | Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo

Make your plans for New Year’s Eve with Opera San Luis Obispo at the PAC in an epic evening of pops, opera, musical theater, and dance! The OperaSLO Grand Orchestra and maestro Brian Asher Alhadeff present a fantastic line-up of world-renowned award-winning artist.

Join OperaSLO this New Year's Eve for a spectacular citywide arts collaborative gala featuring the best of Broadway, opera, and dance! This amazing evening rings in the New Year with twelve nationally acclaimed vocalists and dancers, including special guests; Applause Children's Theater, Central Coast Gilbert and Sullivan, and the Cuesta College Concord Chorus, along with the Opera San Luis Obispo Grand Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Brian Asher Alhadeff.

TICKETS: $36 - $90 Online here, or by phone at (805) 756-4849, Monday-Saturday, 12pm-6pm.

Behind Barbed Wire REDUX

Friday, January 23, 2026 | 7:30pm | Clark Center in Arroyo Grande

Behind Barbed Wire: A Glimpse at Central Coast Japanese American Life During WWII centers around 1942, a few weeks prior to graduation, when nearly 45% of the Arroyo Grande High School Graduating Class were bussed with their Japanese-American families to isolated internment camps. Historian Jim Gregory (author of World War II Arroyo Grande), composer Deon Nielsen Price (Behind Barbed Wire), and conductor Brian Alhadeff (OperaSLO Grand Orchestra), are pleased to present a commemoration of that tumultuous time.

With a live orchestra and a big band, guest performers, video, poetry, swing music of the 1940’s and narration, this special production shares this region’s local heritage of sacrifice, friendship, patriotism, hard work, and community solidarity.

Featuring: Eric McConnell, Baritone; Chika Inoue, Saxophone; Deon Nielsen Price, Piano; Kathryn Loomis, Jazz Vocalist. Narration by Jim Gregory, People of Honor; Video Editing by Highlight Media – Christina Bearce; Musical Compositions by Deon Nielsen Price; Justine Prado Manro, Stage Director; Friendly Neighborhood Big Band, Mitch Latting, Director; and the Opera San Luis Obispo Grand Orchestra with Brian Asher Alhadeff, Music Director and Conductor

Sponsored by: Culver Crest Publications, Osumi Agricultural Company Inc., South County Historical Society, Hayashi Family Farms, Opera San Luis Obispo, an the Clark Center for the Performing Arts.