Cabaret with Kabaretti
Recording Now Available On-Demand
Cabaret with Kabaretti
Life is a cabaret!
The Santa Barbara Symphony returns! See and hear our Opening Night of the new 2020/21 Season as we create an exciting path forward during COVID-19. In an sparkling evening from the stage of The Granada Theatre, Broadway star Lisa Vroman sings from the Great American Songbook in the intimate style of cabaret. Hosted by celebrated actress and singer Leslie Zemeckis, our opening night concert will have you humming along to Gershwin, Berlin, Lloyd-Webber.
Originally livestreamed on Saturday, October 17, 2020 and rebroadcast on Sunday, October 18, 2020, this program is now available for on-demand viewing until November 18, 2020.
Maestro Kabaretti designed for the home viewer. The 90-minute concert includes backstage interviews with musicians during a brief intermission.
“…Vroman as Lilli Vanessi is a spitfire of a performer with magical stage presence and one of the finest female voices ever heard on the great expanse of the MUNY stage.”
-Glimmerglass Opera/St. Louis MUNY Theater
LIVESTREAM RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE
- Countdown Clock begins
- 30min: Pre-show
- 90min: The performance: includes backstage interviews during a short intermission
A Joint Fundraiser with
The Granada Theatre
Your digital ticket enables your access to the recording.
A pesonalized link to the Broadcast Page is sent within 30 minutes of your purchase.
EVENT COMMITTEE & SPONSORS
EVENT COMMITTEE
CO-CHAIRS
Janet Garufis, Chair, Board of Directors, Santa Barbara Symphony
Palmer Jackson, Jr., Executive Chairmen, The Granada Theatre
Ed Birch
Dan Burnham
Mary Dorra
Brooks Firestone
Bob Montgomery
Anne Towbes
EVENT SPONSORS
MAESTRO CIRCLE
The Ann Jackson Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Palmer G. Jackson, Sr.
PLATINUM CIRCLE
Marcy Carsey
Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree
GOLD CIRCLE
Helene Beaver
Tracy & Michael Bollag
Dan & Meg Burnham
Donovan & Kathy Chalfant
Mary Tonetti Dorra
Brooks & Kate Firestone
Bob & Val Montgomery
Mosher Foundation—Ed & Sue Birch
Dick & Ann Zylstra
SILVER CIRCLE
Roxana & Fred Anson
George & Elly Bajor
Linda Stafford Burrows
Maryan Schall
BRONZE CIRCLE
Heather & Chris Biles
Barbara Burger & Paul Munch
David & Deidre Cronenbold
Diane Dodds & David Reichert
Connie Frank & Evan Thompson
Janet Garufis
Renee Grubb
Joel Kreiner & Stina Hans
Alex Pananides & Jan Dunbar
Matt Rowe, Raymond James & Associates
Jack & Anitra Sheen
Diane & Charles Sheldon
Wayne & Sharol Siemens
Trudy Smith
Anne Smith Towbes
Wallin Studios
Mort & Judy Weisman
Carol Wilburn & Charles McClintock
offers a special thank you to our 2020/21 Season supporters!
A special thank you to David & Chris Chernof, Roger & Sarah Chrisman, and Daniel & Mandy Hochman
for generously Sponsoring Concerts that had to be cancelled last spring due to COVID-19
Season Sponsor
Roger & Sarah Chrisman
Season Sponsor

Sponsors - October 17
-- Susan Aberle --
Selection Sponsor

Show Host
Leslie Zemeckis

Soprano Soloist
Lisa Vroman
Cabaret with Kabaretti
Life is a cabaret!
Recording Now Available On-Demand
Leslie Zemeckis, Host
Lisa Vroman, Soprano
Conducted by The Santa Barbara Symphony’s
World Renowned Conductor
Nir Kabaretti
Nir Kabaretti has worked with some of the world’s most sought-after musicians. Some of his most well-known collaborators include Lang Lang, Placido Domingo, Joyce Di Donato, Angel Joy Blue, Vadim Repin, Gilles Apap, Hélène Grimaud, and André Watts.

Conducted by The Santa Barbara Symphony's World Renowned Conductor
Nir Kabaretti
Nir Kabaretti has worked with some of the world’s most sought-after musicians. Some of his most well-known collaborators include Lang Lang, Placido Domingo, Joyce Di Donato, Angel Joy Blue, Vadim Repin, Gilles Apap, Hélène Grimaud, and André Watts.
