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Of Mice and Men Opera by Carlisle Floyd Based on the novella by John Steinbeck Carlisle Floyd, arguably the greatest of America’s 20th Century opera composers, adapts to the operatic stage Nobel Prize winning John Steinbeck’s powerful novella detailing a tragic story of two displaced migrant ranch workers in California during the Great Depression. Their […]

In partnership with the Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Association, the National Steinbeck Center’s Summer 2023 exhibit brought beautiful views of Steinbeck Country to our guests.

Tosca * Opera by Giacomo Puccini * Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Performed at the Bankhead Theater, March 2023 An opera diva, Floria Tosca, her lover and political activist, artist Mario Cavaradossi, and the corrupt Chief of Police, Baron Scarpia, tangle in this intense drama set in 19th century Rome. Puccini’s tour de force, […]