Founded in 1979, the Long Beach Opera is the oldest operatic producing company in the metropolitan Los Angeles/Orange County region. With a repertory of over 100 operas, including early and late Baroque works, twentieth century works, and operas of special interest from the standard repertory, Long Beach Opera is well known for its world, American and west coast premieres of new and rare operas.
LBO Composer-in-Residence Shelley Washington presents a workshop of her first opera: THE PASSION OF NELL, which delves into the true life story of aspiring model and singer Nell Theobald whose life became tragically intertwined with opera singer Birgit Nillson.