Our beloved bass, Stan Case, died on Tuesday, March 25th.

The opera world mourns the passing of this gentle giant, who made his operatic home here at Cinnabar many years ago.  Our audiences will remember him in his many roles here, notably in title roles of Falstaff and Don Pasquale, but also as Colline in La Bohème, the father in The Secret Marriage, as a member of Forever Plaid, and so many other roles we cannot enumerate them here.

Who could ever forget him twirling tiny Joe Meyers all about the stage and doing balletic lifts, causing Joe to fairly fly as they sang their Chartreuse duet in The Star?  Who can stop laughing even now, remembering him rip a full chicken apart during his aria as Don Basilio in The Barber of Seville?

Stan was Cinnabar's Big Angel, a singer of great beauty, an actor of profundity as well as tremendous humor, a colleague whose generosity could not be equaled, and the strongest kid magnet of them all.  To say he will be missed is to understate the obvious - he leaves a gaping hole on our stage and in our hearts.  Thank you, Stan, for making our lives so rich and for spreading your kindness and grace far and wide (and deep, deep, deep).

Stan Case, a great talent, a great spirit, and our beloved friend.