Opera Vista [SEP] inception
Opera Vista
Opera Vista was a nonprofit chamber opera company in Houston, Texas, founded in 2006 by conductor and artistic director Viswa Subbaraman , soprano Elizabeth Knudson and her husband musician Chris Knudson. The company aimed to promote and perform new and contemporary works, and to attract new and younger audiences who may be unaccustomed to opera.
Subbaraman stated that the idea for the company grew out of a desire to see people his own age attending opera: "It started with a bunch of friends at a bar, talking about
intended victim, Lydia Preston, in the head, inside his vehicle, on April 18, 1979. She escaped with severe injuries.
Murders Victims.
- Jacqueline Anne Rook (b. Jan. 12, 1955), Nov. 20, 1976, aged 21 (Isla Vista, originally from Del Mar, born in Chicago)
- Mary Ann Sarris (b. Jun. 24, 1957), Dec. 6, 1976, aged 19 (Isla Vista, originally from Santa Rosa)
- Patricia Marie Laney (b. Sep. 15