Opa Opa is a Los Angeles based band that was created in 1987 by Oswaldo Bernard and his good friend Anthony Apollo. They set out to use their musical talent honed since their childhood to create a band that would have a unique and distinctive sound – rich percussive rhythms, remarkably unique sounding vocals and robust brassy horns, these elements have contributed greatly to the powerful sound that identifies Opa-Opa

OPA OPA is made up of a diverse group of musicians. They come from all around the world and each adds their own special flare and flavor to the to the band’s sound…

During the late 80’s and early 90’s the band blossomed to be one of the premiere salsa bands in Los Angeles where they were discovered by the very talented producer Erich Bulling who signed the band to a recording contract with Warner.

The outcome was the release of Opa Opa ‘s first album titled “Mojaditicos”. Opa Opa has had the privilege to share stage with some of the major recording artists from around the world, Celia Cruz, Willie Colon, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, La Sonora Ponceña, Oscar de Leon, Daniel Santos, Willie Chirino, Johnny Rey, Grupo Niche, Guayacan, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Ruben Blades, Charlie Palmieri, Poncho Sanchez, and many other great artists.

They have performed in many clubs and major venues in the Los Angeles area. With the release of the new CD “Los Paisajes” (DG Music/ Universal), the band hopes to share their unique style of music with the rest of the tropical music loving world.

“Los Paisajes” has 10 songs of which Oswaldo Bernard wrote five, he also arranged most of the tracks and was the Executive Producer and producer of the project.

To insure he was getting the best salsa sound, Oswaldo went to Puerto Rico and enlisted the talents of arrangers Eric Figueroa and Isidro Infante, Trombone player Jorge Diaz.

The record was mixed in Puerto Rico by Rei Peña ( Who recorded and mixed greats like Gilberto Santa Rosa, Willie Rosario, and others) and engineer Willie Sotelo ( Who is very well known as the M.D. for Frankie Ruiz and Roberto Roena). The first single “El Huequito” is an up tempo tongue & cheek fun danceable song that the band feels will be very well received. The title track “Los Paisajes” is a song that all expatriated people will identify with since it talks about missing your native country.

Latin & Salsa Band that will rock your next party! interpret most of the Latin rhythms, like Salsa, Cumbia, Bolero, Cha-Cha, Merengue, Latin Jazz and more.