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Florida Grand Opera Announces Costume Sale This October

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Florida Grand Opera will open its costume vault for a three day sale from Oct. 9 to 11, 2026, at the company’s offices in downtown Miami. The inventory includes professional theatrical wardrobe, vintage and antique pieces, original creations from the company’s costume atelier, and garments built for the opera stage. Merchandise is sold while supplies last, and no holds will {…}

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Opera as Diplomacy: Florida Grand Opera at 85 & the Alliance Reshaping the Art Form’s Future

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There is a moment in the history of every great institution when it stops looking inward and starts looking outward. When the work of building an audience becomes the work of building a world. For Florida Grand Opera, celebrating its 85th anniversary season, that moment appears to have arrived. The Miami-based company has quietly assembled something with no direct precedent {…}

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Felix Jarrar’s ‘The Pit and the Pendulum’ Set to World Premiere at Florida Grand Opera

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Composer Felix Jarrar‘s “The Pit and the Pendulum” will receive its world premiere on Saturday, April 25, 2026, at 7 p.m. at the Florida Grand Opera offices, presented as part of a trilogy of one-act operas by FGO’s Education programming. The new work — Jarrar’s 15th opera and his fifth adaptation of a tale by Edgar Allan Poe — features {…}

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Florida Grand Opera to Present Opera & All-Stars with Jonathan Tetelman & Bernie Williams

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Florida Grand Opera, in partnership with AllStar Encore, will present Opera & All-Stars on May 6, 2026, a cross-genre concert featuring former New York Yankees star and Grammy-nominated guitarist Bernie Williams, internationally acclaimed tenor Jonathan Tetelman, and a special performance by the Pro Players Group, an ensemble of former NFL athletes. The event, taking place during Mental Health Awareness Month {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Florida Grand Opera 2025-26 Review: Turandot

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(Credit: Lewis Valdes) To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the world premiere of Puccini’s “Turandot,” the Florida Grand Opera revived the iconic work for the first time since 2010. For the occasion, the company’s CEO Maria Todaro took the stage to give the audience a brief intro to the evening and its significance for the community, while also previewing what {…}

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Florida Grand Opera Announces 2026-27 Season

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The Florida Grand Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. The season opens with Donizetti’s bel canto masterwork “Lucia di Lammermoor.” Performance Dates: Nov. 14-17, 2026 Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” will be the second production of the season. Performance Dates: Jan. 30–Feb. 2, 2027 Verdi’s “Nabucco” will conclude the season. Performance Dates: April 17-20, 2027 In honor of Florida Grand Opera’s 85th {…}

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Florida Grand Opera Announce ‘Lovesongs: A Musical Romance’

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Florida Grand Opera has announced the second weekend of concerts as part of its “SongFest” series with “Lovesongs: A Musical Romance.” The free concerts, set for Feb. 13, 2026, in Miami and Feb. 15, 2026, in Fort Lauderdale, will feature FGO Studio Artists Catherin Meza, Ingrid Kuribayashi, James Mancuso, Levi Adkins, Alex Granito, Joseph O’Shea, and William Dopp, alongside CANTO Artists {…}

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A Rescue Mission – General Director Maria Todaro on Rebuilding Florida Grand Opera

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In 2014, Florida Grand Opera accumulated a $19.4 million deficit. The company was in chaos, warning that the cancelation of its 2015-16 season in Broward County could be imminent if the organization was unable to secure $400,000. The future of the organization, which was founded in 1941, was uncertain and insecure. Fortunately an anonymous donor pitched in to erase the {…}

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Florida Grand Opera 2025 Review: Silent Night

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​ Florida Grand Opera (FGO) opened its 85th season with a heartfelt reminder that opera can be community-driven, emotional, musically accessible, and relevant to the present moment. The atrium was pleasantly crowded before the opening performance of “Silent Night” by Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell; a wide spectrum of glamorous attendees sipped drinks from the bar and watched singers from {…}