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Florida Grand Opera Announces 2023-24 Season

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The Florida Grand Opera has announced its 2023-24 season with three renowned operas. The season opens with Verdi’s timeless classic “La Traviata.” The opera will star Cecilia Violetta López, Pavel Petrov, and Troy Cook. Chía Patiño directs and Joe Illick conducts. Performance Dates: Nov. 11 – Dec. 2, 2023 The second opera of the season will be Leoncavallo’s “I Pagliacci.” It {…}

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Florida Grand Opera Announces 2023-24 Studio Artists

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The Florida Grand Opera⁩ has announced its 2023-4 Studio Artists. The artists are Sara Kennedy, Taylor-Alexis DuPont, Joseph McBrayer, Joseph Canuto Leon, and Keith Klein. The studio artists will spend the full season performing principal and comprimario roles alongside FGO’s roster of acclaimed directors, conductors, and musicians. They will also perform more often in concerts all over Miami-Dade and Broward {…}

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Florida Grand Opera to Present ‘Staff Sing’ This August

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This August, Florida Grand Opera is set to shine the spotlight on its administrative staff in “Staff Sing.” Per an official press release, the company will feature soprano/Director of Finance Susana Diaz, mezzo-soprano/Artistic Administration and Finance Associate Lauren Frick, contralto/Marketing and Communications Manager Cindy Sadler, tenor/Development Associate Peter Rivera, baritone/Director of Artistic Operations Matt Cooksey, and bass-baritone/Samuel M. Townsend Studio {…}

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Florida Grand Opera Announces 2022-23 Resident Artists

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The Florida Grand Opera ⁦has announced its Studio Artists for the 2022-23 season. This season’s artists include mezzo Erin Alford, tenor Charles Calotta, bass-baritone Phillip Lopez, tenor Joseph McBrayer, soprano Page Michels, and soprano Ashley Shalna. The artists will spend the full season performing principal and comprimario roles alongside FGO’s roster of acclaimed directors, conductors, and musicians. They will also {…}

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Catalina Cuervo, Michele Angelini & Arturo Chacón Cruz Lead Florida Grand Opera’s 2022-23 Season

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The Florida Grand Opera has announced its 2022-23 season featuring four productions. Cimarosa’s “El matrimonio secreto” will get a new production set among the world of the hard-working Cuban diaspora in the Miami Beach of the 1980s. The work will star Vanessa Becerra, Page Michels, Catalina Cuervo, Ashley Shalna, Erin Alford, Joseph McBrayer, and Phillip Lopez. Marlene Urbay conducts the {…}

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Steven LaBrie Withdraws from ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ at Florida Grand Opera

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Steven LaBrie has withdrawn from the Flordia Grand Opera’s production of “A Streetcar Named Desire.” The baritone was forced to cancel the upcoming production as he will be joining Il Divo on tour over the month of February. As a result, the role of Stanley Kowalski will be performed by Hadleigh Adams. In a statement the FGO’s CEO and general {…}

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Marlon Daniel Appointed to Major Position at Florida Grand Opera

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Marlon Daniel has been appointed to the position of Associate Conductor of the Florida Grand Opera. Daniel will act as cover conductor for the upcoming 2022 season productions as well as a resident conductor on other projects throughout the year. “I have always dreamed of a career in music that followed in the footsteps of some of my favorite conductors {…}

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Sharleen Joynt & Todd Thomas Lead Florida Grand Opera’s ‘Rigoletto’

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The Florida Grand Opera has announced the cast to “Rigoletto.” The company announced that Todd Thomas will sing the title role, which will be the fourth appearance with the company. He will be joined by soprano Sharleen Joynt as Gilda in her company debut. Thomas made his FGO debut in 2014 as Scarpia in “Tosca” and returned later that year {…}

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Florida Grand Opera Names New Marketing & Communications Manager

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The Florida Grand Opera has named Cindy Sadler the new Marketing and Communications Manager. The company noted, that Sadler’s “eclectic operatic career represents the benchmark of entrepreneurial artistry. A standout performer in any cast with her rich, abundant contralto and charismatic characterizations, she has made herself indispensable in the classical music arena through her writings, consulting, and educational work, as {…}