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Florida Grand Opera Announces FGO Studio Artists

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The Florida Grand Opera has announced the 2021-22 FGO Studio Artists. The company noted that this year’s artists will be tenor Charles Calotta, bass-bartione Erik Danielson, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Doche, baritone Darren Drone, sopranos Katherine Holobinko and Amanda Olea, and baritone Michael Pandolfo. The resident artists will participate in FGO’s 2021-22 season production as well as workshops and masterclasses. Calotta is {…}

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Florida Grand Opera Announces Cast for ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’

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(Credit: S. Richards Photography) The Florida Grand Opera has announced the cast for its first production, “A Streetcar Named Desire.” The opera, which was composed by Andre Previn, will star Nicholas Huff as Harold Mitchell, Steven LaBrie as Stanley Kowalski, Elizabeth Caballero as Blanche Dubois, and Rebecca Krynski Cox as Stella Kowalski. Gregory Buchalter is set to conduct the production. {…}

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Florida Grand Opera Announces 2021-22 Season

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The Florida Grand Opera has announced its 2021-22 season featuring four productions and celebrating its 80 anniversary. Andre Previn’s “A Streetcar Named Desire” opens the season in January. Performance Dates: Jan. 22-Feb. 5, 2022 Verdi’s masterpiece “Rigoletto” takes the stage in March with audiences getting a chance to hear some of the most popular melodies in opera. Performance Dates: March {…}

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Florida Grand Opera to Conclude Winter Season with Double Bill

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The Florida Grand Opera has announced the final part of chamber operas highlighting Modern American Composers. The season will conclude with the Double Bill, “Trouble in Tahiti” by Leonard Bernstein and “Signor Deluso” by Thomas Pasatieri and will be presented at the Miami Theater Center in Miami Shores on March 20 and 21. In a press release General Director and {…}

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Catalina Cuervo, Elizabeth Caballero & Angela Brown Highlight Florida Grand Opera’s Winter 2021 Season

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The Florida Grand Opera has announced the schedule and cast for its upcoming winter season. The FGO began its winter season with Jake Heggie’s “Three Decembers.” The 90-minute chamber opera takes place over three decades during the AIDS crisis. Emily Pulley, Amanda Sheriff, and Efraín Solís star with Gregory Buchalter conducting. Performance Dates: Dec. 30 & 31, 2021 Daren Hagen’s “New {…}

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Florida Grand Opera Cancels Mainstage 2020-21 Season Productions

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The Florida Grand Opera has announced that the 2020-21 main stage season in Miami and Fort Lauderdale “will not move forward.” The company announced that instead, it will move forward with its Songfest online recital series and its concert series featuring young artists. Concerts are scheduled to be performed through December with more to be announced for the spring portion {…}

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Florida Grand Opera to Stream ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’

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Florida Grand Opera has announced that its Sunday Matinee for this week will be Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor.” This performance, recorded from the company’s 2017-18 season, stars Anna Christy in the title role, with Joshua Guerrero as Edgardo, Trevor Scheunemann as Enrico, and Chaz’men Williams-Ali as Arturo, with Alexander Polianichko conducting. Christy has garnered great acclaim for her interpretation of {…}

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Todd Thomas, Piotr Buszewski to Headline Florida Grand Opera’s ‘Rigoletto’

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(Credit: Keith Rogers) Florida Grand Opera is set to revive the Verdi and Piave’s masterwork “Rigoletto” this March, April, and May. The company’s first slew of performances of “Rigoletto” are set for March 28-April 5 at the Arsht Center in Miami, with two additional showcases on April 30 and May 2, 2020 set for Fort Lauderdale’s Broward Center. “Rigoletto” will {…}