(Photo credit: Lewis Valdes) Florida Grand Opera’s 2024-25 season finale featuring Bizet’s “Carmen” served as a capstone for General Director Maria Todaro’s inaugural year with the company. Thoughtfully crafted to resonate with a diverse audience, the production honored traditional operatic sentiments while embracing contemporary themes of women’s rights and political discourse, and it celebrated the region’s diverse cultural ties. Notably, {…}
Florida’s Opera Naples has announced its 2023-24 season. First up is the Winter Dreams Gala featuring tenor Santiago Ballerini. Performance Dates: Dec. 6, 2023 The company will then present “Iolanthe” at the Wang Opera Center to kick off its 2024 slate. Opera Naples Resident Artists will take on lead roles. Performance Dates: Feb. 3 & 4, 2024 Then comes the 2024 Opera {…}
(Credit: Kristen Loken / San Francisco Opera) San Francisco Opera ended its Fall Season by going back to basics with Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore,” boy loves girl, girl not at all sure about boy, charlatan quack-doctor with his “magical elixir” will cure that, comic hi-jinx, chorus of happy men and women, hotel by the sea, hot air balloon, motorized vespas, and {…}
Opera Naples will present a “Toast to Opera” on Nov. 17, followed by performances of “Roméo et Juliette” on December 4 and 5, 2022. This “toast to the opera,” which will be held at the home of long-time supporters Bronwen Adams and Gerald Goldberg, will allow audiences an opportunity to meet newly appointed executive director, Laura Burns. As for the {…}
On May 18, 2022, Opera Naples’ Artistic Director Ramón Tebar was named Cultural Ambassador with the key to the city of Naples. Tebar was honored by the Mayor Teresa Heitmann and the City Council for “his work influencing the arts throughout the region.” “From the very first time I arrived in Naples seven years ago, people have made me feel {…}
(Credit: Koke Photography) Conductor Ramón Tebar will be touring Galicia and directing a series of concerts that will culminate in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Valencia, Spain. The concerts, which will be produced by the Columbus Foundation under the title “Dolor y Esperanza (Pain and Hope),” will be in favor of a very high-level cause, such as the healing {…}
(credit: Jiyang Chen) Opera Naples has announced its casting for its final production of the 2019-20 season. The company has revealed that Norwegian conductor Rune Bergmann will lead Mozart and Da Ponte’s “Don Giovanni” on April 29 and 30, 2002 at the Artis-Naples Center. In the title role, audiences will hear Xiaomeng Zhang. David Crawford will appear as Leporello with {…}
Opera Naples is set to present a special black-tie-optional evening, including a concert and dinner featuring Joseph Calleja. An Evening with Joseph Calleja will feature the tenor in his Opera Naples debut and maestro Ramón Tebar at the piano. In a press statement, Tebar said, “I met Joseph Calleja five years ago at the Pablo Casals Festival in San Juan, Puerto {…}
Opera Naples is set to introduce a new lecture series this year, highlighting works from its upcoming season. The company will open its “A Toast to Opera” series on Nov. 29, 2018, at the Wang Opera Center, taking a look at the company’s upcoming production of “Aida.” The presentation will be done in conjunction with Theatre Zone, which is set {…}
Opera Naples has announced its upcoming 2018-2019 season, featuring an exciting combination of operas, solo performances, chamber music and special events. The season will mark the fifth season with internationally acclaimed Conductor and Artistic Director, Ramón Tebar. “I’m so excited to present a wonderful and varied season for the Southwest Florida community that encompasses many different styles, genres, and events {…}
From April 7 -16, students of opera will have the opportunity to study under a number of distinguished instructors at the 2018 Opera Naples Academy. The program, now entering its second year, consists of one-on-one vocal coaching in addition to lectures and classes, all building up to a public performance on April 16. Among the faculty are soprano Veronica Villarroel, {…}