(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, {…}
“Opera Meets Reggae 2.0: Hit Me With Music,” will take place as part of the Florida Grand Opera’s Innovation Hub. Following the success of last year’s concert,”Hit Me With Music” continues to explore the surprising commonalities between opera and reggae, blending powerful storytelling, rich vocal traditions, and infectious rhythms into an unforgettable night of music. Sopranos Sydney Dardis and Mary Burke {…}
(Photo credit: Lewis Valdes) Opening night of “the new FGO” sought to pique the interest of multiple generations by combining the magic of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” with the unique fantasy world building of role-playing games, like Dungeons and Dragons. In this production, director Jeffrey Marc Buchman took full advantage of the creative liberties bestowed upon the leader of a {…}