What is your favorite character, the opera role you would like to sing or have you already sung? The Florida Grand Opera (FGO) presents Giacomo Puccini's Tosca March 29th - April 12th at the Arsht Center and the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Danis says shes thrilled about the entire cast and especially two singers in leading roles. Our mother, my wife, Lisa, and Erics wife, Kim, are particularly philanthropically active. Puccinis score is not lacking in the composers trademark lyricism with the hit soprano aria O mio babbino caro, a fine tenor solo and a soaring duet for the lovers Lauretta and Rinuccio. The thrilling and darkly funny crime serieswill, With dozens of restaurants and activities to choose from, ideating the perfect date night can often be a daunting task. Rodolfo loves Mim, Marco loves Musetta, Colline loves philosophy, Schaunard loves music, and they all love their eccentric bohemian life in the garrets of Pariss 19th century Latin Quarter. Led by master violin virtuoso Christian Tetzlaff, the quartet underscored the darkness and tension beneath the courtly charms of Haydns Quartet in F minor. The staff drew from their collective stage experience and repertoire to program a light-hearted evening of "party pieces" that they love to sing and audiences love to hear. Based on the 1887 play La Tosca by Victorien Sardou, with a libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, Tosca is set in the Rome of 1800, where the Bonapartist government has been overthrown by the Kingdom of Naples. I was looking at my [musical] score the other day and it says 1993, so its been in my library for a while.. Viewers may submit questions for Chacn-Cruz or Kleinburg in advance by emailingcsadler@fgo.org. Maestro Gregory Buchalter returns to conduct after last seasons. I wanted to tell the story from a female perspective because the original is so patriarchal., Geronimo (Phillip Lopez) introduces Count Robinson (Michael Pandolfo) to his eldest daughter, Elisetta (Catalina Cuervo) in a rehearsal shot from Florida Grand Operas El Matrimonio Secreto. (Photo courtesy of Eric Johannes). Svet Stoyanov and Matthew Strauss were stunning soloists with dexterity to burn. FGO's artist-administrators are banding together to clamber over the footlights and show off their singing chops in Staff Sing, a fun-filled concert of operatic favorites designed to kick off the 202324 season and benefit the opera. The production comes from Sarasota Opera with sets byDavid Gordonand costumes by Howard Tsvi Kaplan. The entire vocal cast did a magnificent acting job that resulted in an agile and dynamic performance, more so inSchicchithan inBuoso's Ghost. It was not mere showing off, however: this artist acts with credibility and says something, tells a story, in every note and phrase. Giacomo Puccini used French playwright Victorien Sardous La Tosca, as the source for his opera. Hurricane Hilary images debunked. Presenting FGO's New Season. Florida Grand Opera. FGO Young Artist Jouvanca Jean-Baptiste to perform the role of Floria Written By Michelle F. Solomon Without a doubt, Mario Cavaradossi, from Tosca, is one of my favorite roles, he is such a beloved hero, because of the music, because of the character. Florida Grand Opera repeatsTosca2 p.m. Sunday and 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Arsht Center in Miami and 7:30 p.m. April 13 and 15 at the Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale. 07.12.2023, Written By I compose for all formats: symphonic, chamber, vocal. Renata Scotto, Italian opera singer, dies at 89 - The Guardian For artists it's more work because we have to keep conquering the audience but the great composers of the past did the same. From the moment that the opera "La Partnope" premiered in 1711 in Mexico City, with music by the great Mexican maestroManuel de Sumaya, it marks a milestone in the history of the Opera of America, since it is the first work lyrical composition in the new continent, thus begins the history of Latin American opera, which will later feature internationally renowned composers and singers. But Sardou disliked Puccinis music and wanted it to be assigned to a better-known composer, and preferably a French one, explains Cindy Sadler, a professional mezzo-soprano opera singer and the marketing-communications manager at FGO. It was then that Laurans spearheaded a groundbreaking endeavor to upzone the entire Brickell corridor to accommodate up to six times the amount property owners could build on their respective land. (Photo courtesy of Eric Joannes). 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At an estimated 2 hours and 10 minutes, intermission included, its a dual production that asks less of an audience, endurance-wise, than many single operas. of reviews: 1 Florida Grand Opera's new "Barber of Seville" is a classic comic delight 1 May 23 / Classical Review Gianni Schicchi Florida Grand Opera No. Friends of Chamber Music, Music of Haydn, Webern and Schumann. One of the most recognized American opera singers of the twentieth century, Ms. Soviero appeared in leading roles at the world's most famous opera houses, including The Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, Vienna Staatsoper, Opra national de Paris, Opra de Paris Bastille, Hamburg Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Chicago Lyric Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and San Francisco Opera. Now 64, he makes his FGO debut as a flamboyant figure in the pit: dressed in a beach shirt, head almost over the orchestra railing, his arms easily visible flying through the air and guiding trills with vibrating hands in a bright light. This Schicchi was a formidable, larger-than-life force who was not to be outmaneuvered. @eventsfy Upcoming Events (4) Music 0 Jul 21 - 2:00 PM fort lauderdale LEFT: The Donati family reads Buoso's will. AB: A very hectic life. I tell my students that they have to prepare, set an example of perfection. Michelle F. Solomon has review. This may just be my year for Scarpia, says Thomas, who will be singing the role for Florida Grand Operas production, and who, last November, was Scarpia in Lynchburg, Va., at Opera on the James, in January portrayed the same character at Opera Memphis, and in July, will return to Virginia for Tosca at Charlottesville Opera. Coming from the Chautauqua Opera, this production had the stage direction of the ChineseMo Zhouand preserves the original setting in Florence at the end of the 13th century. There is a full-size orchestra in the pit, between 50 and 60 musicians and the person conducting the orchestra (Gregory Buchalter) has been with the Metropolitan Opera for 30 years, he says. He serves as Principal Conductor and Artistic Consultant at Kentucky Opera. This new production ofCrystal Manichfor the Florida Grand Opera was stage directed byElena Araozand pays tribute to the Latino heart of the city. Contact Maria Salgado at mariasalgado@me.com or visit www.theoperasociety.orgfor reservations. She interacted nicely with the Rinuccio of tenor Charles Calotta, a fellow Studio artist, who, however, did not have the vocal chops to get through his solo scene, the Firenze aria, without pinched high notes and other evidence of vocal strain. Despite the modern setting, Manich says shes adhered to her convictions about opera. Suspecting the painter Mario Cavaradossi of hiding escaped political prisoner Angelotti, Scarpia loses no time in hauling him in for interrogation. THEATER: Dive right into Area Stage Co.'s "The Little Mermaid" at the Arsht Center. Sign up for our newsletter and never miss a story. Two Miami-based music organizations celebrated their 20thanniversaries in 2022. Enjoy and be inspired! His busy international career includes recent appearances as Tamino (The Magic Flute) at Wiener Staatsoper, Opra National de Paris and Dresden Semperoper, the Verdi Requiem with Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias, and Lensky (Eugene Onegin) at Teatro Massimo di Palermo. It should go without saying that the music is full and rich in this FGO production, both the masters and that of his great admirer Ching, beautifully delivered by the casts resonating voices and the strong, deft orchestra conducted by Ching. Gerard Schwarzs riveting reading of StravinskysLe Sacre de printempswith the Frost Symphony Orchestra. One of the main characters fromI Pagliaccisinging and holding their chest on stage. "The Opera Society's members are looking forward with much anticipation to Ms. Soviero sharing memories of her distinguished life in opera," said Claire Crawford, President of the Opera Society and Chair of the Diva Luncheon. Baritone Robert Mellon makes his FGO debut in the role of Tonio. In March, the Frost Opera Theater ventured off campus to the Moss (formerly South Miami Dade) Cultural Arts Center in Cutler Bay for the world premiere of Michael DellairasThe Leopard. Thomas portrayal had the impact and command of a great singing actor. Tosca Returns to FGO With Veteran Scarpia Todd Thomas Tosca could be a Netflix series today, says Buchalter, and we could drag it out for six seasons. Most recently, he appeared to great acclaim in FGO's 2022-23 season as the Sacristan in Tosca, and as the Emperor Claudius in Agrippina and Count Monterone in Rigoletto during the 20212022 season. But with intelligently conceived staging and superior vocalism, the opera remains theatrically combustible 123 years after its 1900 premiere. Former FGO music staff, conductor, and composer Darwin Aquino, and his wife, Italian mezzo-soprano Benedetta Orsi were enlisted as the translators. I have sung operas by modern musicians,Daniel Catan, a very talented composer, author of Florence in the Amazon, Il Postino. The opera is in 3 acts and will be performed in Italian with English and Spanish supertitles. Florida Grand Opera's 'Tosca' promises to get you hooked: 'Could be a Cuban-American soprano Susana Diaz is an accomplished opera singer and recitalist, and recently joined the FGO staff as Director of Finance. Schicchis daughter, Lauretta, who is in love with a Donati clan relative, Rinuccio, can now marry thanks to her newly wealthy father. The Tetzlaff Quartets Miami debut in April for Friends of Chamber Music was distinguished by the groups distinctive sound, fastidious execution and depth of interpretive insight. For more information, call800-741-1010 or go tofgo.org, by Florida Grand Opera's 'Tosca' at Miami's Arsht and Fort Lauderdale's Friends of Chamber Music. Mahler has always been an MTT specialty, and it was appropriate that he bade goodbye (but not farewell) with a powerful and moving reading of Mahlers Fifth Symphony in May. FINANCES, GOVERNANCE & TRANSPARENCY IN COVERAGE, click here for the full FGO calendar of events. The chat is free, but participants must register in advance by clicking the banner on the home page atfgo.org. I performed the role first in Germany in 1996, Thomas recalls. Charles Calotta soared in Rinuccios ode to the city of Florence in a lyric tenor both strong and sweet. He apologizes to the audience for a novice composer attempting a sequel to the work of the giant Puccini but, again, suggests extenuating circumstances. November 8, 2022 at 12:08 PM, The cast of Florida Grand Operas El Matrimonio Secreto rehearses a scene. ", Pre-COVID, contralto Cindy Sadler enjoyed a full-time singing career. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Mezzo-soprano DuPont made her professional debut in 2019 as a member of the Metropolitan Opera's Grammy award winning production of Porgy and Bess, following up with house and role debuts as Moth in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Santa Fe Opera and as a featured soloist with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. As part of its Made for Miami series, the setting is now 1980s Miami Beach and Geronimo is the proprietor of Hotel Paraiso, an Art Deco hotel. Along with Puccini, Ching and baritone Franco Pomponi who sings the protagonist in the FGO staging have a different perspective on Schicchi. Launch This August, Geoffrey Good Launches Bespoke Services Redefining Fine Jewelry with Unparalleled Craftsmanship, KELLY CLARKSON LAUNCHES HER EXCLUSIVE LAS VEGAS ENGAGEMENT AT BAKKT THEATER AT PLANET HOLLYWOOD RESORT & CASINO TO SOLD-OUT CROWDS THIS WEEKEND, Date Ideas in the Miami Design District: From Lingerie to Drinks and Desserts, Florida Farms and Foragers and Local Resources, ALL-NEW NORWEGIAN VIVA DEBUTS IN EUROPE AND WELCOMES FIRST GUESTS ABOARD, TEAMS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2023 AUTONATION ORANGE BOWL BASKETBALL CLASSIC, Michelin Star Restaurant, Elcielo Miami, to Open Second Location at Renowned SLS South Beach, City of Lauderhill Now Accepting Applications for LAUDERHILL SHINE. Discovering too late that Scarpia has double-crossed her and Cavaradossi is truly dead, Tosca escapes arrest. I followed my career as a violinist in the Symphony orchestra of my country at the age of sixteen, then I began to compose at the same time and to direct the youth orchestra where I was the concert master, I would have been eighteen years old. The cast includes 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 Artist Manager Neil Nelson, along with FGO pianistPaul Schwartz. The latter hopes to marry her himself and gain not only a lovely young wife, but her fortune. He vaulted Recondita armonia through the house in a manner that commanded listeners to sit up and take notice. Singing must continue to be a path of humanism. Vissi darte was neatly vocalized but impersonal. He is the winner of the First Prize and the DonPlacido DomingoFerrer Prize of Zarzuela of Operalia 2018, The World Opera Competition, and finalist of the Belvedere and Queen Sonja International Music competitions. "To. No. The program includes lunch, live harp music, and performances by FGO Studio Artist, soprano Page Michels, and Miami soprano Chelsea Bonagura, a student of Ms. Soviero. To me, its everything that people think opera should be, says Susan T. Danis, FGOs general director and chief executive officer. Lehr:The Merry Widow. We were raised to have empathy for others and a deep appreciation for our good fortune in life, coupled with a deep sense of duty to help out in the community. You have returned to Miami to direct "The Secret Marriage", an opera set in Miami, something very innovative. Then the idea struck. The same thing happens to me with Verdi's Troubadour, intense music, it happens to me with Hoffmann's Tales, with Verdi's A Masquerade Ball, and with Don Carlos, they are very generous operas, they give a lot to the singer and to the audience. They bring a special passion to what they do. For this reason, some scrappiness in the orchestral playing, along with sour notes from the horns at the start of Act III, should be forgiven. Danis says shes thrilled about the entire cast and especially two singers in leading roles. It is certainly a reaction to the times, where you know audiences are looking to forget about the news and to have a fun time," Ching says. In the 2023-24 season, they will embark on a special new initiative, the Zip CODE (Community Opera Delivered Equitably) Tour, designed to bring vibrant opera performances to nontraditional venues in a wide range of zip codes throughout Miami-Dade and Broward Counties. (David Fleshler), Andres Acosta and Hadleigh Adams in FGOs Fellow Travelers. Not to disparage the other companies where Ive performed the role recently and upcoming, but with this being FGOs 81st year, they have a huge history to call upon the fact that Pavarotti sang here, well the history is immense.. Photo by Gonzalo Soza. As a highlight of the afternoon, Ms. Soviero will speak about her extraordinary life in opera. You have entered an incorrect email address! Florida Grand Opera. Currently Music Director of Varna International and Muzika! They have since led the company to become one of the highest-valued aerospace/defense/electronics companies in the U.S. We are proud that HEICO designs and makes mission critical and highly reliable components for nearly all U.S. and European large commercial airplanes, key defense systems and spacecraft including satellites, rockets and space exploration vehicles. Since taking over management, Victor says they have returned a roughly 24% compound annual growth rate in shareholder value, growing the companys market capitalization from about $25 million in 1990 to over $18 billion today. Yefim Bronfman with Michael Tilson Thomas/New World Symphony. Florida Grand Opera Its 202324 season takes place at theAdrienne ArshtCenter for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, and featuresGiuseppe Verdi's La traviata, Ruggero Leoncavallo's I pagliacci, andGiacomo Puccini's La bohme. He returns in the role for the companys 81st season production of. Admission is free, but please register for tickets! Tosca Concert & Tour History (Updated for 2023) | Concert Archives So we all know how you can write a sequel to a blockbuster movie, but a sequel to an opera completed in 1917, which takes place in the beginning of the 13th century? ); Manich's initial idea was to place the action on the famous Calle Ocho, the nucleus of the Cuban community in Miami, but he finally moved it to the Miami Beach of four decades ago, with Geronimo becoming a successful Cuban businessman who runs the Hotel Paraso with the help of of his two daughters, and is eager to rise even higher in society thanks to their conveniently arranged marriage. Magnificent work also carried out by the tenorCharles Calotta, giving life to a enamored Rinuccio, with excellent vocal means and a very careful singing line. In art, sincerity and communication is fundamental. Kearstin Piper Brownwill make her FGO debut as Nedda. Puccini's Gianni Schicchi and Ching's Buoso's Ghost. if ( notice ) Even if you dont know much about opera, its like going to a movie. And I am not referring to errors in the subtitling, easily solved with a more detailed review of it, nor to the use of turns or more or less forced expressions in Spanish, but to fundamental problems derived from the phonetic and phonological features of two languages. Playing Mario Cavaradossi is Arturo Chacn-Cruz seen in rehearsal with Toni Marie Palmertree as Tosca. This was among the last full pieces Puccini wrote (someone finishedTurandotfor him) and his only comedy. Conductor-composer-educator Thomas Sleeper passed away on October 15. His "strapping physique and winning stage presence" combined with his "arrestingly vibrant" voice recommend him to leading roles such as the title roles in Billy Budd (Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Des Moines Metro Opera) and Don Giovanni (Pittsburgh Opera, Dallas Opera). Monteverdi:Madrigals of Love and War. Even though the dramas outcome is well-known, Buchmans direction kept the momentum and drama front and center. 29 May 20, 2023). Video creator. "There are comic operas, 'The Marriage of Figaro' for instance has charming funny bits, but it isn't laugh out loud funny. Audience members who have never been to an opera will get hooked theyll be on the edge of their seats., WHERE: Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Photo: Jorge Parra, 7. Thomas reveals that in a recent production of Tosca, where he was performing Scarpia, the director chose to heighten the violence. (Photo courtesy of Justin Namon), Thomas says performing Tosca with FGO is the place hell get to flex his opera muscles. 06.20.2023, Written By Her dark, shadowy images for the ghosts supposed appearances seemed right out of a Bela Lugosi horror film. Second-year Studio Artist, tenor Joseph McBrayer, will take on the role of Beppe. setTimeout( Admission is free, but please register for tickets! Michelle F. Solomon, Editor. The opposing forces of love, evil domination of power and societal upheaval finds all three dead at the final curtain. But Jeffrey isnt choosing that he keeps the integrity of the music and its more of a cerebral power play. This opera was presented in the United States in 1834, I do not know if there has been any performance in Spain. The musical and vocal aspect was, from my point of view, the main strength of this version. Most recently, she directed Don Giovanni for the Aspen Music Festival and the Butler Opera Center, where she also directed her own adaptation of The Magic Flute: La Flauta Mgica de los Andes; Florencia en el Amazonas for Opera Tenerife, Orpheus & Eurydice for Seattle Opera, Suite Espaola: Exploring Iberia and Exploring the Caribbean forHouston Grand Opera, La Cenerentola and Tosca for Northern Lights Music Festival. Puccinis only comedy and one of the true laugh out loud operas in the repertoire,Gianni Schicchi(pronounced Johnny Skee-ky) atFGOis based on real people and a real incident. Florida Grand Opera Production FORT LAUDERDALE Broward Center for the Performing Arts / Au-Rene Theater Nov 7, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. - Opening Night Nov 9, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. MIAMI Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House Nov 16, 2013, at 7 p.m. Nov 17, 2013, matinee at 2 p.m. There's Plenty Of History In Florida Grand Opera's 'Tosca,' Including It is one of those glass blocks pools from the era . Chacn received the Placido Domingo Scholarship and was the winner of Operalia in 2005. The innovative Barry Steele, noted for his special effects storm scene in 2023's Barber of Seville, returns as lighting designer. Written By Tony Award-winning designerRick Fisherwill create the lighting design. Tosca | Giacomo Puccini | Florida Grand Opera | Operabase He is the only Mexican educator to regularly offer talks about opera for young audiences in public schools and remote places where opera is practically unknown. He has interpreted the great roles of La Traviata, Rigoletto, La Bohme, Madame Butterfly, The Magic Flute and other operas, singing in the most important opera houses in Europe, America, Russia and Japan. Scarpia proclaims that Cavaradossi assisted an escaped political prisoner and imprisons him. Palm Beach Opera, Palm Beach Operas production ofThe Merry Widowtransported the audience to a Parisian fantasy world, showing again that the company has a winning touch with classic operetta. Photo: Georgia Bertazzi, 8. Jos Vasquez and Daniel Bates as priests eager to collect Buosos money turned cameos into highlights, their fawned devoutness and serious declamation providing hilarity. FGO's renowned Studio Artists round out the cast. Ziff Opera House At The Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami, Florida. Toni Marie made her Metropolitan Opera debut last Fall, and she is on an upward trajectory. He is a favorite at Pensacola Opera, InSeries Opera, and Union Avenue Opera, and has also recently appeared at Kansas City Lyric Opera, Tulsa Opera, San Diego Opera, and Detroit Opera. Home Performances Tosca Tosca Puccini Share Florida Grand Opera ( 2023) Director Jeffrey Marc Buchman Conductor Gregory Buchalter Starring Toni Marie Palmertree, Arturo Chacn-Cruz, Todd Thomas, Phillip Lopez, Neil Nelson, Charles Calotta, Matthew Cossack, Phillip Lopez 18 March - 15 April 2023 ( 5 performances) | Revival Visit Website | Italian In South Florida, Ms. Daz has appeared with the University of Miami's Festival Miami, Artist Series of Sarasota, Orchestra Miami, Miami Symphony Orchestra, Miami Lyric Opera, and Miami International Piano Festival. A graduate of The New England Conservatory of Music with a degree in music performance, Mr. Nelson has performed operatic roles domestically and abroad with prestigious companies such as Tatarstan Opera Theatre and Ballet (Kazan, Russia), Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Symphony Orchestra,Palm BeachOpera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Orlando Opera, Opera Naples and many others. Catalina Cuervowas resolute on stage and very solvent vocally in that role of older sister. I was looking at my (musical) score the other day, and it says 1993, so its been in my library for a while., Hes no stranger to Florida Grand Opera, including appearing as Scarpia in his FGO debut in Tosca in 2014, and that same year in Madama Butterfly. In 2017, he returned to FGO to perform in Verdis A Masked Ball and last season sang the title role in the opera companys Rigoletto., Todd Thomas as Scarpia in the 2014 production of Florida Grand Operas Tosca with soprano Kara Shay Thompson. InGianni Schicchihe requests it for himself, after having falsified his will;inBuoso's Ghosthe requests it for Ching, due to the audacity shown by the composer in writing a continuation of Puccin's work. FINANCES, GOVERNANCE & TRANSPARENCY IN COVERAGE, Broadway World: FGO Announces Casting for 2023-24, Florida Grand Opera Reveals 2023"24 Studio Artists, Florida Grand Opera to Present "Staff Sing" This August, Florida Grand Opera's Singing Staff Makes Their Concert Debut, Three world-renowned operas coming to Miami, Never seen an opera?
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