Tag Archives: Florida Grand Opera

What FGO’s Figaro Lacks In Farce It Makes Up For In Gusto

Florida Grand Opera does daring works (we’re looking forward to the upcoming final two of the season, Frida and Werther), but, to satisfy audiences who prefer to see the familiar, there is company’s latest offering The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze de Figaro).

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Bill Hirschman

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FGO’s Authentic La bohème; Results Are Perfect Puccini

Florida Grand Opera’s presentation of La bohème is authentically true to Puccini’s original right down to the pink bonnet. Besides an impressive visual production, this would still stand because of the incredible matchups of the performers.

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Florida Grand Opera, La boheme | 1 Comment

In-Depth: State Cuts Will Affect What You See On Stage; Theaters Pledge To Fight Back

Some South Florida theaters are scrapping some of what they plan to put on stage this season or next. Some are leaving support positions unfilled. Some plan smaller cast shows. Some have sidelined plans for growth. Theaters are scrambling to cope with an unexpected 90 percent slash in state funding. But theater champions vow to fight back by organizing patrons and leading citizens to influence lawmakers.

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Actors Playhouse, Americans for the Arts, Arts funding, ArtServe, Barbara Stein, City Theatre, Florida, Florida Children's Theatre, Florida Council on Arts and Culture, Florida Cultural Alliance, Florida Grand Opera, GableStage, Gobioff Foundation, Janeen Mason, Janet Erlick, Jaye Abbate, Joseph Adler, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Margaret Ledford, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Michael Spring, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Rick Scott, Sherron Long, Sue Ellen Beryl, Susan Westfall, William Hayes | Leave a comment

New Plays At Dramaworks, Danis Stays At FGO, Space Now Wilton Theater Factory

News About Dramaworks’ January festival of readings of works in development, Susan Danis stays at Florida Grand Opera, Infinite Abyss and Island City Stage rename their home Wilton Theater Factory

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in News | Tagged Florida Grand Opera, Infinite Abyss Productions, Island City Stage, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Susan Danis, Wilton Theater Factory | Leave a comment

News: Thinking Cap Beats Bway, Danis Leaves FGO, FIU Fosters Plays, Knight Offers Grants, Costume World Moving, Krasja Now BAA President

News of Florida Grand Opera, Florida International University, Knight Foundation, Broadway Across America and Costume World

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in News | Tagged Broadway Across America, Costume World, Florida Grand Opera, Florida International University, Justin Moss, Knight Foundation, Marilynn Wick, Susan Danis, Susan Krasja | Leave a comment

FGO’s Gloriously Romantic Florencia en el Amazonas (Plus A Little Bit Of Magical Realism)

Even more unflinchingly romantic than those starving Bohemians in the garret or those Egyptians being buried alive, the unalloyed passion coursing through Daniel Catan’s Florencia en el Amazonas in its first production at Florida Grand Opera is a pungent pleasure.

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Ana Maria Martinez, Arsht Center, Daniel Catan, Florencia en al Amazonas, Florida Grand Opera | Leave a comment

Stunning Sound From The Stage In FGO’s Orfeo ed Euridice

The sound coming from the Arsht Center stage is almost unearthly and totally unexpected unless you’ve seen the opera Orfeo ed Euridice or heard the unique sound of a counter-tenor before. The voice that ascends to the heavens emanates from a slight of stature man, but if you close your eyes, his high liquid tremelo could just as easily be coming from a female mezzo-soprano.

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Anthony Barrese, Anthony Roth Constanzo, Florida Grand Opera, Jessica E. Jones, Keturah Stickann, Orfeu ed Euridice | 1 Comment

Theaters Rolling Out The Titles For 2018-2019 Season, Part 1

If it’s February, then theater companies are taking advantage of the visiting snowbirds presence to announce what they hope will be an enticing slate of titles for the 2018-19 season.

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in News | Tagged Arsht Center, Broadway Across Miami, Broward Center, Florida Grand Opera, Kravis Center, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Palm Beach Opera, Slow Burn Theatre Company, Thinking Cap Theatre, Wick Theatre | Leave a comment

Not Your Grandma’s Salome Cuts To The Quick At Fla Grand Opera

Someone asked opening night whether Florida Grand Opera’s Salome was anything like early productions when its psycho-sexuality caused it to be banned in a few countries. Well, it’s doubtful those productions mirrored FGO’s in which Salome thrusts the bleeding decapitated face of John the Baptist into her crotch and King Herod seems to sexually stimulate himself lying prone on the floor at the sight of Salome.

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Florida Grand Opera, John Easterlin, Mark Delavan, Melody Moore, Richard ?Strauss, Salome, Timothy Myers | 2 Comments

Florida Grand Opera’s Lucia di Lammermoor Is To Die For

Florida Grand Opera promised a season of Divas to Die For, and it couldn’t have been more on point in that respect with its 77th season opener, Lucia di Lammermoor. Gaetano Donizetti’s bel canto masterpiece may not be as familiar to operagoers as some of the classics, but it’s a crowd pleaser with its 15-minute tour de force which plunges Lucia into hysteria, drama around every corner, and a Romantic score of beautiful melodies.

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Anna Christy, Florida Grand Opera, Lucia di Lammermoor | Leave a comment