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FGO’s Romeo et Juliette Has Fine Soprano And Staging But Won’t Touch Your Heart

Florida Grand Opera’s incarnation of Charles Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette under the direction of David Lefkowich is an inventively staged, well-acted mounting of this stark take on Shakespeare’s classic. But like FGO’s other essays on love this season such as La Rondine, Luisa Fernandez and Rigoletto, the technically admirable production starring Maria Alejandres and Sebastien Gueze isn’t likely to quicken the pulse of the audience.

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Bill Hirschman
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Rigoletto Has Much To Admire, But Won’t Make You Weep

Rigoletto is the third Florida Grand Opera production this season with much to admire, even a few moments of technical artistry that you can describe as thrilling. But it’s admiration from a distance, more intellectual appreciation than emotionally touching.

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Bill Hirschman
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FGO’s Rarely Performed Puccini La Rondine Benefits From Stirring Lead Actress

Say what you will about artifice and overheated emoting, few art forms other than Harlequin novels can touch opera for depicting idealized love. What fascinates about Florida Grand Opera’s production of Puccini’s rarely-seen La Rondine is how the fantasy of love collides with the realities of social-climbing and the class system

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Bill Hirschman
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Florida Grand Opera Mounts First Zarzuela, Luisa Fernanda

The fiery politics of 1868 Spain on the eve of a rebellion are nothing compared to the politics of the heart raging in the Florida Grand Opera’s season opener, the zarzuela Luisa Fernanda.

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Bill Hirschman
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