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2009-2010
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Set concept for Suor Angelica
Set concept for The Barber of Seville
André Barbe
Set concept for Pagliacci
Set concept for Lucia di Lammermoor
Renaud Doucet
W i t h t he w i l d l y c r e at i v e t e a m o f
BARBE & DOUCET
VIRTUALLY ANY THING IS POSSIBLE
For Florida Grand Opera’s 2009-2010 season, the creative team of Barbe and Doucet has been engaged to develop all new
productions, incorporating contemporary technology into visually arresting and artistically insightful productions that will captivatingly
illuminate each opera. “We conceived the 2009-2010 season as a dinner party menu where five favorites of the opera repertoire will be
revisited through various fragrances and aromas. In the course of this musical journey we set the table for our guests and bring to
our designs and direction a variety of flavoring through emotions and theatricality.” Barbe and Doucet have gained international
recognition for their productions at L’Opéra National du Rhin, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, New York City Opera, Opera
Theatre of Saint Louis, Opéra de Montréal, Vienna Volksoper, Wexford Festival Opera, Arizona Opera, Boston Lyric Opera,
and the Royal Swedish Opera.
Of their May 2009 production of Massenet’s Manon for Scottish Opera, the Guardian wrote: “…director-and-designer team
Renaud Doucet and André Barbe have captured perfectly the artifice that is a large part of Manon’s charm.”
T H E S TA G E I S S E T, T H E P E R F OR M E R S A R E
WORLD-CLASS
MISSING THIS SEASON WOULD BE TRAGIC
Tenor Jay Hunter Morris, singing Canio, last appeared with FGO in the 2000 production of La traviata. He has been a leading artist with
the Metropolitan Opera as well as opera companies in Los Angeles, Houston, San Francisco, and Seattle.
American soprano Kelly Kaduce sings both Nedda in Pagliacci and the title role in Suor Angelica in all performances. Ms. Kaduce most
recently appeared with FGO as the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro.
FGO welcomes back Eglise Gutiérrez as Lucia. Her acclaimed performances as Violetta in La traviata were important highlights of
FGO’s 2009 season. She has appeared in some of the world’s most prestigious opera houses.
Sarah Coburn returns as Rosina. She dazzled audiences in her 2007 role of Princess Yueyang in the world premiere production of Tan Dun’s
The First Emperor at the Metropolitan Opera.
Jay Hunter Morris
as Canio in Pagliacci
Kelly Kaduce
as Suor Angelica
Eglise Gutiérrez as
Lucia di Lammermoor
photo © Robert Shomler for Festival Opera
photo © carol pratt for Wolf Trap Opera Company
Savonlinna Opera Festival 2007
photo © ken howard for opera theatre of saint louis
photo © Tim Wilkerson for The Atlanta Opera
Kendall Gladen makes her company debut as Carmen, following her acclaimed 2008 appearance in the same role with the Los Angeles Opera.
Sarah Coburn as Rosina
in The Barber of Seville
Kendall Gladen
as Carmen
T H I S S E A S O N F E AT U R E S W O R L D - C L A S s
CONDUCTORS
who WILL LEAD US TO NE W HEIGHTS
Florida Grand Opera Resident Conductor Andrew Bisantz will conduct the opening double-bill. He is currently Guest
Music Director of Eugene Opera and will make his Boston Lyric Opera debut conducting a new production of Britten’s The
Turn of the Screw.
Spanish conductor Ramón Tébar will conduct Lucia di Lammermoor. He has been the Assistant Conductor at Palm Beach Opera, and
has conducted symphony orchestras throughout Europe and the United States.
Gary Thor Wedow, who made his FGO debut in 2008, returns to conduct The Barber of Seville. This American conductor has a long
association with New York City Opera, and has conducted for opera companies in San Francisco, Seattle, Tokyo, and Toronto.
Former FGO Music Director and Artistic Director of Connecticut Opera, Willie Anthony Waters, returns to conduct Carmen. Maestro
Waters conducts internationally and is a frequent guest on the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts intermission features.
Andrew Bisantz
Ramón Tébar
Gary Thor Wedow
Willie Anthony Waters
pagliacci&
Ruggero Leoncavallo’s
SUOR ANGELICA
by Giacomo Puccini
Does life imitate art? Or is it the other way around?
When a troupe of itinerant actors arrives in a dusty Italian town to put on a play, the villagers have no idea they are
about to see a totally unexpected improvisation. Canio, the leader of the troupe, discovers that his wife Nedda is
having an affair. Devastated, he sings the powerful and poignant “Vesti la giubba” (Put on the costume).
Unfortunately, the play resembles real life. Nedda plays an unfaithful wife. Canio, insane with jealousy, confuses
fantasy with reality and stabs his wife and her lover, declaring “la commedia è finita!” (the play is over).
Scandal. Retribution. Suicide. Salvation.
Poor Sister Angelica. She is young, beautiful, and wealthy. She is also banished to a convent near Siena by her noble
family as punishment for giving birth to a son out of wedlock seven years earlier. Sister Angelica spends her days
mourning her loss while singing some of Puccini’s most beautiful music.
One day a visitor arrives - The Princess, who is Angelica’s aunt. The Princess insists that Angelica renounce her
inheritance in favor of her sister, who is about to be married. The Princess tells her coldly that her son is dead.
Poor Angelica collapses in tears. But she has a vision - her son is calling her from heaven. So she drinks poison and
then remembers - too late - that suicide is a mortal sin. She prays to the Virgin Mary for mercy and miraculously the
Virgin appears to her along with her son who races into her arms as she dies.
Miami
Adrienne Arsht Center for the
Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House
November 14, 2009, at 7 p.m. – Opening Night
November 18, 20, 24, 28, 2009, at 8 p.m.
November 22, 2009, matinee at 2 p.m.
Fort Lauderdale
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Au-Rene Theater
December 3 & 5, 2009, at 8 p.m.
This double bill features the outstanding American soprano Kelly Kaduce singing both Nedda in Pagliacci
and Sister Angelica in Puccini’s great opera. Joining Ms. Kaduce in Pagliacci will be tenor Jay Hunter Morris
and baritone Mark Rucker.
ETC. Music from Pagliacci was used in the following movies: The Untouchables (Robert De Niro, Kevin Costner,
Sean Connery), The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Hanks and Melanie Griffith), in a Seinfeld episode entitled
“The Opera,” and in an episode of The Simpsons entitled “The Italian Bob.”
Sung in Italian with English and Spanish projected titles.
Production sponsored by the Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Foundation, and Stephen Keller and Lesleen Bolt
in loving memory of Stephen.
Kelly Kaduce
Jay Hunter Morris
Mark Rucker
Kyle Pfortmiller
“The high point of the evening was the
Pagliacci prologue. Mark Rucker delivered
Tonio with such a masterful blend of vocal
power and delicacy of expression, his
resonant baritone brimming with highly
charged yet controlled emotion.”
- Opera News
pagliacci &
SUOR ANGELICA
“Kelly Kaduce was divine. her Angelica
embodied the ‘dolce dolore’ without
which Puccini does not exist.”
- El Mercurio
Mzia Nioradze
“Jay Hunter Morris sang…with a fascinating
mix of power and effort, strength and despair.”
- The Oregonian
Pagliacci
Canio
Nedda
Tonio
Silvio
Jay Hunter Morris
Kelly Kaduce
Mark Rucker
Kyle Pfortmiller
Suor Angelica
Suor Angelica
The Princess
Kelly Kaduce
Mzia Nioradze
Conductor
Director
Producer
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Master
Production
Andrew Bisantz
Sandra Pocceschi
Renaud Doucet
André Barbe
André Barbe
Gordon W. Olson
John Keene
Florida Grand Opera
LUCIA
DI
L A M M E R MOOR
by Gaetano Donizetti
Donizetti’s gripping tale of unrestrained passion, madness, murder, and suicide.
The Ashton and Ravenswood families have always hated each other - except for Lucia and Edgardo. The Ashtons
have seized the Ravenswood ancestral castle in Scotland, but Edgardo, the last surviving member of his family,
sneaks back from his lonely exile to declare his love for Lucia. He wants to marry her. She says it’s impossible, but
they exchange vows and rings anyway.
Enrico, Lucia’s bully of a brother, has decided to force Lucia to marry a wealthy nobleman to save the Ashtons
from financial ruin. He forges a letter to convince Lucia that Edgardo has forgotten her. The wedding
proceeds, but things don’t go well.
First, Edgardo crashes the wedding, cursing Lucia for her betrayal. Lucia goes mad and kills
her new husband. Then she becomes totally delusional and, in one of the most famous mad
scenes in all of opera, imagines herself happily married to Edgardo. Meanwhile, Enrico
challenges Edgardo to a duel. But when Edgardo learns that Lucia has collapsed and died,
he kills himself with a dagger so they can meet in heaven.
Florida Grand Opera welcomes back the sensational Eglise Gutiérrez following her highly acclaimed
performances of Violetta in FGO’s 2008 production of La traviata. The Mexican soprano María Alejandres
will perform the title role on January 27 and 30, prior to her performances of Gounod’s Juliette at the Miami
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Spanish tenor Israel Lozano, a 2003 winner of the Plácido Domingo Adrienne Arsht Center for the
Performing Arts of Miami-Dade
International Operalia Competition, sings the role of Edgardo.
County, Sanford and Dolores Ziff
ETC. Music from Lucia di Lammermoor was used in Cape Fear (Robert De Niro), The Caveman’s Valentine
Ballet Opera House
(Samuel L. Jackson), Man on the Moon (Jim Carrey), The Money Pit (Tom Hanks), and the unforgettable Diva
January 23, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. –
performance in The Fifth Element (Bruce Willis).
Opening Night
Sung in Italian with English and Spanish projected titles.
Production sponsored by the Audrey Love Charitable Foundation.
January 26, 27, 29, 30, 2010, at 8 p.m.
January 31, 2010, matinee at 2 p.m.
Fort Lauderdale
Broward Center
for the Performing Arts
Au-Rene Theater
February 4 & 6, 2010, at 8 p.m.
Eglise Gutiérrez
María Alejandres
Israel Lozano
Mark T. Panuccio
Mark Walters
Jeremy Kelly
“Eglise Gutiérrez clearly has coloratura technique to burn.
The tiny Cuban–American soprano combines her vocal
acuity with an emotional presence and a Method-like ability
to listen moment-to-moment that makes her an opera-lover’s
(and a theater-lover’s) dream.”
- Opera News
“As Germont, Mark Walters…made a tall, dignified presence,
conveying bourgeois respectability, and wielded his
ample baritone with elegance and style.”
- Lawrence A. Johnson, THE Miami Herald
“María Alejandres’s flawless voice was matched by perfect
stage presence, musicality and grace….”
- Irene Brisson, Opera canada
Jordan Bisch
Lucia
Eglise Gutiérrez
(Jan. 23, 26, 29, 31 mat, Feb. 4 & 6)
María Alejandres (Jan. 27 & 30)
Edgardo Israel Lozano (Jan. 23, 26, 29, 31 mat, Feb. 4 & 6)
Mark T. Panuccio (Jan. 27 & 30)
Enrico
Mark Walters
(Jan. 23, 26, 29, 31 mat, Feb. 4 & 6)
Jeremy Kelly (Jan. 27 & 30)
Raimondo Jordan Bisch
Conductor
Ramón Tébar
Director
Renaud Doucet
Set Designer
André Barbe
Costume Designer André Barbe
Lighting Designer Gordon W. Olson
Chorus Master
John Keene
Production
Florida Grand Opera
BARBER
OF SE VILLE
by Gioachino Rossini
Romance. Disguises. Chaos. Confusion. At last, an opera with a happy ending.
Count Almaviva has fallen in love with the beautiful Rosina, who lives with her guardian, Dr. Bartolo. The Count has
disguised himself as Lindoro, a poor student, hoping that Rosina will love him for himself, not for his money or position.
Lindoro serenades Rosina beneath the balcony of Dr. Bartolo’s house. Alas, there is no response, but he enlists the
help of Figaro, who is the barber and factotum of all Seville. Figaro is a clever soul, and recommends that the Count
pretend to be a drunken soldier to gain access to the house.
It turns out that Rosina has noticed Lindoro (the Count) after all, and has written him a letter. Meanwhile, her guardian
has learned of the Count’s interest in Rosina and decides to discredit him and to marry Rosina himself. He convinces
her that Lindoro and Figaro intend to sell her to the Count. Rosina is crushed and agrees to marry her guardian.
But just in time, Lindoro and Figaro climb through a window and reveal to Rosina that Lindoro is really the Count.
English baritone Roderick Williams will make his American debut as Seville’s famous barber. Williams is widely known
throughout the UK and Europe for his opera performances and recitals. Soprano Sarah Coburn returns to sing
Rosina following her spectacular FGO concert last season with Bryn Terfel. Canadian tenor Frédéric Antoun returns
to sing Count Almaviva following his acclaimed performances in last season’s La Cenerentola.
ETC. Music from The Barber of Seville was used in A Fish Called Wanda (John Cleese, Kevin Kline), Bad Santa
(Billy Bob Thornton), Breaking Away (Dennis Quaid), A Clockwork Orange (Malcom McDowell). Prizzi’s Honor
(Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner), Space Jam (Michael Jordan), Top Secret! (Val Kilmer) and the infamous
Rabbit of Seville starring Bugs Bunny - a Looney Tunes classic - as well as The Simpsons episode entitled
“The Homer of Seville.”
Sung in Italian with English and Spanish projected titles.
Production sponsored by Randy Gage.
Miami
Adrienne Arsht Center for the
Performing Arts of Miami-Dade
County, Sanford and Dolores Ziff
Ballet Opera House
February 20, 2010, at 7 p.m. –
Opening Night
February 23, 24, 26, 27, 2010, at 8 p.m.
February 28, 2010, matinee at 2 p.m.
Fort Lauderdale
Broward Center
for the Performing Arts
Au-Rene Theater
March 4 & 6, 2010, at 8 p.m.
Sarah Coburn
Lielle Berman
Frédéric Antoun
Andrew Bidlack
Roderick Williams
Kyle Pfortmiller
Count Almaviva
Rosina
Figaro
Frédéric Antoun
(Feb. 20, 23, 26, 28 mat, March 4 & 6)
Andrew Bidlack (Feb. 24 & 27)
Sarah Coburn
(Feb. 20, 23, 26, 28 mat, March 4 & 6)
Lielle Berman (Feb. 24 & 27)
Roderick Williams (Feb. 20, 23, 26, 28 mat, March 4 & 6)
Kyle Pfortmiller (Feb. 24 & 27)
“Lielle Berman…sang with a lovely blend
of luminous sound and focused tone,
and just a touch of cool restraint.”
- New York Times
“Coburn’s performance was a model
of secure vocal production.”
- Opera News
The other standout voice was
that of Frédéric Antoun.”
- New York Times
Conductor
Gary Thor Wedow
Director
Renaud Doucet
Set Designer
André Barbe
Costume Designer André Barbe
Lighting Designer Gordon W. Olson
Chorus Master
John Keene
Production
Florida Grand Opera
CARMEN
by Georges Bizet
The music, the passion, the brutality. It’s a red hot opera spectacle!
She’s a temptress working in a Seville cigarette factory. All the soldiers from the guard house next door plead
for her favors, but Carmen sees only Don José. She throws a flower at his feet to signify her choice. He picks it
up, and the legendary story of Carmen - told in film and dance as well as this much loved opera filled with one
glorious melody after another - unfolds to its tragic end.
When Carmen gets into a fight, Don José is ordered to arrest her. But Carmen seduces him into allowing
her to escape, and poor Don José ends up in jail.
Later, Zuniga, Don José’s captain, tries to pursue Carmen. Then Escamillo, the famous bullfighter, tries
his luck, but Carmen wants only Don José. Finally, Don José arrives and Carmen dances for him. When
the soldiers are called back to the barracks, Don José tries to leave, which annoys Carmen. Zuniga
bursts in and orders him to leave. Swords are drawn, and Don José is forced to flee for defying orders.
Carmen soon tires of him and takes up with Escamillo. When they arrive at a bullfight, Don José is
waiting and begs her to return. Carmen mocks him, and as she enters the bull ring to join the triumphant
Escamillo, Don José stabs her.
American mezzo-soprano Kendall Gladen makes her FGO debut in the role she sang in 2008 at the
Los Angeles Opera with Plácido Domingo conducting. Tenor Adam Diegel, a National Finalist in the
2003 Metropolitan Opera National Auditions, appears as Don José. Miami’s own Elaine Alvarez returns
home to sing Micaëla. Mark Walters returns for the role of the Toreador after making his FGO debut last Miami
season as Giorgio Germont in La traviata, and Maestro Willie Anthony Waters conducts.
Adrienne Arsht Center for the
ETC. Music from Carmen was used in Babe, The Bad News Bears (Walter Matthau), Bad Santa (Billy Bob
Thornton), Entrapment (Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones), Magnolia (Tom Cruise), Meet the Parents
(Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro), Runaway Jury (Gene Hackman, John Cusack), There’s Something About Mary
(Cameron Diaz) and Trainspotting (Ewen MacGregor).
Sung in French with English and Spanish projected titles.
Performing Arts of Miami-Dade
County, Sanford and Dolores Ziff
Ballet Opera House
April 24, 2010, at 7 p.m. –
Opening Night
April 28 & 30, May 4 & 8, 2010, at 8 p.m.
May 2, 2010, matinee at 2 p.m.
Fort Lauderdale
Broward Center
for the Performing Arts
Au-Rene Theater
May 13 & 15, 2010, at 8 p.m.
Kendall Gladen
Adam Diegel
Elaine Alvarez
Mark Walters
“The principal reason to see this Carmen is Kendall
Gladen in the title role…. [she is] a statuesque beauty,
and her voice is a marvel---large, lustrous, rich-toned
and pliant, with wonderfully burnished low notes
and a pure, effortless-sounding top.”
- Oakland Review
“Tenor adam diegel...clearly captured the audience
with his vocal passion and ease onstage.”
- town topics
“Cuban American Elaine Alvarez has an imposing
dusky soprano...speaks from the soul.”
- Opera Now
Carmen
Don José
Micaëla
Escamillo
Kendall Gladen
Adam Diegel
Elaine Alvarez
Mark Walters
Conductor
Director
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Master
Production
Willie Anthony Waters
Renaud Doucet
André Barbe
André Barbe
Gordon W. Olson
John Keene
Florida Grand Opera
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IS HALF AN OPERA BETTER THAN NONE?
Imagine Samson without Dalila, Roméo sans Juliette. From Aïda to Die Zauberflöte, opera is a complete experience.
You would not want to settle for half an opera…and, yet, someday, if you simply purchase a ticket, you might have to do just that.
Ticket sales cover only half the cost of producing opera. The other half must come from contributions - gifts, grants, and
sponsorships from individuals, corporations, foundations, and government. Your contributions generate fully one half of the
revenue that we need in order to produce opera for our community.
Just think what you can accomplish with a gift to Florida Grand Opera! You can help introduce a child to the world of music,
give a Young Artist the chance to launch a great career, sponsor a master class with a legendary star of the operatic world,
and support productions and performances that enrich the lives of people of all ages and generate memories for a lifetime.
We can do all that…and you can help…with a gift to Florida Grand Opera.
Join us today. Make a donation of any amount with your order and your benefits will begin immediately. For more information, call
1-800-741-1010 or visit www.fgo.org.
four GRAND performances UNLIKE ANY OTHER
DIAMOND HORSESHOE
$5,000 - $9,999
GRAND BENEFACTOR
$3,000 - $4,999
BENEFACTOR
$1,500 - $2,999
Online Voices newsletter
Advance notice of all special Opera programs
Listing in the Season Program Book
Member discount card
Email Opera Previews from Justin Moss
Invitation to annual Donor Recognition Party
Invitations to a variety of exciting additional events
Priority Opera performance seating
Invitation to the 25th Anniversary Tribute
Advance single ticket purchase option
Complimentary gift certificate
Special Edition Season Preview CD
Invitations to all Opening Night After Opera Parties
Two complimentary tickets to one final dress rehearsal
Personal ticket service through Patron Services
Admission to Opera Club during performance intermissions
Benefactor photo in Season Program Book
Two complimentary tickets to two final dress rehearsals
Grand Benefactor photo in Season Program Book
Complimentary annual subscription to Opera News
Two complimentary tickets to three final dress rehearsals
Diamond Horseshoe photo in Season Program Book
LYRIC SOCIETY**
GRAND CONTRIBUTOR
$1,000 - $1,499
FRIENDS OF THE OPERA
CONTRIBUTOR
$500 - $999
DONOR BENEFITS*
SPONSOR
$250 - $499
SEASON 69
DONOR
$100 - $249
2009-2010
* Gifts of all levels are greatly appreciated. The chart above reflects a sampling of levels and benefits. The higher levels of the Lyric Society and the
Society of Crown Jewels (not shown) provide increased benefits and recognition.
Please contact the FGO Development Office (305-854-1643 or 954-728-9700) for information about production, special event and education program
sponsorship opportunities, the benefits of which can be customized to meet a company’s philanthropic, marketing, and client-entertainment objectives.
The fair market value of the benefits listed may reduce the tax-deductibility of your gift. You may choose to decline all non-deductible benefits.
** For donors at the Lyric Society level ($1,500 and more), a development staff member will serve as your concierge for all FGO ticketing needs.
A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE WITHIN
THE STATE 1-800-435-7352. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE. STATE OF FLORIDA SOLICITATION # CH3662.
FLORIDA GRAND OPERA RETAINS 100% OF YOUR CONTRIBUTION.
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JOIN US IN HONORING the GRAND MILESTONE OF
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BOB HEUER’S 25 ANNIVERSARY
AS GENERAL DIRECTOR OF FLORIDA GRAND OPERA
Join us in honoring Robert M. Heuer’s 25th Anniversary as General Director & CEO of Florida Grand Opera.
Tribute Concert and Dinner on the Lynn Wolfson Stage, Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House at
the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, Thursday, February 25, 2010.
Bob’s incredible leadership has resulted in the growth of Florida Grand Opera’s audience into the 7th largest in
the United States. Bob Heuer, following Arturo di Filippi and Robert Herman, is only the third General Director in the
Opera’s 69-year history. A visionary and a strong driving force in the building of the Adrienne Arsht Center’s Sanford
and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House, Bob has made a notable difference in the lives of young singers through his
creation and continuation of FGO’s Young Artist Studio. Many of the artists whose studies and careers he has nurtured
will return to sing in this once-in-a-lifetime tribute. This is a celebration you will not want to miss!
Concert – 7:00 p.m.
Hosted by Renata Scotto and Sherrill Milnes
The following artists have agreed to participate in the celebration:
Frédéric Antoun, Antonio Barasorda, Andrew Bidlack, Richard Bonynge,
Elizabeth Caballero, Sarah Coburn, Fernando de la Mora, Helen Donath,
Elizabeth Futral, Katharine Goeldner, Kelly Kaduce, Aaron St. Clair Nicholson,
Leah Partridge*, Kyle Pfortmiller, James Morris*, David Pittsinger*, Diana
Soviero, Bernard Uzan, Mark Walters, Willie Anthony Waters, Gary Thor
Wedow, Steven White, and Roderick Williams (artists are subject to change).
*Special thanks to the Metropolitan Opera for releasing these artists.
TICKET
PRICES
Section
Price
Prime or Front Orchestra
$125
Orchestra Circle or Mezzanine / Tier 2
$75
Lower Balcony / Tier 3
$30
Upper Balcony / Tier 4
$20
Concert only tickets
On-Stage Dinner
Following the concert, join the artists and patrons in a special tribute to Bob at a spectacular black-tie
dinner on the Lynn Wolfson Stage. For information about reservations and sponsorship of this event,
please call Denise Courshon at 305-854-1643, ext. 1202.
Concert tickets may be purchased separately, without attending the dinner.
ONLINE: www.fgo.org CALL: 305-854-7890 • toll-free: 800-741-1010 • fax: 305-856-1042
Mail: Florida Grand Opera • 8390 NW 25th Street, Miami, FL 33122-1504
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Florida Grand Opera, recognized for funding by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and
the National Endowment for the Arts. Funding is also provided, in part, by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by
the Broward Cultural Council and the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs,
Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor and the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners. Program support is provided by the City of Miami
Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council, the Miami-Dade County Tourist Development Council, and The Children’s Trust, a dedicated
source of revenue established by voter referendum to improve the lives of children and families in Miami-Dade County. Florida Grand Opera is
a Resident Company of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and a member company of OPERA America.
A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL FREE WITHIN THE STATE 1-800-435-7352. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA SOLICITATION # CH3662. FLORIDA GRAND OPERA RETAINS 100% OF YOUR CONTRIBUTION.