ORLANDO OPERA NEWS COVERAGE - PAGE 2

=Opera Orlando goes On Tour with its production of Peter Rothstein's critically-acclaimed All is Calm: the Christmas Truce of 1914. This poignant and moving work retells the historic World War I events of Christmas Eve in 1914 through actual soldiers' letters and official military correspondence, in...

Opera Orlando’s 2022-23 Opera Everlasting season on the MainStage opens with Mozart’s The Magic Flute ...

The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts will treat its guests with five shows this Halloween season, including theater, ballet and opera performances....

Opera Orlando MainStage season begins this month, and preparations are underway for The Magic Flute. In the lead-up to this gorgeous new production in Steinmetz Hall, Opera Orlando audiences are invited to take a peek behind the scenes with special More of the MainStage events....

Bringing a message of camaraderie, hope, and peace this holiday season, Opera Orlando remounts its acclaimed 2019 production of All is Calm: the Christmas Truce of 1914. ...

Opera Orlando has announced four singers joining the company’s Studio Artist program in the Company’s 2022-23 Opera Everlasting season. The artists are Sara Lucille Law, soprano; Raphaella Medina, mezzo soprano; Robert Hartfield, tenor; and Geoffrey Peterson, lyric baritone....

To open the Opera on the MainStage series, Opera Orlando presents Mozart's The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte). Bring the family to this enchanting and whimsical tale about love and light, sacrifice and darkness, and finding one's place in the world. ...

Opera Orlando's hot soprano summer comes to a thrilling conclusion on August 28 at the University Club of Winter Park. Soprano Susan Hellman Spatafora, bass Andrew W. Potter, and pianist Robin Stamper present LATE NIGHT ENCOUNTERS....

Opera Orlando's hot soprano summer continues to sizzle on August 21 at the University Club of Winter Park. Soprano Kyaunnee Richardson and pianist Chevalier Lovett present A STAR TURN: from opera to broadway, an exciting line-up of arias and showtunes guaranteed to thrill and delight the summer conc...

Individual tickets are now on sale for Opera Orlando in Concert: Summer Concert Series. The Opera’s annual series returns with three concerts by world-class artists in the intimate setting of the University Club of Winter Park, and this season it's a hot soprano summer as Opera Orlando welcomes ba...

This July Opera Orlando will hold its annual training initiative for young singers: SINGS! Summer Institute for the Next Generation of Singers. ...

It's a hot soprano summer as Opera Orlando welcomes back divas from past seasons. Opera Orlando in Concert: Summer Concert Series returns with three concerts by world-class opera sopranos, up close and personal, in the intimate setting of the University Club of Winter Park. Enjoy a fun and diverse s...

Rigoletto goes on stage on Friday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 24 at 2 p.m and will feature the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, the Opera Orlando Chorus, and dancers from Orlando Ballet....

Rigoletto goes on stage on Friday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 24 at 2 p.m and will feature the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, the Opera Orlando Chorus, and dancers from Orlando Ballet....

Opera Orlando announces the Student RUSH Tickets for the performance of Rigoletto this weekend, presented in the new Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. ...

Opera Orlando closes its 2021-22 Mainstage Verdi season with Rigoletto, the composer's first significant success. This tragic masterpiece portrays the story of a deformed court jester caught in a snare of corruption, lust, and vengeance. Rigoletto goes on stage Friday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m. and Sund...

Opera Orlando and honorary chairs Margie and Chuck Steinmetz invite you to The Mozart Dinner on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Cocktail Reception starts at 6 p.m. with dinner and musical presentation at 7 p.m. ...

Opera Orlando closes its 2021-22 Mainstage Verdi season with Rigoletto, the composer's first significant success. This tragic masterpiece portrays the story of a deformed court jester caught in a snare of corruption, lust, and vengeance. Rigoletto goes on stage Friday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m. and Sund...

Verdi goes “On the Town” as Opera Orlando presents his comic King for a Day at Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando, March 4 and 5. ...

Verdi goes “On the Town” as Opera Orlando presents his comic King for a Day at Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando, March 4 and 5. ...

Opera Orlando was recently awarded a Golden Pear Grant in the amount of $10,000 from The American Fundraising Foundation (AmFund). This grant was offered as additional support to the organization during the pandemic. ...

Verdi goes “On the Town” as Opera Orlando presents his comic King for a Day at Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando, March 4 and 5. ...

It's not every day that Audra McDonald stands twenty feet in front of you and says, 'Tonight, we are all a part of history.' Then again, it's not every day that music history gets made in Orlando - real-deal, textbook-worthy history - so when it does happen, I reckon Audra McDonald is as eager to be...

Opera Orlando’s 2021-22 Viva Verdi! season goes into overdrive this spring as the Company launches its “On the Town” series with two very different but equally compelling productions. Make it a date night in March for Verdi’s comic King for a Day, presented at Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Un...

Opera Orlando will mark a momentous occasion next weekend, December 17-19, with the world premiere of its very first commissioned opera, The Secret River, based on the book of the same name by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Central Florida resident, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings...

Audiences can get their tickets this Friday, November 26, for Verdi's masterpiece Rigoletto, an original take on this operatic standard that will make history as the first opera presented in Dr. Phillips Center's new acoustic hall. To sweeten the deal, Opera Orlando will be offering a Black Friday s...

The Opera Orlando ENCORE! series returns for the 2021-22 season with the co-stream of the new song cycle Unknown available Thursday, November 11, through Thursday, November 18. Commissioned by UrbanArias, this original dramatic work honors the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the Tomb of the Unk...

Opera Orlando will present Giuseppe Verdi’s classic La Traviata this weekend at the Walt Disney Theater at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Special Student Rush Tickets will be available two hours before show time at the Dr. Phillips Center Box Office for both performances....

The Levitt Pavilion Orlando (LPO) Bandwagon Concert Series is a mobile stage for free community and pop-up concerts across Orlando and Orange County featuring a diverse array of professional musical artists....

Opera Orlando's 2021-22 season celebrates one of opera's greats: Giuseppe Verdi. Audiences can enjoy his beloved classic, La Traviata, opening Halloween weekend at the Walt Disney Theater at Dr. Phillips Center....

In partnership with University of Central Florida Burnett Honors College, Opera Orlando will present a panel talk entitled Having a Voice - OnStage and at the Table with acclaimed soprano and arts administrator Cecilia Violetta López, renowned conductor and non-profit founder Stephanie Rhodes Russe...

Due to the resurgence of COVID-19 in Orange County and in the interest of health and safety for its patrons, donors, and staff members, Opera Orlando is postponing its annual gala, Viva L'Opera! The event was scheduled for September 11, 2021 at The Alfond Inn at Rollins but will now take place on Ma...

As Opera Orlando prepares for its sixth full season and its move into Steinmetz Hall, the Company has expanded and reorganized its staff and infrastructure to continue its growth as an organization....

Opera Orlando SINGS! will be an annual summer program moving forward for the Company.  All currently-enrolled high school students are encouraged to apply, as well as to submit video recordings of themselves singing an art song, aria, or musical theater piece. Dates for next year’s SINGS! program...

Opera Orlando's annual Summer Concert Series (formerly Opera on Park) returns live and in person to the University Club of Winter Park this August....

Opera Orlando's 2021-22 season celebrates one of opera's greats: Giuseppe Verdi. The Company kicks off its season with his beloved classic, La Traviata, on the MainStage at Dr. Phillips Center. Stephanie Rhodes Russell, making her Opera Orlando debut, conducts musicians from the Orlando Philharmonic...

Opera Orlando is se to close its 2020-21 season 'On the Town' at Harriett's Orlando Ballet Centre with the intimate and powerful one-act opera As One. Composed by Laura Kaminsky with a libretto by Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed, As One is a timely coming-of-age story about a transgender woman....

Opera Orlando will partner with 26 Health to present As One, a transgender coming-of-age story about identity, authenticity, and compassion: a story representative of the LGBTQ+ community for all audiences....

Opera Orlando closes its 2020-21 season “On the Town” at Harriett's Orlando Ballet Centre with the intimate and powerful one-act opera As One....

On the heels of sold-out, in-person performances of Opera Orlando’s Creole Carmen, the Company is partnering with WUCF TV to broadcast its ENCORE! presentation of Bizet’s fiery masterwork. This original take on Carmen is set in the politically tumultuous and culturally provocative reign of “Pa...