A Night at the Opera in Miami
Florida Grand Opera in Miami , announced their 2010-11 70th Season: The Mysteries of Love, beginning November 13, 2010 with Turandot by Puccinin. Followed by The Tales of Hoffman, by Jacques Offenbach – January 2011; in April 2011, Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ and ‘Cyrano’ by David DiChiera. Florida Grand Opera (FGO) is located at The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts – 1300 Biscayne Blvd.
There’s never been a better line up of 4 of the best operas being performed in one place. Turandot – consists of opera’s most famous music, and the thrill of heroic voices create the theatrical experience whom every opera lover dreams of. Puccini had an unmistakable melodic gift, which has enriched the world’s most beloved operas. Turandot, is his final opera and represents Puccini’s culmination of the Italian tradition of Grand Opera. The story goes: The Ice Princess Turandot, challenges the Unknown Prince to answer her three riddles, and he succeeds where so many others have failed. In the famous aria, ‘Nessun dorma,’ he in turn challenges her to learn his name.
One of the best-loved French operas, ‘The Tales of Hoffmann’, brings the stories of E.T.A. Hoffmann to life. Hoffmann regales his friends in the tavern with the stories of his 3 past loves, while at the same time, his current love, Stella, is performing in the opera house nearby. By the time he has told of his romantic defeats, he is overcome with drink. Stella enters, but sees Hoffmann drunk, making him yet again lose another love.
Don Giovanni, by Mozart, is considered, by many, to be the most perfect opera ever written. Even today, Don Giovanni continues to thrill audiences. Don Giovanni is the story of the infamous lover, Don Juan. Another sad romantic opera is Cyrano, about the famous story of Cyrano de Bergerac, who has inspired many interpretations, but composer David DiChiers’a new opera, with libretto, by Bernard Uzan, premiered in 2007 at Detroit and in Philadelphia. This romantic opera received standing ovations and wonderful reviews. Cyrano, a nobleman skilled in both sword and pen, but has a very unsightly nose, has despite his desperate love for the beautiful Roxane, agreed to help his younger rival, Christian to win her heart.
Florida Grand Opera 2010 -11 season is guaranteed, if you’re not already, to make you an avid opera lover. There are plenty of Miami luxury hotels ready for you to make reservations and come to see, if not all, one of these fantastic performances. FGO will not let you down, they haven’t been around for over 21 years for nothing.