Amanda Crider: Flora

The most irresistible courtesan in opera – onstage at the Winspear for the very first time-in this lavish and lovely production from Florida Grand Opera! Set in 19th century Paris, where the young heir to a distinguished family name falls passionately in love with a woman of uncertain virtue. Will … read more

Marie Lenormand: Romeo

Bellini’s bel canto retelling of the “Romeo and Juliet” story, here based on Italian literary sources rather than Shakespeare, sends us into a Verona of warring factions (not families) and roiling passion. Vibrant French mezzo-soprano Marie Lenormand makes a company debut and a rare United States staged opera appearance in … read more

Dorothy Byrne: Malacorpa

The Inspector, John Musto’s witty Italian farce, closes the 2011/2012 Season. This comic gem boasts a melodic score and features a large and talented cast of established and versatile American dramatic singers. Basing the work loosely on Gogol’s 19th-century farce, The Government Inspector, Musto once again teams up … read more

Jamie Van Eyck: Tisbe

Rossini brings bel canto magic to a beloved fairy tale in his classic comedy, La Cenerentola. With a shimmering score full of vocal fireworks, the opera follows the beautiful maid Angelina on a quest for true love, despite the scheming of her cruel stepfather and wicked stepsisters.  Tickets & Informationread more

Chuck Hudson – Stage Director

Endlessly inventive, charmingly fantastical and utterly unique, Mozart’s final opera is a profound yet lighthearted tale of romantic love, spiritual transcendence and the beguiling art of birdcatching. Tickets & Information.

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Audrey Babcock: Suzuki

When the Geisha Cio-Cio San marries Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton, she gives him her whole heart and promises to be his for life. When his tour of duty ends, he abandons her to return to America. Although everyone tells her to forget him and move on, three years go by and … read more

Joseph Mechavich

Of the many operatic treatments of Shakespeare’s play, Gounod’s has been the most enduring, with its perfect depiction of the unrestrained passion of youth, and the bitter tragedy visited on the rival Capulet and Montague families. Soprano Sarah Coburn returns to FGO as Juliette and is joined by French tenor … read more

Cindy Sadler: Gertrude

Of the many operatic treatments of Shakespeare’s play, Gounod’s has been the most enduring, with its perfect depiction of the unrestrained passion of youth, and the bitter tragedy visited on the rival Capulet and Montague families. Soprano Sarah Coburn returns to FGO as Juliette and is joined by French tenor … read more

Elizabeth Byrne: Waltraute (cover)

For the first time in more than 20 years, the Met unveils a new Ring cycle. Robert Lepage’s groundbreaking production – the most ambitious production the Met has ever attempted – will be seen in its entirety, with a cast of the world’s greatest Wagnerian singers and Maestro James Levine … read more

David Portillo: Belmonte

Following the adventures of a young Spanish nobleman, his lover, and their servants who are kidnapped and placed into service to the Pasha, The Abduction from the Seraglio serves up side-splitting laughter alongside moments of genuine pathos. Two stars of Pittsburgh Opera’s The Barber of Seville (2010) return in another … read more