Love Forbidden, Not Forgotten

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2011-2012 Season

Love forbidden, not forgotten

Luisa Fernanda La rondine Rigoletto Roméo & Juliette LUISA FERNANDA SUBSCRIBERS SEE

I am delighted to invite you to join us for Florida Grand Opera’s 2011-2012 season, which will begin with our first-ever presentation of a zarzuela, Federico Moreno Torroba’s Luisa Fernanda, in a remarkable production from Madrid’s Teatro Real. Zarzuela, a traditional form of Spanish musical theater, has been championed by the world’s great Hispanic opera singers, including Montserrat Caballé, Pilar Lorengar, Alfredo Kraus, and Teresa Berganza. The great tenor Plácido Domingo actually began his magnificent career singing zarzuela and has kept it in his repertory over the years. This Teatro Real production has been seen at Milan’s La Scala, Washington National Opera, and Los Angeles Opera, and we are proud to be able to present it to our Maestro Ramon Tebar and Bob Heuer South Florida audience. It promises to be a highlight of the season.

The season will also include Florida Grand Opera’s first-ever production of Puccini’s La rondine, which has been enjoying renewed worldwide popularity, and truly remarkable artists in productions of Verdi’s Rigoletto and Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette.

I hope you will join me in welcoming FGO’s new Music Director, Ramon Tebar, who will assume that role during the 2011-2012 season. His conducting of our 2010 Lucia di Lammermoor and our recent Turandot has been enthusiastically received by our audience and critics alike, and his artistic vision and leadership will be an important contribution to our maintaining the highest musical standards.

This is a season that I’m sure we will long remember, and I look forward to enjoying it with you!

Sincerely,

Robert M. Heuer General Director and CEO

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“Against my will, I have loved you always… when you loved me, when you long forgot me.” LUISA TO JAVIER, ACT III

SET IN MADRID, SPAIN PUCCINI GIACOMO LA RONDINE Subscribe Today! www.FGO.org or800.741.1010 Photos ©CarolRoseggforNewYork CityOpera. F.Arthur Foundation. andAliceE.AdamsFoundationtheSupporting This productionismadepossible byagenerousgiftfromthe Sung inItalianwithEnglishand Spanishprojectedtitles. RAMBALDO CraigColclough PRUNIER DanielShirley/JamesBarbato LISETTE CorinneWinters MAGDA ElizabethCaballero CAST toFGOsingMagda’sElizabeth Caballeroreturns ravishing music. asLiùinTurandotold life.Followinghertriumphantperformance , soprano toParisandher shereturns completely honestwithherself;heartbroken, for thewinter. Magdaisfacedwithcircumstancesthatforcehertobe La rondinemeans“theswallow”andreferstothebirdthatfliessouth life asakeptwomantopursuetrueromanticloveinthesouthofFrance. defines theatmosphereofParis,whereMagdaabandonsacomfortable musicalstylesperfectly combination ofromanticmelodiesand20thcentury houses andfinestsopranoscovetingtheleadingroleofMagda.Its withnewproductionsfrequentingtheworld’sdeserves, premiereopera composer intheworld,Larondineisfinallygainingpopularityit Written whenPucciniwasunquestionablythemostpopularopera Elizabeth Caballero Corinne Winters COSTUME DESIGNERSamKirkpatrick PRODUCTION DESIGNERRalphFunicello DIRECTOR NicolaBowie CONDUCTOR RamonTebar PRODUCTION Craig Colclough “If I could live again the joy of that hour!” MAGDA, ACT I

SET IN PARIS, FRANCE VERDI GIUSEPPE RIGOLETTO Subscribe Today! www.FGO.org or800.741.1010 Photos ©KenHowardforSanDiegoOpera. Sung inItalianwithEnglishand Spanishprojectedtitles. MADDELENA DanaBethMiller SPARAFUCILE RayAceto COUNT MONTERONEJooWon Kang GILDA RacheleGilmore RIGOLETTO MarkWalters THE DUKEMichaelFabiano CAST the DukeandhisvictimGilda. FGOYoungMichael Fabianoandformer RacheleGilmoreappearas Artist title role,andfreshfromtheirdebutsattheMetropolitanOpera,tenor Outstanding AmericanbaritoneMarkWalters toFGOinthe returns 150 years. Rigoletto hascontinuedtofascinateandthrillaudiencesformorethan a seriesofmasterpiecesthatwouldcometodefineItaliangrandopera. has reapedwhathesown.Thisfirstworkof Verdi’s maturitybegan thathe repaying evilwithgoeshorriblywrong,andRigolettolearns he haskeptcarefullyhidden,fallsvictim,vowstohaverevenge.But the womenDukehasseduced.WhenRigoletto’s owndaughter, whom jesterRigolettoisfamousformockingthehusbandsof court The deformed Michael Fabiano Mark Walters DIRECTOR JeffreyMarcBuchman CONDUCTOR AndrewBisantz PRODUCTION Rachele Gilmore “Give an old man back his daughter; it costs you nothing, and she is everything in the world to me.” RIGOLETTO, ACT II

SET IN MANTUA, ITALY GOUNOD CHARLES ROMÉO & JULIETTE Subscribe Today! www.FGO.org or800.741.1010 Photos ©MichalDanielforTheMinnesota Opera. This productionismadepossible byagenerousgiftfromRandyGage. Sung inFrenchwithEnglishand Spanishprojectedtitles. FRIAR LAURENTCraigColclough MERCUTIO JonathanG.Michie JULIETTE SarahCoburn ROMÉO SébastienGuèze CAST toFGOasRoméo. Cyrano, returns French tenorSébastienGuèze,whosingsChristianinFGO’s productionof acclaimed Rosinainour2010productionofRossini’s TheBarberofSeville. toFGOasJuliette,followingherhighly returns Soprano SarahCoburn their bitterrivalfamilies. the unrestrainedpassionsofyouthandtragedyvisitedonlovers tombs oftheCapulets,Gounod’s lushly romanticmusiccapturesperfectly breathtaking loveduetatsunrisetotheopera’s shatteringconclusioninthe none asenduringorsuccessfulCharlesGounod’s creation.Fromthe Shakespeare’s famousplayhasinspired manyoperasovertheyears,but Sarah Coburn Sébastien Guèze COSTUME DESIGNERJenniferCaprio PRODUCTION DESIGNERErhardRom DIRECTOR DavidLefkowich CONDUCTOR JosephMechavich PRODUCTION Jonathan G.Michie “But what sudden light through yonder window breaks?” ROMÉO, BENEATH JULIETTE’S WINDOW, ACT II

SET IN VERONA, ITALY Miami Buy 3 operas and get 1 free Four operas in Miami* PERFORMANCES OPENING NIGHT SATURDAYS SAT 7 PM FRIDAYS • SECOND SATURDAYS FRI 8 PM SAT 8 PM Luisa Fernanda Nov 12 Luisa Fernanda Nov 18 Nov 26 SANFORD & DOLORES La rondine Jan 21 La rondine Jan 27 Feb 4 ZIFF BALLET OPERA HOUSE Rigoletto Jan 28 Rigoletto Feb 3 Feb 11 Roméo et Juliette Apr 21 Roméo et Juliette Apr 27 May 5 Adrienne Arsht Center Ticket Tax-Deductible Total Ticket Tax-Deductible Total Seating Section Price per Donation Price per Seating Section Price per Donation Price per for the Performing Arts Subscription with this Seat Subscription Subscription with this Seat Subscription First Tier n Grand Tier Box $752 $3,500 $4,252 First Tier n Grand Tier Box $676 $1,000 $1,676 of Miami-Dade County Orchestra Level n Prime Orchestra Rows A-J $676 $1,500 $2,176 Orchestra Level n Prime Orchestra Rows A-J $528 $500 $1,028 n Prime Orchestra Rows K-T $676 $500 $1,176 n Prime Orchestra Rows K-T $528 $250 $778 1300 Biscayne Boulevard n Orchestra Box $676 $500 $1,176 n Orchestra Box $528 $250 $778 Miami, FL 33132 n Front Orchestra $528 — $528 n Front Orchestra $388 — $388 www.FGO.org F 800.741.1010 n Orchestra Circle $388 — $388 n Orchestra Circle $288 — $288 Second Tier n Mezz Box/Mezz Row A $388 $250 $638 Second Tier n Mezz Box/Mezz Row A $288 $125 $413 n Mezz Rows B-G $236 — $236 n Mezz Rows B-G $204 — $204 Third Tier n Lower Balc Box/LB Row A $236 — $236 Third Tier n Lower Balc Box/LB Row A $204 — $204 n Lower Balc Rows B-H $148 — $148 n Lower Balc Rows B-H $112 — $112 Fourth Tier n Upper Balc Box/UB Row A $108 — $108 Fourth Tier n Upper Balc Box/UB Row A $84 — $84 n Upper Balc Rows B-N $64 — $64 n Upper Balc Rows B-N $60 — $60

TUESDAYS • WEDNESDAYS • SUNDAYS TUE 8 PM WED 8 PM SUN 2 PM Luisa Fernanda Nov 15 Nov 23 Nov 20 La rondine Jan 24 Feb 1 Jan 29 Rigoletto Jan 31 Feb 8 Feb 5 Roméo et Juliette Apr 24 May 2 Apr 29 Ticket Tax-Deductible Total Seating Section Price per Donation Price per Subscription with this Seat Subscription First Tier n Grand Tier Box $500 $475 $975 Orchestra Level n Prime Orchestra Rows A-J $388 $150 $538 n Prime Orchestra Rows K-T $388 $100 $488 n Orchestra Box $388 $100 $488 n Front Orchestra $288 — $288 n Orchestra Circle $236 — $236 Second Tier n Mezz Box/Mezz Row A $236 $100 $336 n Mezz Rows B-G $184 — $184 Third Tier n Lower Balc Box/LB Row A $184 — $184 n Lower Balc Rows B-H $84 — $84 Fourth Tier n Upper Balc Box/UB Row A $64 — $64 For a detailed seating map, go to www.fgo.org/maps n Upper Balc Rows B-N $32 — $32 *Prices reflect a 25% discount off single ticket prices. Buy 3 operas and get 1 free Three operas in Fort Lauderdale and one opera in Miami* Fort NEW THURSDAYS THU 7:30 PM START Lauderdale TIME Luisa Fernanda Dec 1 PERFORMANCES Rigoletto Feb 16 Roméo et Juliette May 10 Include any Ticket Tax-Deductible Total performance AU-RENE THEATER Seating Section Price per Donation Price per of La rondine Subscription with this Seat Subscription in Miami for Broward Center for an additional Orchestra Level n Prime Orchestra Rows H-S $450 $1,000 $1,450 $150 the Performing Arts n Prime Orchestra Rows T-Z $450 $500 $950 $150 201 Southwest 5th Avenue n Orchestra Box $450 $500 $950 $150 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312 n Front Orchestra $282 — $282 $94 n Upper Orchestra $201 — $201 $67 www.FGO.org F 800.741.1010 n Side Rear Upper Orchestra $135 — $135 $45 Mezzanine n Front Mezz/Mezz Box $282 — $282 $94 n Mezzanine $180 — $180 $60 n Side Rear Mezzanine $126 — $126 $42 Balcony n Lower Balcony/Balc Box $105 — $105 $35 n Upper Balcony $48 — $48 $16

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