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2011-2012 Season

Love forbidden,not forgotten

Luisa Fernanda La rondine Rigoletto Roméo & Juliette

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Dear Florida Grand Opera Subscriber,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 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. HeuerGeneral Director and CEO

Photo of Luisa Fernanda © Javier del Real for Teatro Real

Maestro Ramon Tebar and Bob Heuer

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AFlorida Grand Opera presents its first zarzuela, Federico Moreno Torroba’s

Luisa Fernanda. Zarzuela, a popular Spanish form of musical theater,

incorporates both spoken dialogue and singing. Luisa Fernanda, which had

its premiere in Madrid in 1932, is considered to be the last great romantic

zarzuela. People throughout the Spanish speaking world are familiar with

its great musical scenes.

Luisa Fernanda takes place during the republican-monarchist conflicts of

1868 in Spain, during which Luisa, the heroine, finds herself in a romantic

triangle with Javier, a dashing young army officer, and Vidal, a wealthy

landowner. The production originates from Madrid’s Teatro Real and will

be conducted by Pablo Mielgo and directed by Emilio Sagi. Below is an

introduction to zarzuela by Plácido Domingo, who inspired this production.

FEDERICOMORENOTORROBA

Sung in Spanish with English and Spanish projected titles.

A co-production of Florida Grand Opera and SaludArte Foundation.

This production is made possible by a generous gift from

Photos © Karin Cooper for Washington National Opera, Javier del Real for Teatro Real, and Armin Bardel for Theater an der Wien. Photo of Plácido Domingo © Greg Gorman for Los Angeles Opera.

An introduction to zarzuela from an expert!Zarzuela is a traditional Spanish musical genre that is frequently compared to the works of Gilbert and Sullivan and the Viennese operettas of Johann Strauss. For most of you, zarzuela is merely a difficult word to pronounce. For me, the word zarzuela represents something very special — they are the lullabies I heard my parents sing during my first days of life as they gently cradled me in their arms. My parents were both great singers of zarzuelas — this very traditional and very beloved operetta-like music of Spain.

Plácido Domingo

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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

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Written when Puccini was unquestionably the most popular opera

composer in the world, La rondine is finally gaining the popularity it

deserves, with new productions frequenting the world’s premiere opera

houses and finest sopranos coveting the leading role of Magda. Its

combination of romantic melodies and 20th century musical styles perfectly

defines the atmosphere of Paris, where Magda abandons a comfortable

life as a kept woman to pursue true romantic love in the south of France.

La rondine means “the swallow” and refers to the bird that flies south

for the winter. Magda is faced with circumstances that force her to be

completely honest with herself; heartbroken, she returns to Paris and her

old life. Following her triumphant performance as Liù in Turandot, soprano

Elizabeth Caballero returns to FGO to sing Magda’s ravishing music.

GIACOMOPUCCINI


Sung in Italian with English and Spanish projected titles.

This production is made possible by a generous gift from the Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Foundation and the Adams Supporting Foundation.Photos © Carol Rosegg for New York City Opera.

CAST MAGDA Elizabeth Caballero LISETTE Corinne Winters PRUNIER Daniel Shirley/James Barbato RAMBALDO Craig Colclough

PRODUCTION CONDUCTOR Ramon Tebar DIRECTOR Nicola Bowie PRODUCTION DESIGNER Ralph Funicello COSTUME DESIGNER Sam Kirkpatrick

Elizabeth Caballero Corinne Winters Craig Colclough

“If I could live again the joy of that hour!”MAGDA, ACT I

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The deformed court jester Rigoletto is famous for mocking the husbands of

the women the Duke has seduced. When Rigoletto’s own daughter, whom

he has kept carefully hidden, falls victim, he vows to have revenge. But

repaying evil with evil goes horribly wrong, and Rigoletto learns that he

has reaped what he has sown. This first work of Verdi’s maturity began

a series of masterpieces that would come to define Italian grand opera.

Rigoletto has continued to fascinate and thrill audiences for more than

150 years.

Outstanding American baritone Mark Walters returns to FGO in the

title role, and fresh from their debuts at the Metropolitan Opera, tenor

Michael Fabiano and former FGO Young Artist Rachele Gilmore appear as

the Duke and his victim Gilda.

GIUSEPPEVERDI

Sung in Italian with English and Spanish projected titles.Photos © Ken Howard for San Diego Opera.

Rachele GilmoreMark WaltersMichael Fabiano

CAST THE DUKE Michael Fabiano RIGOLETTO Mark Walters GILDA Rachele Gilmore COUNT MONTERONE Joo Won Kang SPARAFUCILE Ray Aceto MADDELENA Dana Beth Miller

PRODUCTION CONDUCTOR Andrew Bisantz DIRECTOR Jeffrey Marc Buchman


“Give an old man back his daughter; it costs you nothing, and she is everything in the world to me.”

RIGOLETTO, ACT II

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Shakespeare’s famous play has inspired many operas over the years, but

none as enduring or successful as Charles Gounod’s creation. From the

breathtaking love duet at sunrise to the opera’s shattering conclusion in the

tombs of the Capulets, Gounod’s lushly romantic music captures perfectly

the unrestrained passions of youth and the tragedy visited on the lovers and

their bitter rival families.

Soprano Sarah Coburn returns to FGO as Juliette, following her highly

acclaimed Rosina in our 2010 production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville.

French tenor Sébastien Guèze, who sings Christian in FGO’s production of

Cyrano, returns to FGO as Roméo.

CHARLESGOUNOD

Sung in French with English and Spanish projected titles.

This production is made possible by a generous gift from Randy Gage.Photos © Michal Daniel for The Minnesota Opera.

Sarah Coburn Sébastien Guèze Jonathan G. Michie

CAST ROMÉO Sébastien Guèze JULIETTE Sarah Coburn MERCUTIO Jonathan G. Michie FRIAR LAURENT Craig Colclough

PRODUCTION CONDUCTOR Joseph Mechavich DIRECTOR David Lefkowich PRODUCTION DESIGNER Erhard Rom COSTUME DESIGNER Jennifer Caprio


“But what sudden light through yonder window breaks?”ROMÉO, BENEATH JULIETTE’S WINDOW, ACT II

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OPENING NIGHT SATURDAYS SAT 7 PMLuisa Fernanda Nov 12La rondine Jan 21Rigoletto Jan 28Roméo et Juliette Apr 21

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TotalPrice perSubscription

First Tier n Grand Tier Box $752 $3,500 $4,252

Orchestra Level n Prime Orchestra Rows A-J $676 $1,500 $2,176

n Prime Orchestra Rows K-T $676 $500 $1,176

n Orchestra Box $676 $500 $1,176

n Front Orchestra $528 — $528

n Orchestra Circle $388 — $388

Second Tier n Mezz Box/Mezz Row A $388 $250 $638

n Mezz Rows B-G $236 — $236

Third Tier n Lower Balc Box/LB Row A $236 — $236

n Lower Balc Rows B-H $148 — $148

Fourth Tier n Upper Balc Box/UB Row A $108 — $108

n Upper Balc Rows B-N $64 — $64

FRIDAYS • SECOND SATURDAYS FRI 8 PM SAT 8 PMLuisa FernandaLa rondineRigolettoRoméo et Juliette

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Feb 11May 5




First Tier n Grand Tier Box $676 $1,000 $1,676

Orchestra Level n Prime Orchestra Rows A-J $528 $500 $1,028

n Prime Orchestra Rows K-T $528 $250 $778

n Orchestra Box $528 $250 $778









TUESDAYS • WEDNESDAYS • SUNDAYS TUE 8 PM WED 8 PM SUN 2 PMLuisa FernandaLa rondineRigolettoRoméo et Juliette

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Orchestra Level n Prime Orchestra Rows A-J $388 $150 $538

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n Orchestra Box $388 $100 $488









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SATURDAYS SAT 8 PMLuisa Fernanda Dec 3Rigoletto Feb 18Roméo et Juliette May 12




Include any performance of La rondine in Miami for an additional

Orchestra Level n Prime Orchestra Rows H-S $450 $500 $950 $150

n Prime Orchestra Rows T-Z $450 $250 $700 $150

n Orchestra Box $450 $250 $700 $150

n Front Orchestra $282 — $282 $94

n Upper Orchestra $201 — $201 $67

n Side Rear Upper Orchestra $135 — $135 $45

Mezzanine n Front Mezz/Mezz Box $282 — $282 $94

n Mezzanine $180 — $180 $60

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Balcony n Lower Balcony/Balc Box $105 — $105 $35

n Upper Balcony $48 — $48 $16

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