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8390 NW 25th St. Doral, FL 33122

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2011 | Best Opera

As with the best operas, The Tales of Hoffman, a 19th-century three-act work by German-born French composer Jacques Offenbach, is a stirring story that involves forbidden love, ominous symbolism, and tragic, untimely deaths. But unlike other operas, it also features enchanted mirrors, trippy magic goggles, and animatronic sex dolls. Based on the short stories of German fantasy and horror author E.T.A. Hoffman, with a French libretto by Jules Barbier, The Tales of Hoffman follows the poet's... More »
2010 | Best Opera

This minor Puccini one-act, often overlooked, stole the show from the more famous I Pagliacci in a Florida Grand Opera double-header. It's difficult to make a bunch of identical nuns look compelling, but director Sandra Pocceschi asserted some cagey blocking to let us know who was whom, and as this brief tale of regret and injustice played out on FGO's stunning convent set -- which featured a huge, weeping Virgin Mary looming like a monster, or a god -- soprano Kelly Kaduce's voice... More »
2009 | Best Opera

This is simple arithmetic. Even with a wooden leading man, Lakme gets by on the exoticism of its Indian setting and the decadent (but tuneful!) complexities of Leo Delibes's one great opera -- the silly libretto of which makes a lot of opera people dismiss the whole thing. But those people are wrong, as they would have learned if they'd seen and heard Leah Partridge in the title role at FGO. Even if she got a tidbit screechy at the end of "The Bell Song," her voice -- fresh and... More »

Elizabeth Caballero: The Soprano

By Gabriela Garcia | Thu, November 25, 2010

I know a lot of people don't like opera — they think it's dramatic people screaming," says buxom, blue-eyed soprano Elizabeth Caballero, who stars as Liu in Florida Grand Opera's production of Giacomo Puccini's Turandot. The busy vocalist — who's... More »

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Florida Grand Opera

8390 NW 25th St. Doral, FL 33122

800-741-1010

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2011 | Best Opera

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2009 | Best Opera

Elizabeth Caballero: The Soprano

By Gabriela Garcia | Thu, November 25, 2010

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