Florida Grand Opera

Toscas Performed Tonight at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts

Supersized Tales

Myths Over America

W.H. Auden and Benjamin Britten had big fun with a very big legend

Vigorous Verdi

Florida Grand Opera unveils a sparkling Aïda

The Art is the Matter

The curtain rises on Act II of the Dade Performing Arts Center Story. Is this a comedy or a tragedy? Depends on who you ask.

They Call It Grand For a Reason

Samson et Dalila soars at the Carnival Center

Aria-Singing Siberian Superstars

FGO has reeled in some big ones.

Organ Donor

FGO has reeled in some big ones.

Death and Tosca

Florida Grand Opera's lead diva gears up for Puccini's masterwork.

Heart of Glass

A musical innovator visits UM.

Bring Your Opera Glasses

A musical innovator visits UM.

The Opera Is Super!

A musical innovator visits UM.

Oh, It's Carmen

Go behind the scenes of this fabulous opera

Melt

Go behind the scenes of this fabulous opera

By Any Other Name ... Romeo & Juliet

Go behind the scenes of this fabulous opera

Stage Capsules

Current Shows

Live Fast, Die Young

This production of the classic ain't so hot, though the joint rocks

Stage Capsules

Current shows

Tales of a Gypsy

FGO brings the season to a sizzling close with Carmen

The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful

Puccini's spaghetti western opens the Florida Grand Opera fall season

Music to Die For

This gorgeous new look at an old masterpiece still ends in death

Tripping Latino

This gorgeous new look at an old masterpiece still ends in death

Construction Funkshion

Workers boogie on site

Levity

Dancing through turmoil

Jammin' with Melton

Local jazz great welcomes legendary pals

Mountain Song

Singer stokes bluegrass roots

Ho Hummable

New twists to some classic musical numbers

Best Classical Radio Program

The Open Road

Calendar for the week

The Open Road

Calendar for the week

The Open Road

Calendar for the week

The Open Road

Calendar for the week

The Open Road

Calendar for the week

The Open Road

Honor Bound

The Open Road

The County Budget Hearings Have It Backward

For several weeks, I've been reading passionate plea emails to save the $11 million in funding for Miami-Dade cultural programming, all of them written by the heads of well-established, reputable organizations such as the Miami Art Museum, the Wolfsonian, and Vizcaya. Because the funding they r ... More >>

FGO's Pagliacci and Suor Angelica: Two operas about the perils of sex

For several weeks, I've been reading passionate plea emails to save the $11 million in funding for Miami-Dade cultural programming, all of them written by the heads of well-established, reputable organizations such as the Miami Art Museum, the Wolfsonian, and Vizcaya. Because the funding they r ... More >>

Knight Arts Challenge Grant Winners Announced

​The Knights Arts Challenge 2009 grant winners were announced this morning. The winners represent a large swath of Miami's culturally landscape. Everything from Sweat Records, the den mother of Miami's indie-oriented youth crew to the Florida Grand Opera took home money.A full list of winners can ... More >>

Miami's four must-see stage shows of 2010

​The Knights Arts Challenge 2009 grant winners were announced this morning. The winners represent a large swath of Miami's culturally landscape. Everything from Sweat Records, the den mother of Miami's indie-oriented youth crew to the Florida Grand Opera took home money.A full list of winners can ... More >>

Grand Ole Opry

​The Knights Arts Challenge 2009 grant winners were announced this morning. The winners represent a large swath of Miami's culturally landscape. Everything from Sweat Records, the den mother of Miami's indie-oriented youth crew to the Florida Grand Opera took home money.A full list of winners can ... More >>

Over 2,000 Free Opera Tickets Up For Grabs

Photo by: Ken HowardWhat?!? Everyone in the audience got in for free?!​These days, we'd be lucky if we could afford to see a soap opera on network TV, let alone an opera at the Arsht Center. But thanks to a grant from the Knight Foundation, even the unemployed now have a chance to see fat ladies s ... More >>

These Riddles Three

Photo by: Ken HowardWhat?!? Everyone in the audience got in for free?!​These days, we'd be lucky if we could afford to see a soap opera on network TV, let alone an opera at the Arsht Center. But thanks to a grant from the Knight Foundation, even the unemployed now have a chance to see fat ladies s ... More >>

FGO's Turandot: Ridiculous and beautiful

Photo by: Ken HowardWhat?!? Everyone in the audience got in for free?!​These days, we'd be lucky if we could afford to see a soap opera on network TV, let alone an opera at the Arsht Center. But thanks to a grant from the Knight Foundation, even the unemployed now have a chance to see fat ladies s ... More >>

Elizabeth Caballero: The Soprano

Photo by: Ken HowardWhat?!? Everyone in the audience got in for free?!​These days, we'd be lucky if we could afford to see a soap opera on network TV, let alone an opera at the Arsht Center. But thanks to a grant from the Knight Foundation, even the unemployed now have a chance to see fat ladies s ... More >>

Drunken Odyssey of Love

Photo by: Ken HowardWhat?!? Everyone in the audience got in for free?!​These days, we'd be lucky if we could afford to see a soap opera on network TV, let alone an opera at the Arsht Center. But thanks to a grant from the Knight Foundation, even the unemployed now have a chance to see fat ladies s ... More >>

A Nose for Romance

Photo by: Ken HowardWhat?!? Everyone in the audience got in for free?!​These days, we'd be lucky if we could afford to see a soap opera on network TV, let alone an opera at the Arsht Center. But thanks to a grant from the Knight Foundation, even the unemployed now have a chance to see fat ladies s ... More >>

Miami theater this week: Meshuggah-Nuns, Cyrano, and The Red Thread

Photo by: Ken HowardWhat?!? Everyone in the audience got in for free?!​These days, we'd be lucky if we could afford to see a soap opera on network TV, let alone an opera at the Arsht Center. But thanks to a grant from the Knight Foundation, even the unemployed now have a chance to see fat ladies s ... More >>

Firing Up the Floor

Photo by: Ken HowardWhat?!? Everyone in the audience got in for free?!​These days, we'd be lucky if we could afford to see a soap opera on network TV, let alone an opera at the Arsht Center. But thanks to a grant from the Knight Foundation, even the unemployed now have a chance to see fat ladies s ... More >>

Sprung on Spain

Photo by: Ken HowardWhat?!? Everyone in the audience got in for free?!​These days, we'd be lucky if we could afford to see a soap opera on network TV, let alone an opera at the Arsht Center. But thanks to a grant from the Knight Foundation, even the unemployed now have a chance to see fat ladies s ... More >>

Luisa Fernanda at the Ziff Ballet Opera House through November 26

Photo by: Ken HowardWhat?!? Everyone in the audience got in for free?!​These days, we'd be lucky if we could afford to see a soap opera on network TV, let alone an opera at the Arsht Center. But thanks to a grant from the Knight Foundation, even the unemployed now have a chance to see fat ladies s ... More >>

Opera Light

Photo by: Ken HowardWhat?!? Everyone in the audience got in for free?!​These days, we'd be lucky if we could afford to see a soap opera on network TV, let alone an opera at the Arsht Center. But thanks to a grant from the Knight Foundation, even the unemployed now have a chance to see fat ladies s ... More >>