Love forbidden, not forgotten

2011-2012 Season
Love forbidden,
not forgotten
Luisa Fernanda
La rondine
Rigoletto
Roméo & Juliette
© Michal Daniel for The Minnesota Opera
ROMÉO & JULIETTE
© Ken Howard for San Diego Opera
RIGOLETTO
© Carol Rosegg for New York City Opera
LA RONDINE
© Javier del Real for Teatro Real
LUISA FERNANDA
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Dear Florida Grand Opera Subscriber,
Maestro Ramon Tebar and Bob Heuer
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. Heuer
General Director and CEO
Photo of Luisa Fernanda © Javier del Real for Teatro Real
FEDERICO
MORENO
TORROBA
Florida 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
LUISA FERNANDA
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.
An introduction to zarzuela from an expert!
Plácido Domingo
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.
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.
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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
GIACOMO
PUCCINI
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
LA RONDINE
old life. Following her triumphant performance as Liù in Turandot, soprano
Elizabeth Caballero returns to FGO to sing Magda’s ravishing music.
CAST
MAGDA Elizabeth Caballero
LISETTE Corinne Winters
PRUNIER Daniel Shirley/James Barbato
RAMBALDO Craig Colclough
Elizabeth Caballero
PRODUCTION
CONDUCTOR Ramon Tebar
DIRECTOR Nicola Bowie
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Ralph Funicello
COSTUME DESIGNER Sam Kirkpatrick
Corinne Winters
Craig Colclough
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.
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“If I could live again the joy of that hour!”
MAGDA, ACT I
SET IN
PARIS, FRANCE
GIUSEPPE
VERDI
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
RIGOLETTO
the Duke and his victim Gilda.
CAST
THE DUKE Michael Fabiano
RIGOLETTO Mark Walters
GILDA Rachele Gilmore
COUNT MONTERONE Joo Won Kang
SPARAFUCILE Ray Aceto
MADDELENA Dana Beth Miller
Michael Fabiano
PRODUCTION
CONDUCTOR Andrew Bisantz
DIRECTOR Jeffrey Marc Buchman
Mark Walters
Rachele Gilmore
Sung in Italian with English and Spanish projected titles.
Photos © Ken Howard for San Diego Opera.
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“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
CHARLES
GOUNOD
Shakespeare’s famous play has inspired many operas over the years, but
ROMÉO & JULIETTE
breathtaking love duet at sunrise to the opera’s shattering conclusion in the
none as enduring or successful as Charles Gounod’s creation. From 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.
CAST
ROMÉO Sébastien Guèze
JULIETTE Sarah Coburn
MERCUTIO Jonathan G. Michie
FRIAR LAURENT Craig Colclough
Sarah Coburn
PRODUCTION
CONDUCTOR Joseph Mechavich
DIRECTOR David Lefkowich
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Erhard Rom
COSTUME DESIGNER Jennifer Caprio
Sébastien Guèze
Jonathan G. Michie
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.
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“But what sudden light through yonder window breaks?”
ROMÉO, BENEATH JULIETTE’S WINDOW, ACT II
SET IN
VERONA, ITALY
Miami
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OPENING NIGHT SATURDAYS
Luisa Fernanda
La rondine
Rigoletto
Roméo et Juliette
Seating Section
First Tier
n Grand Tier Box
Orchestra Level n Prime Orchestra Rows A-J
n Prime Orchestra Rows K-T
n Orchestra Box
n Front Orchestra
n Orchestra Circle
Second Tier
n Mezz Box/Mezz Row A
n Mezz Rows B-G
Third Tier
n Lower Balc Box/LB Row A
n Lower Balc Rows B-H
Fourth Tier
n Upper Balc Box/UB Row A
n Upper Balc Rows B-N
TUESDAYS • WEDNESDAYS • SUNDAYS
Luisa Fernanda
La rondine
Rigoletto
Roméo et Juliette
Seating Section
First Tier
n Grand Tier Box
Orchestra Level n Prime Orchestra Rows A-J
n Prime Orchestra Rows K-T
n Orchestra Box
n Front Orchestra
n Orchestra Circle
Second Tier
n Mezz Box/Mezz Row A
n Mezz Rows B-G
Third Tier
n Lower Balc Box/LB Row A
n Lower Balc Rows B-H
Fourth Tier
n Upper Balc Box/UB Row A
n Upper Balc Rows B-N
FRIDAYS • SECOND SATURDAYS
Luisa Fernanda
La rondine
Rigoletto
Roméo et Juliette
Seating Section
First Tier
n Grand Tier Box
Orchestra Level n Prime Orchestra Rows A-J
n Prime Orchestra Rows K-T
n Orchestra Box
n Front Orchestra
n Orchestra Circle
Second Tier
n Mezz Box/Mezz Row A
n Mezz Rows B-G
Third Tier
n Lower Balc Box/LB Row A
n Lower Balc Rows B-H
Fourth Tier
n Upper Balc Box/UB Row A
n Upper Balc Rows B-N
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n Orchestra Box
n Front Orchestra
n Upper Orchestra
n Side Rear Upper Orchestra
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n Mezzanine
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Rigoletto
Roméo et Juliette
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