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		<title>Tickets for Mozart&#8217;s Idomeneo &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 20:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tickets for Mozart&#8217;s Idomeneo are moving fast! Don&#8217;t miss the innovative opera experience. See The Director on WISNs Arts Ave, Sat at 8:45AM Related posts: Continuing Thoughts on Semele Without giving too much away, I can  safely say that... Don&#8217;t Miss Scandalous Savings on Tosca Tickets Take the leap &#8211; if you still need your [...]
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		<title>Maestro Joseph Rescigno: Mozart&#8217;s Magnificent Masterpiece</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Note from the Maestro by Maestro Joseph Rescigno &#160; Idomeneo is unquestionably a masterpiece. It may well be the greatest opera seria ever written. Before Mozart, Gluck had taken the form to its highest peaks. Later, opera seria influenced the dramatic operas of Rossini, and even to some extent Meyerbeer. Idomeneo remained one of [...]
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		<title>Check out the Florentine Opera&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out the Florentine Opera&#8217;s fiery 2012-13 lineup! Subscriptions for this exciting season go on sale May 1, 2012. http://t.co/NGAULmgw Related posts: Matthew Richardson: My time with the Florentine Opera Company When I graduated from college I stepped away from music... New Opera Center brings the Florentine to Riverwest Have you heard the news? We [...]
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		<title>South Milwaukee PAC: Arts and Culture for the South Milwaukee Community</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Pat DerHovsepian, President of the SMPAC Board of Directors The South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center’s vision includes providing diverse programming to all. In accordance, the SMPAC Board of Directors was pleased to have the Florentine Opera perform at our venue this year.  Although opera has established itself in many of the major cities in [...]
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		<title>Thanks to Florentine patron Ri&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Florentine patron Richard Boyem for the content and accolades on the Florentine&#8217;s blog! Read more&#8230; http://t.co/sc0VhU4s Related posts: Three Tenors and The Florentine Last week, international opera star Jose Carreras announced his retirement...
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		<title>SUSANNAH in Milwaukee by Richard Boyum</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Florentine Opera put on a terrific Susannah by Carlisle Floyd over the weekend.  I have great things to say for the singers, orchestra, and conductor. Certainly this opera delivers the potent emotional impact by way of the principal singers.  Betty Waynne Allison was Susannah.  She has a powerful voice that carried cleanly throughout the theater. [...]
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		<title>From two Grammys for ELMER GAN&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>John La Bouchardiere: Directing the U.K. premiere of Floyd&#8217;s American Classic, SUSANNAH</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I directed Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah very early in my career – so early, in fact, that it was the first production for which someone else engaged me as a director. It was far from my first show but, until then, I had directed productions because I had made them happen myself and not because someone [...]
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		<title>Looking for a &#8216;Romantic&#8217; event&#8230;</title>
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		<title>Studio Artist Matt Richardson &#8230;</title>
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