| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 4, 2005 Contact: Susan Loris, Director of Marketing & Public Relations FLORENTINE OPERA TO DEBUT NEW PRODUCTIONS OF FIDELIO and AIDA IN 2005.06 SEASON MILWAUKEE…Florentine Opera Board President James P. O’Shaughnessy announced today the 2005.06 season—a new production of Fidelio, conducted by Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Music Director Andreas Delfs, The Daughter of the Regiment, featuring the return of acclaimed tenor Raul Hernandez and the Florentine debut of soprano Lyubov Petrova, and a new co-production of Aida with Angela Brown in the title role. “We look forward offering the community the opportunity to experience the emotion, the artistry and the power of music,” stated O’Shaughnessy. “Fidelio, The Daughter of the Regiment and Aida will captivate audiences with the magic and splendor that is grand opera.” PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven
Florentine Opera Company will present a new production of Ludwig van Beethoven’s only opera Fidelio November 11, 13, and 15, 2005 at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. Beethoven’s glorious score will be conducted by Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Music Director Andreas Delfs in his first appearance at the Florentine Opera. Florestan / Anthony Dean Griffey The Daughter of the Regiment by Gaetano Donizetti
Florentine Opera Company will present The Daughter of the Regiment March 3, 4, and 5, 2006 at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. The Daughter of the Regiment is fun, flirty and filled with vocal fireworks and marks the return of acclaimed tenor Raul Hernandez. Marie / Lyubov Petrova / Anita Johnson (March 4) Aida by Giuseppe Verdi
Florentine Opera Company will present a lavish new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida May 28 through June 3, 2006 at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. This co-production, directed by Bliss Hebert and designed by Allen Charles Klein, will feature Angela Brown in the title role. “At last an Aida." was the response of The New York Times to Angela Brown's Metropolitan Opera debut this season. Aida / Angela Brown All performances are at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, SUBSCRTIPION INFORMATION Subscriptions to the Florentine Opera’s 2005.06 Season are now available and range in price from $66.50 to $361.50. To order your subscriptions package visit us online at www.florentineopera.org or call 414.291.5700 ext.224. To request a season brochure email us at info@florentineopera.org or call 414.291.5700. FLORENTINE OPERA Milwaukee’s Florentine Opera Company is Wisconsin’s oldest and most enduring performing arts organization. It is also the fifth oldest opera company in the United States. Today Florentine audiences enjoy beautifully mounted main stage productions each season that include first-rate vocal artistry, the visual excitement of elaborate, period authentic sets and costumes, high drama, light hearted comedy and superb choreography. Audiences also enjoy outstanding modern works such as the 1999 North American premiere of Lowell Lieberman’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, the 2002 Milwaukee premiere of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the 2003 Florentine premiere of Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde.
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