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Creative Collaborations 2017

Posted on April 7, 2017 by editor Posted in Artists, At the OC, Events, St. Pete Opera

Creative Collaborations 2017 Program Notes

Co-Sponsored by Belinda Dumont & William Ward

Rhapsody for Bassoon and Marimba – World Premiere
by Mark Sforzini

Performed by John Shaw (marimba) and Mark Sforzini (bassoon).

meiuqeR: A Tragedy in Reverse – World Premiere… Read the rest

‘Abduction from the Seraglio’ shows off genius

Posted on March 18, 2016 by editor Posted in Events, Operas, Reviews, SPO News

St. Pete Times reviews: A nearly full house turned out on Friday for the St. Petersburg Opera’s first production of 2016, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio.

As with all things Palladium, the former church with … Read the rest

Photos from Abduction

Posted on March 18, 2016 by editor Posted in Events, Operas

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Arsenault’s design brings out the full richness of Tales of Hoffman Michael Eddy of Stage-Directions.com writes: Lighting Designer Keith Arsenault recently lit the St. Petersburg Opera Company’s production of the Jacques Offenbach classic, Tales of Hoffmann. Following a poet through three fanciful stories of unrequited love, this opera has held sway over audiences since it debuted in Paris 136 ...
St. Petersburg Opera continues to astound William S. Oser says in Talkin' Broadway "I would have been delighted to encounter a performance this good of this opera at any of the ... any European Opera Houses." Here is more from that full ...
Mom Would Love It! Peter Bates at Stylus notes: Jacques Offenbach composed over 100 operas. But waste no pity on him because he has only one in the repertoire (and for dying before he could see it). Tales of Hoffman, based on three short stories by Ernst Theodor ...
Maestro Interview by Creative Pinellas From Creative Pinellas: Maestro Mark Sforzini dispels notions of opera being too stuffy or boring. The affable conductor, composer and director of the St. Petersburg Opera hosts amusingly informative events that de-snobify the genre. His Evenings and Mornings with the Maestro and the cheeky Opera Therapy ...