Single Tickets for Florida Grand Opera's 2017-18 Season Now on Sale.

Single (non-subscription) tickets for Florida Grand Opera's 2017-18 season are now on sale.

Susan T. Danis, General Director and CEO of Florida Grand Opera said: "This is the season that FGO has been working toward since I came to the company five years ago. With an exciting range of operas, all cast to strength with the finest singers available, our season will have something for everyone. Critics and audiences agreed that our 2016-17 season represented an artistic pinnacle for the company. I believe that FGO will reach an even higher level in 201718."

The 2017-18 season-the company's 77th-opens on Saturday, November 11, with Donizetti's bel-canto classic "Lucia di Lammermoor." Soprano Anna Christy, whose r�sum� includes the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, puts her individual stamp on the demanding title role of the Scottish girl whose family pushes her into a
deadly unwanted marriage to restore its waning fortunes; alternating with Christy throughout the run is award-winning Met soprano Haeran Hong.

Joshua Guerrero and Jes�s Leon, two of the fastest-rising tenors on the international scene today, portray Lucia's tormented suitor Edgardo. Elise Sandell directs the production, which is led by Maestro Alexander Polianichko, who conducted last season's "Eugene Onegin" at FGO and was hailed by South Florida Classical Review for "obtaining some of the opera orchestra's best playing."

January 27, 2018 brings FGO's staging of Richard Strauss's shattering masterpiece of sexual fury and religious fervor, "Salome." Sopranos Melody Moore and Kirsten Chambers bring their individual interpretations to the title role of the Judean princess who forces her will on her stepfather, the lustful King Herod, and pays for it with her life. The two sopranos are supported by a powerhouse cast of international artists: Baritone Mark Delavan as the prophet Jochanaan, tenor John Easterlin as the depraved Herod, and mezzo soprano Elizabeth Bishop as the dissolute Herodias. Timothy Myers, who last season led Wexford Festival Opera's universally acclaimed staging of Samuel Barber's Vanessa, is the conductor. FGO's production is in the hands of celebrated stage director Bernard Uzan.

Beginning March 17, FGO offers the company's first-ever production of Christoph Willibald Gluck's ground-breaking work "Orfeo ed Euridice." The staging stars two brilliant countertenors, Anthony Roth Costanzo, a first prize winner in Pl�cido Domingo's Operalia Competition and John Holiday, who this summer enjoyed a personal triumph in the Glimmerglass Festival's production of Handel's Xerxes. Costanzo will be partnered by CubanAmerican soprano Eglise Guti�rrez, who last appeared at FGO in Massenet's Tha�s in 2014. Keturah Stickann is the director; Anthony Barrese conducts.

The season concludes with Daniel Cat�n's enormously popular 1995 work "Florencia en el Amazonas," about an enigmatic opera diva who takes a boat up the Amazon in search of her missing husband. "People who think they don't like modern opera don't need to worry about Florencia,' " observed Susan Danis. "It's a lush, lyrical opera, full of glorious melodies that may remind listeners of the romantic spirit of Puccini." Florencia is the latest entry in FGO's "Made for Miami" series, a collection of operas that connect in specific ways with members of South Florida's richly diverse community. Acclaimed soprano Ana Mar�a Mart�nez, star of the Metropolitan Opera and San Francisco Opera, and Sandra L�pez, of the Met and the Gran Teatro la Fenice, share the title role. The production is staged by Jose Maria Condemi, with FGO's principal conductor, Ram�n Tebar, at the podium.

ABOUT FLORIDA GRAND OPERA

Florida Grand Opera (FGO), the oldest performing arts organization in Florida, celebrates its 77th season in 2017-18. The mainstage operas of the season include: Gaetano Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" (November 11 - December 2, 2017), Richard Strauss's "Salome" (January 27 - February 10, 2018), Christoph Willibald Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice" (March 17-31, 2018), and Daniel Cat�n's "Florencia en el Amazonas" (April 28 - May 5, 2018).

FGO is currently accepting subscription renewals, new subscriptions, and donations for the 2017-18 season online or at FGO's offices. FGO's Box Office is located at the Doral Center on 8390 NW 25 Street, Miami, FL 33122, and is open from 10am to 4pm, Monday through Friday during the season. Season tickets may also be purchased by phone at (800) 741-1010. Founded in 1941 as Greater Miami Opera and later merging with The Opera Guild Inc. in 1994, FGO presents a mixture of standard repertoire and contemporary works as well as commissions and new productions - all featuring projected translations in English and Spanish. FGO is recognized for funding by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Funding is also provided, in part, by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council and the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, the MiamiDade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor and the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners and the Miami-Dade County Tourist Development Council. Florida Grand Opera is a Resident Company of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and a member company of OPERA America. Intercontinental Miami is the Official Hotel and Steinway & Sons is the Official Piano of Florida Grand Opera.

Single tickets are priced from $12 to $250, and may be purchased at fgo.org, or by calling 1-800-741-1010. Patrons may also purchase tickets in person at Florida Grand Opera's box office, located at Doral Center, 8390 Northwest 25 Street in Miami. The box office is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Full or Partial Series Subscriptions are also available.