Miami, July 24, 2018 – Linda Balent, MD, Chairman of the Florida Grand Opera Board of Directors announces Susan T. Danis departure as General Director and CEO, effective October 12, 2018.

Miami, May 31, 2018 – Florida Grand Opera (FGO) has elected Linda Balent, M.D., as chair of its Board of Directors. Dr. Balent will serve a two-year term beginning June 1, 2018.

Miami, May 16, 2018 – After a national search, Florida Grand Opera (FGO) has chosen three new singers for the 2018-19 FGO Studio.

February 1, 2018 — Miami — On January 29, 2018, the International Opera Awards announced its finalists for 2018—and Florida Grand Opera, under the guidance of General Director and CEO Susan T. Danis, is among the nominees.

MIAMI — April 4, 2018 — Florida Grand Opera invites audiences of all ages to experience opera. Whether you are experiencing the art form for the first time or an aficionado who can’t get enough, we encourage everyone to attend one of our upcoming events. Florida Grand Opera produces grand operatic works that create and sustain a new American art form and fuse them with historical repertoire to inspire the next generation of opera lovers in Miami and Fort Lauderdale.

MIAMI — February 12, 2018 —Recently, Susan T. Danis, General Director and CEO of Florida Grand Opera, was sitting in the audience, listening to the woman in front of her commenting on the body count in the company’s first two operas of the 2017-18 season, Lucia di Lammermoor and Salome.

MIAMI — February 5, 2018 — Florida Grand Opera’s sizzling production of Richard Strauss’s violent and erotically charged Salome earned rave reviews during its run at Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. Now the production moves to Fort Lauderdale for a pair of performances on Thursday, February 8, 2018 and Saturday, February 10, 2018, both at 7:30 pm.

MIAMI — January 12, 2018 — Florida Grand Opera has assembled a remarkable cast for its upcoming production of Richard Strauss’s Salome, opening Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 6 pm at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts’ Ziff Ballet Opera House.

MIAMI — January 5, 2018 —The classics of the vast treasure trove of German Romantic Lieder will be interpreted by three of Florida Grand Opera’s 2017-18 gifted young Studio Artists on Friday, January 12, 2018, at 7:30 pm at ArtServe, 1350 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale.

MIAMI — January 3, 2018 —Florida Grand Opera’s popular series of Family Day events continues January 6, 2018 with a special free event at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, beginning at 10 a.m.

MIAMI — December 18, 2017 — Opening Florida Grand Opera’s Salome on Saturday, January 27, 2018, at 6 pm at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts’ Ziff Ballet Opera House is soprano Melody Moore. The following day, January 28, at 2 pm, Kirsten Chambers takes on the role, which she sings at the Arsht on Thursday, February 2 at 8 pm, and at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts’ Au-Rene Theater on Saturday, February 10, at 7:30 pm.

MIAMI — November 22, 2017 —Conductor Andrew Bisantz, a well-known figure on the South Florida music scene, will guide five singers, all members of the Florida Grand Opera Studio, through a masterclass, to be held Wednesday, November 29, 2017, at 7 pm at Steinway Piano Gallery in Coral Gables.

MIAMI — November 15, 2017 —On Saturday, November 11, 2017, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts’ Ziff Ballet Opera House, Florida Grand Opera opened its seventy-seventh consecutive season with Gaetano Donizetti’s bel-canto masterpiece Lucia di Lammermoor, starring soprano Anna Christy and tenor Joshua Guerrero, conducted by Alexander Polianichko.

On Friday, October 27, 2017, from 7:30 to 9:30 pm, Florida Grand Opera is celebrating National Opera Week with a special advance event that will be held as part of the 2017-18 SongFest Series at ArtServe Fort Lauderdale. National Opera Week is a national celebration of opera in America. Opera companies come together and empower individuals to take action in supporting the art form through wide array of events.

Florida Grand Opera is proud to partner with Books & Books, South Florida’s locally-owned, independent bookstores, to offer a lively and informative series of lectures pegged to FGO’s 2017-18 season. 

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

On the weekend of May 20—21, Florida Grand Opera says goodbye to its current group of Young Artists with a special concert that puts each of them in the spotlight. The YA Final Sing will be:

Saturday, May 20, 7 pm The NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale 
Sunday, May 21, 7 pm The Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theater, Coral Gables

Audiences have only four more chances to see Florida Grand Opera’s acclaimed production of Verdi’s Un ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball), which Lawrence Budmen, in South Florida Classical Review, calls “a world-beater. First-rate singing, impassioned orchestral playing and a traditional but imaginative staging do full justice to this musically rich Verdi masterpiece.”

Un ballo in maschera comes to Florida Grand Opera for the first time since 2005, with a cast of some of the finest singers available on the international opera scene.

On April 27, Florida Grand Opera offers its own twist on this potentially life-altering piece of conceptual art. Members of FGO’s Young Artist Program will perform excerpts from seven reworked opera classics, reformatted to include the inspiring phrases Weiner employs in OUT OF SIGHT. These phrases have been translated into five operatic languages—French, Italian, Spanish, German, plus English. Rebekah Diaz-Fandrei, FGO’s Director of Education and Community Engagement, calls it “an exciting mashup of interactive art and opera.” The program begins at 7 pm.

Florida Grand Opera (FGO) is planning a party—a free evening of music, food, and celebration geared to delight both opera aficionados and novices. It’s called “Accents of Spain,” a lively and colorful tribute to the intoxicating Spanish influence in opera, musical theater, and cooking. It all takes place Sunday, April 9, 2017 at the North Beach Bandshell from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. 

The early reviews for Florida Grand Opera’s production of Jorge Martín’s powerful opera Before Night Falls have appeared, and critics agree that the work represents a bold and adventurous step forward for the company that is the oldest continuously-operating performing arts organization in the state of Florida.

March 18 is opening night of Florida Grand Opera’s production of Jorge Martín’s Before Night Falls—one of the most provocative and dramatic operas of the twenty-first century.

Nu Deco Ensemble has emerged as one of Miami’s most innovative and exciting small orchestras. On March 9, 10 and 11, at the Light Box at Goldman Warehouse in Wynwood, Nu Deco Ensemble presents Jorge Martín’s song cycle A Cuban in Vermont. All performances begin at 8 pm.

Florida Grand Opera General Director and CEO Susan T. Danis today unveiled plans for the company’s 2017-18 season. Anchored by the theme “Divas to Die For,” FGO’s seventy-seventh season will boast a diverse range of works about women on dangerous emotional journeys.

Now, as part of its mission to breathe new life into its repertoire, Florida Grand Opera presents the Miami premiere of this remarkable and disturbing opera. Before Night Falls is part of FGO’s “Made for Miami” series, which presents operas that connect directly with South Florida’s rich and diverse communities.

Community Conversations sheds light on the dramatic life of visionary writer Reinaldo Arenas, hero of Jorge Martín’s Before Night Falls, opening at Florida Grand Opera March 18

From January 28 through February 4, 2017, Florida Grand Opera presents, Tchaikovsky's best loved opera, Eugene Onegin, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County. This run is followed by performances on February 9 and 11 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts Au-Rene Theater in Fort Lauderdale.

Florida Grand Opera hosts "Family Day" on Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 10am at South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center

Brian Kellow, acclaimed arts journalist and blogger, will serve as Public Relations Manager beginning in January 2017.

FGO Young Artists Melissa Fajardo, Calvin Griffin, and Benjamin Werley to perform at Steinway & Sons Piano Gallery Miami

Featuring musical selections inspired by the exhibition "Belief + Doubt: Selections from the Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz Collection" Thursday, November 17, 2017 | 3:30 pm NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale

Performances by Florida Grand Opera at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, November 12-19, 2016.

Enter to win free tickets to the Opera's productions this year.

Media Advisory: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Media Tour on October 14, 2016

New Volunteer Program hosted on VolunteerMatch and FGO Volunteer Page seeks to engage constituents more deeply with opera's work.

Partnership is part of a $487,500 collective donation to help the revitalization of arts and culture in South Florida.

2016-17 Season Casting Release

Florida Grand Opera Seeking New Computers to Increase Organizational Productivity

Introduction to Florida Grand Opera's 2016-2017 Young Artists

Luego de una ausencia de 25 años, Florida Grand Opera (FGO) se complace en presentar en el Arsht Center y el Broward Center a la aclamada ópera de Bellini, Norma, a finales de enero de 2016.

Florida Grand Opera welcomes Carlton Ford as Individual Giving Officer

Opera-Loving South Florida High Schoolers Come Together to Form FGO’s “Forte for Opera Teens” Program.

Florida Grand Opera Young Artists perform ¡Ópera Viva, Viva Ópera! Concert to audience of approximately 800 Hialeah Residents.

Florida Grand Opera welcomes Philip Pierce as new Director of Artistic Administration.

Florida Grand Opera and the City of Hialeah host opera concert for Hialeah residents at Milander Center