Miami Lyric Opera

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Miami Lyric Opera (MLO) was an opera company in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The company was founded by the Italian tenor Raffaele Cardone, establishing itself as a non-profit organization in 2004. It attempted to take advantage of a small niche market for opera in the region. [1] [2] [3] [4]

After having an inaugural concert of arias in October 2004, the company "presented its first fully staged production" in April 2005, with a performance of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi. [2] This was followed by an August performance of Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni. [2] [5]

Performances of the company are held at the Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts. [6] The theater also applies grant funds towards underwriting the performances of the opera company. [7]

In April 2024, Cardone announced that the company was shutting down. "The principal reason is financing— not enough being available to make a decent production. Venue, labor, musicians and artist costs and others, have all increased". The company's final performance was a double bill of Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini. [8] [9]

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". Miami Lyric Opera. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 Lawrence A. Johnson (June 4, 2005). "Miami Lyric Opera Aims to Carve a Niche". South Florida Sun-Sentinel . Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  3. ↑ Robert Carreras (July 12, 2011). "Raffaele Cardone, Miami Lyric Opera". Opera Today. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  4. ↑ David Fleshler (July 2, 2013). "With vibrant singing and rough edges, Miami Lyric Opera to mark its 10th anniversary with Puccini". South Florida Classical Review. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  5. ↑ Beth Feinstein-Barti, "Hallandale Soprano Takes Lead at Miami Opera", South Florida Sun Sentinel (August 17, 2005), Arts&Culture page 1.
  6. ↑ Joshua Lawrence Kinser, Moon: Florida Keys: Including Miami & the Everglades (2017), p. 49.
  7. ↑ Mark Miller, Miami & the Keys (2012), p. 52.
  8. ↑ Johnson, Lawrence A. (April 1, 2024). "Miami Lyric Opera is ringing down the curtain after 22 seasons". South Florida Classical Review. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
  9. ↑ Salazar, Francisco (2024-04-02). "Miami Lyric Opera to Shut Down after 22 Years". OperaWire. Archived from the original on 2024-04-12. Retrieved 2024-08-26.



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