October 2017
Opera Tampa Singers in The Witching Hour
Something wicked this way comes when the Straz Center unleashes the greatest coven of witches of all time. Elphaba, Ursula, Maleficent and, of course, The Witch Who Eats Children from Hansel and Gretel fly into the Jaeb Courtyard for The Witching Hour, a Fourth Friday free performance featuring superbly concocted witchy tunes from Wicked, Harry Potter, Disney’s Descendants, Macbeth and more. Legal witches and goblins can enjoy another superb concoction, “The Wicked Elixir,” the featured rum-and-Midori cocktail at the cash…
Find out more »February 2018
The Barber of Seville
The race for Rosina’s love is on — but how can Count Almaviva get her from Dr. Bartolo’s clutches? Almaviva needs the man about town who can make things happen, and that man is Figaro, the barber of Seville. Shave and a haircut, two wits: but Bartolo is no match for Figaro’s madcap series of subterfuges that gets Almaviva en vivo with Rosina. Gioachino Rossini’s hilarious comic opera contains some of the most recognizable arias of all time, and this…
Find out more »March 2018
The Marriage of Figaro
No one can do barely controlled chaos better than Mozart, and this uproarious sequel to The Barber of Seville features Almaviva, Figaro, Bartolo, and Rosina in a new adventure — complete with a true love for Figaro, an unexpected visit from his long-lost parents and a dizzying spiral of plot twists thanks to Almaviva’s keen interest in extra-marital activities. From the first jaunty run of the famous overture to the emotional grandeur Mozart mastered in music, The Marriage of Figaro…
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