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April 28, 2006 |
Issue # 15 |
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Carmen Set to Seduce South
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Florida Grand Opera Ends Season with Bizet’s
Masterpiece
By Liz Potter
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Rinat Shaham and Franco Pomponi
star in the Florida Grand Opera's production of Carmen |
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The Florida Grand Opera ends its 65th Season with an
extravagantly costumed and glorious production of Bizet’s popular Carmen.
The opera is sung in French, with English translations projected above the
stage, so even a novice opera attendee can follow the timeless tale of a wicked
gypsy Carmen and her hapless lover Don Jose.
As an absolutely gorgeous and seductive Carmen, Israeli
mezzo-soprano Rinat Shaham returns to Miami to deliver a powerful “tour de force
performance” which the London Times declared “unmissable.” |
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Longer, Bigger, Better
Fourth Annual Lavender Footlights Festival
Comes of AgeBy Mary Damiano
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Ellen Wedner and Doug Williford,
founders of Creative Arts Enterprises, will both direct staged readings in the
Fourth Annual Lavender Footlights Festival, May 3-7 Photo: Mary
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In the gay community, the words longer, bigger and better
are important, whether you’re talking about men or theatre.
The organizers of the Fourth Annual Lavender Footlights
Festival, which takes place May 3-7 and features staged readings of gay and
lesbian plays, are taking those words to heart, featuring ten plays over five
days with three visiting playwrights, and increased outreach to young
playwrights and gay youth groups. |
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 ChoreoNotes
Movement, Metaphor and the Power and Dance
By Letty Bassart |
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 Arts
Opportunities
Local organizations seek performers, paid staff
and volunteers |
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 Behind
the Scenes
Deborah L. Sherman and Beth McIntosh
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 Artist
Spotlight
Luisa Pulido |
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