Events: Opera

Florida Grand Opera: Lucia Di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti

Next date: Nov 14, 2026 - click here for time schedule - Other

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Trapped between a brother's political ambitions and a love forbidden by family feud, Lucia secretly pledges herself to Edgardo, her family's sworn enemy. While he's away, her brother Enrico forges a letter to convince Lucia that Edgardo has betrayed her and forces her into a marriage of political convenience to save the family's crumbling fortunes.Edgardo returns just as Lucia signs the marriage contract, cursing her before vanishing in despair. Pushed past her breaking point, Lucia descends into madness on her wedding night, killing her new husband in a horrifying, blood-soaked aria that ranks among opera's most harrowing scenes.

Edgardo, learning too late of her innocence and ruin, takes his own life at her tomb united with Lucia only in death.Donizetti's masterpiece blends bel canto's most demanding vocal writing with raw psychological drama, climaxing in the legendary "Mad Scene" that has tested and made the careers of history's greatest sopranos.

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts/ Ziff Ballet Opera House(1300 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL).

OperaFest - Miami International Festival of the Voice

Jan 8, 2027 to Jan 10, 2027 - click here for time schedule - Other

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Three Nights of Opera Under the Stars.

Florida Grand Opera brings the magic of live opera to the open air with three unforgettable evenings - no experience required, just a love of great music and stories.

Opera in the Movies (Jan 8, 7:30PM) kicks things off with a live orchestra and chorus performing the opera scores that shaped cinema's most iconic moments - from *The Shawshank Redemption* to *The Godfather* - while the films play overhead in real time.

The Barber of Seville (Jan 9, 7:30PM) brings Rossini's comic masterpiece to life, as Figaro schemes, Count Almaviva swoons, and the sharp-witted Rosina outsmarts them all - a bel canto explosion of chaos, comedy, and irresistible melody.

Opera Remix (Jan 10, 7:00PM) closes the series with Miami's grand finale, where world-class operatic voices collide with Latin music, reggae, jazz, and EDM artists in genre-bending collaborations that prove opera speaks every language this city knows.

Bring a blanket, bring someone you love, and spend three nights where the stars are the ceiling and the music never stops breathing.

Florida Grand Opera: Don Giovanni by W.A. Mozart

Next date: Jan 30, 2027 - click here for time schedule - Other

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Don Giovanni is a serial seducer who answers to no one - not the women he ruins, not the men who challenge him, not even God. When he kills the father of his latest conquest in a duel, he simply moves on to his next target, brushing off guilt with a shrug and a laugh.

His servant Leporello keeps a running tally of his master's conquests while begging him to change his ways, but Giovanni is incapable of remorse. As betrayed lovers and grieving relatives close in around him, Giovanni remains defiant - even mocking the dead. But when the murdered man's statue comes to life and offers him one final chance to repent, Giovanni refuses, and is dragged down to hell as the others look on.

Mozart's score swings from comedy to horror in an instant, asking an uncomfortable question: what happens when charm runs out and the bill finally comes due?

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts/ Ziff Ballet Opera House(1300 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL)

Florida Grand Opera: Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi

Next date: Apr 17, 2027 - click here for time schedule - Other

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Nabucco, King of Babylon, conquers Jerusalem and enslaves its people, declaring himself a god above all others. His adopted daughter Abigaille, driven by jealousy and ambition, seizes the throne for herself the moment Nabucco's arrogance brings down divine punishment - striking him with madness.

As the enslaved Hebrews mourn their lost homeland in one of opera's most beloved choruses, Nabucco slowly regains his sanity and his faith, setting the stage for a final reckoning with Abigaille and a reckoning with the cost of his own pride. Verdi's early masterpiece is a sweeping story of conquest, betrayal, and redemption - propelled by some of the most stirring choral writing ever composed.

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts/ Ziff Ballet Opera House(1300 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL)