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Bringing together the music of Gaetano Donizetti, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Giuseppe Verdi for our 85th Anniversary celebrates the very pillars on which great opera stands. Donizetti represents the bel canto tradition, where the human voice becomes pure emotion, revealing the most intimate corners of the soul. Mozart elevates opera into a mirror of humanity itself, blending light and shadow, comedy and tragedy, and giving each character psychological truth that still feels modern today. Verdi brings the art form to its most passionate and public dimension, filling the stage with unforgettable melody and the collective heartbeat of a people. Together, these three composers define vocal beauty, dramatic depth, and emotional power — the essential elements that made opera endure across centuries.
As we honor this extraordinary legacy, we also look toward the future. Our anniversary season will embrace the elegance and tradition that define opera while thoughtfully integrating beautiful technological elements that enhance storytelling, deepen visual poetry, and open new dimensions of theatrical expression. Honoring these masters in this milestone year is not only a tribute to operatic history, but a celebration of the timeless human voice evolving within a living art form — one that continues to inspire audiences 85 years into Florida Grand Opera’s journey, with its eyes set boldly on the future.
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Lucia di Lammermoor
By GAETANO DONIZETTI
Libretto by SALVADORE CAMMARANO
In the mist-covered Scottish Highlands, passion blooms in the shadow of hatred. Lucia Ashton, delicate and deeply emotional, is secretly in love with Edgardo, the last heir of a rival family. Their love is pure, urgent, and doomed from the start.
When Lucia’s ruthless brother Enrico discovers the affair, he forces her into a political marriage to save the family’s crumbling power. Manipulated into believing Edgardo has betrayed her, Lucia signs the marriage contract — but her spirit cannot survive the lie. On her wedding night, reality fractures. In opera’s most haunting and ethereal mad scene, Lucia drifts into a dreamlike world where love and death merge. Blood has been spilled, time has stopped, and the fragile girl we once knew now walks between worlds.
Too late, Edgardo learns the truth. Overcome with grief, he chooses death to reunite with Lucia, sealing one of the most heartbreaking love stories ever set to music.
In Italian, with English and Spanish projected translations
MIAMI
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
of Miami-Dade County / Ziff Ballet Opera House
Nov 14, 2026, at 7:00pm
Nov 15, 2026, at 3:00pm
Nov 17, 2026, at 8:00pm
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Don Giovanni
By WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Libretto by LORENZO DA PONTE
In moonlit gardens and shadowed streets of Spain, charm moves like a weapon. Don Giovanni, seductive and fearless, lives for conquest — of hearts, of bodies, of boundaries. To him, desire is a game and consequence is for others. With his reluctant servant Leporello dragged in his wake, he leaves behind a trail of betrayal, broken vows, and wounded pride. But when he kills the Commendatore — the father of a woman he has wronged — the balance between pleasure and punishment begins to shift.
Disguises multiply, identities blur, and the line between comedy and danger dissolves. Women he has deceived — Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, and Zerlina — each awaken to the truth in different ways: fury, heartbreak, and painful disillusionment. Still, Giovanni refuses remorse. Even when confronted by the supernatural, he chooses defiance over repentance. In opera’s most chilling finale, the statue of the slain Commendatore returns to demand justice. Giovanni laughs in the face of damnation — and is dragged into the abyss, leaving the living to reckon with the wreckage he caused
Sung in Italian with English and Spanish projected translations
MIAMI
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
of Miami-Dade County / Ziff Ballet Opera House
Jan 30, 2027, at 7:00pm
Jan 31, 2027, at 3:00pm
Feb 2, 2027, at 8:00pm
FORT LAUDERDALE
Broward Center for the Performing Arts / Au-Rene Theater
Feb 18, 2027, at 7:30pm
Feb 20, 2027, at 7:30pm
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Nabucco
By GIUSEPPE VERDI
Libretto by GIUSEPPE VERDI and TEMISTOCLE SOLERA
in the shadow of war and empire, power thunders like a storm. Nabucco, the mighty King of Babylon, conquers Jerusalem and tears a people from their homeland. Among the captives are the Hebrews, whose faith and identity are all they have left. At the center of the conflict stands Abigaille, a woman driven by ambition and wounded pride, who will stop at nothing to seize the throne she believes is hers.
Love, jealousy, faith, and vengeance collide. Fenena, Nabucco’s daughter, chooses compassion and love over tyranny, aligning herself with the oppressed Hebrews. Abigaille’s fury erupts into a ruthless grab for power, while Nabucco himself descends into madness, believing he is a god — only to be struck down and humbled. As empires crumble and hearts are broken, a chorus of exiles longs for their lost homeland in one of opera’s most famous and soul-stirring moments, “Va, pensiero.” In the end, pride falls, faith rises, and redemption becomes possible — but only after devastation has run its course.
MIAMI
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
of Miami-Dade County / Ziff Ballet Opera House
Apr 17, 2027, at 7:00pm
Apr 18, 2027, at 3:00pm
Apr 20, 2027, at 8:00pm
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Viva Verdi: The Best of Verdi Concert
By GIUSEPPE VERDI
Announcing a special concert for Broward County—One Night Only!
An immersive concert featuring your favorite Verdi arias, some of today’s most acclaimed international singers, and FGO’s full chorus and orchestra! With singers throughout the theater, projections on stage, and a program of your favorite Verdi arias, it’s a night all of South Florida will be talking about!
The Singers: In the coming weeks, we’ll announce our lineup for this special concert, including internationally acclaimed performers who will bring Verdi’s masterworks to life!
The Program: This family-friendly, immersive program will feature many of Verdi’s greatest showstoppers from La traviata, Rigoletto, Aida, Nabucco, Il trovatore, Don Carlos, Otello, and more. You’ll be surrounded by singers and voices throughout the theater! We’ll even have an “animal-friendly, PETA approved” rendition of "The Triumphal March" from Aida. By popular demand, we are singing as many of Verdi’s greatest hits as possible in one night! It will be a night of vocal fireworks to commemorate FGO’s 85th anniversary season!
For 85 years, you’ve attended the opera to hear Verdi’s magnificent songs. Now you can hear his masterpieces all in one night!
Sung in Italian with English and Spanish projected translations
FORT LAUDERDALE
Broward Center for the Performing Arts / Au-Rene Theater
May 1, 2027, at 7:30pm
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