Miami performances are at the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami.

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Fort Lauderdale performances are at the Au-Rene Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW 5th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale.

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Children must be at least six years old to attend.

Gianni Schicchi/Buoso's Ghost

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The opera in 60 seconds

By GIACOMO PUCCINI | MICHAEL CHING
Libretti by Giovacchino Forzano | Michael Ching
Gianni Schicchi First performed: February 7, 1793, La Scala, Milan
Last performed by Florida Grand Opera in 1953
Buoso’s Ghost Florida Grand Opera Company Premiere

A double bill of two one-act operas that follow the same story

Gianni Schicchi: In this comedy, called an “uproarious delight” when it premiered, the wealthy Buoso Donati lies on his death bed, his greedy relatives ready to feign grief but eager to discover their share of the inheritance. When no will is found, they enlist the help of the shrewd lawyer Gianni Schicchi to produce a counterfeit will. Schicchi is happy to oblige, but names himself the primary beneficiary. What can the family do when they were accomplices to the forgery? It’s comic opera at its witty and ingenious best. It also features one of the most famous and beautiful arias in all opera, “O mio babbino caro.”

Buoso's Ghost: In this comic sequel to Gianni Schicchi, Buoso’s Ghost begins where Schicchi ends. The premise is that Buoso Donati didn’t die of natural causes but was poisoned by his family. Of course, who better to manipulate the truth than the cunning and self-serving family lawyer Gianni Schicchi!

Total run time: 2 hours 10 minutes including one intermission

MIAMI

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
of Miami-Dade County / Ziff Ballet Opera House
Jan 28, 2023, at 7:00pm
Jan 29, 2023, at 2:00pm
Jan 31, 2023, at 8:00pm

FORT LAUDERDALE

Broward Center for the Performing Arts / Au-Rene Theater
Feb 9, 2023, at 7:30pm
Feb 11, 2023, at 7:30pm

Performed in Italian and English with English and Spanish projected titles
Photo by Joe del Tufo/Moonloop Photography, courtesy of OperaDelaware