OperaFest

Opera Goes to the Movies
Friday, January 8, 2027

The screen has always known what opera knows: that some moments are too big for words alone. Florida Grand Opera brings that truth to life in Opera Goes to the Movies, an unforgettable open-air evening where the world's greatest film scores meet the voices that inspired them.

Picture it: the night sky as your ceiling, a full orchestra and chorus before you, and the big screen overhead playing the scenes that made opera immortal in pop culture — while the music underneath is performed live, in real time, by the artists of Florida Grand Opera.

Feel the shiver as Andy Dufresne lets Mozart's "Sull'aria" drift across a prison yard in The Shawshank Redemption. Sit with the aching beauty of Maria Callas' voice as it carries Philadelphia's most quietly devastating scene. Laugh as Bugs Bunny conducts his way through The Barber of Seville like the diva he's always been. Swoon as Pretty Woman sweeps into a box seat at the opera, and gasp as the Diva Dance from The Fifth Element proves opera can be pure science fiction spectacle. And feel the weight of The Godfather, where Cavalleria Rusticana becomes the sound of a family's fate.

This is opera the way you've always loved it — even if you didn't know it. No prior experience required, just a love of great stories and unforgettable music.

Bring a blanket. Bring someone you love. Bring your popcorn, if you must. Under the stars, with live voices and a full orchestra, these scenes won't just play — they'll breathe.

Opera Goes to the Movies. One night. The stars above, the stage below, and the songs that scored our lives.

The Barber of Seville
Saturday, January 9, 2027

Count Almaviva has fallen hopelessly in love with the clever and beautiful Rosina — but unfortunately, her controlling guardian, Doctor Bartolo, has decided he’d rather marry her himself. Enter Figaro, Seville’s barber, fixer, matchmaker, and self-appointed expert in solving everyone else’s problems. With Figaro running the operation, Almaviva disguises himself as a poor student and sets out to win Rosina’s heart before Bartolo can get her to the altar.

Naturally, the plan immediately gets complicated. Almaviva has to exchange disguises while secret letters change hands, doors slam, and tempers flare. And Rosina? She’s no damsel waiting to be rescued — she’s clever, determined, and more than ready to outscheme the men around her. Rossini’s comic masterpiece turns romantic chaos into musical fireworks, packed with dazzling bel canto singing, breakneck ensembles, and melodies that seem to move faster every time another plan goes wrong. At the center of the madness is Figaro and his legendary “Largo al factotum” — the calling card of opera’s most famous barber and the perfect introduction to a comedy where love wins, the old fool loses, and the audience experiences a world-class cast under the stars.

Opera Remix
Sunday, January 10, 2027

The Grand Finale of the Miami International Festival of the Voice is a groundbreaking celebration of the music that defines our city—uniting the grandeur of opera with the irresistible rhythms of Latin music, reggae, jazz, and EDM.

For one unforgettable evening, internationally renowned guest artists will bring their distinctive musical worlds into conversation with powerful operatic voices, a classical chorus, and orchestra. Beloved songs will be reimagined through unexpected collaborations, while the beauty and emotional force of opera will be experienced in an entirely new way.

Bold, sophisticated, and unmistakably Miami, OPERA REMIX invites every generation and every community to discover that opera is not a world apart—it is a living art form capable of embracing every rhythm, culture, and voice.

More than a concert, it is the beginning of a movement: where tradition meets innovation, cultures come together, and Miami discovers opera in its own language.