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Tickets are on sale now for The Magic Flute, March 21 and 22
Fully-staged with Orchestra Sung in German with English dialogue and projected titles  Friday, March 21, 2025, 7:30 pm Saturday, March...
Cathy Marshall
Feb 51 min read
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Why a 1960s La Bohème?
By Helena Binder, Director -- When I saw this photo in the New York Times Book Review some years ago, of the poet Allen Ginsberg, I...
Cathy Marshall
Dec 30, 20232 min read
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Bringing the Story to Life
Tony Cisek, Set Designer -- The scenic design for La Bohème was born from the director's notion that the opera starts as Rodolfo is...
Cathy Marshall
Dec 28, 20231 min read
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Dressing the Part
Alan Smith, Costume Design -- The timeless themes of love, jealousy, and heartache in La Bohème transfer seamlessly from the original...
Cathy Marshall
Dec 26, 20231 min read
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First Coast Opera to stage La Bohème on December 30-31
Renee Unsworth, Totally St. Augustine — First Coast Opera, Inc. (FCO) will stage Puccini’s masterpiece, La Bohème, on New Year’s Eve...
Cathy Marshall
Nov 9, 20232 min read
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La Traviata performed to record audiences
Provocative and risqué, La Traviata was interested not in society’s shining façade, but its guilty secrets. Violetta, Verdi’s heroine, is...
Cathy Marshall
Jan 6, 20221 min read
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Directing an Opera
By Helena Binder, Director La Traviata -- My preparation for directing any opera starts months before the rehearsals begin. Even if, as...
Cathy Marshall
Jan 2, 20221 min read
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Ring in the New Year with Verdi’a La Traviata.
Provocative and risqué, La Traviata was interested not in society’s shining facade, but its guilty secrets. Violetta, Verdi’s heroine, is...
Cathy Marshall
Nov 25, 20212 min read
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