Arts Groups Evaluate Impact of Arts and Culture Veto
In June, $32 million in cultural and museum grants were vetoed from the state budget, leaving First Coast Opera and other non-profit...
top of page
Search
Cathy Marshall
May 91 min read
Opera Performance to Examine Homelessness
Homeless Coalition St. Johns County. May 11 -- First Coast Opera and the Romanza St. Augustine present a free performance of The...
28 views0 comments
Cathy Marshall
Mar 72 min read
Enhancing Accessibility for the Audience
Enhanced Accessibility for Live Performance of "The Pirates of Penzance" with Audio Description Narration for Low Vision or Blind...
20 views0 comments
Cathy Marshall
Jan 231 min read
Make Your Plans Now for Valentine's Day
Join us for the Roaring '20s Gala on February 14 at Lightner Museum! Tickets: www.firstcoastopera.com/gala Find your flapper dresses and...
32 views0 comments
Cathy Marshall
Dec 30, 20232 min read
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...
34 views0 comments
Cathy Marshall
Dec 28, 20231 min read
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...
11 views0 comments
Cathy Marshall
Dec 26, 20231 min read
Dressing the Part
Alan Smith, Costume Design -- The timeless themes of love, jealousy, and heartache in La Bohème transfer seamlessly from the original...
14 views0 comments
Cathy Marshall
Nov 16, 20231 min read
Meet Board Member Maria Montoya
Maria Isabel Montoya is a seasoned professional with over three decades of experience in marketing and advertising. As the CEO of...
64 views0 comments
Cathy Marshall
Nov 9, 20232 min read
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...
88 views0 comments
Cathy Marshall
Nov 9, 20231 min read
First Coast Opera Receives $10,000 Grant from Truist Foundation to Reach Out to New Communities.
Saint Augustine, FL, November 8, 2023 – First Coast Opera, Inc. (FCO) today announced it received a $10,000 grant from Truist Foundation...
10 views0 comments
Cathy Marshall
Oct 31, 20232 min read
FCO Launches New Season with a Celebration of Aaron Copland
October 30, 2023 -- First Coast Opera launched its new season last weekend with Copland’s America, its annual dinner show. Patrons...
16 views0 comments
Cathy Marshall
Oct 3, 20231 min read
Maestro Curtis Tucker Celebrates 10 Years with First Coast Opera
Here’s to 10 years, Curtis Tucker! Curtis Tucker celebrates his tenth season as General and Artistic Director with First Coast Opera. ...
14 views0 comments
Cathy Marshall
Jul 11, 20231 min read
"Friends" kick off new season with September Luncheon
Enjoy lunch with our General and Artistic Director, Curtis Tucker, and musical guests. Peter from the Purple Olive has opened his...
38 views0 comments
Cathy Marshall
Jun 20, 20231 min read
Original Work "Floral Aria" to Illustrate New Season
Greetings Music Lovers! It’s my great pleasure to donate one of my paintings for the purpose of raising funds for First Coast Opera, a...
20 views0 comments
Cathy Marshall
May 5, 20231 min read
Auditions Announced
May 5, 2023 -- Curtis Tucker, Artistic and General Director of First Coast Opera (FCO) in St. Augustine Florida is pleased to announce...
171 views0 comments
Cathy Marshall
Mar 13, 20232 min read
Divas!
The history of divas and opera is a long and rich one, stretching back hundreds of years to the birth of opera in Italy in the late 16th...
227 views0 comments
Cathy Marshall
Feb 1, 20231 min read
FCO produces "The Medium" at The Waterworks
Through two short operas written and performed in English, Opéra Mystique invokes mysticism and the afterlife to explore the idea that...
24 views0 comments
Cathy Marshall
Feb 1, 20231 min read
FCO to present double feature in February
Through two short operas written and performed in English, Opéra Mystique invokes mysticism and the afterlife to explore the idea that...
20 views0 comments
Cathy Marshall
Dec 15, 20221 min read
Die Fledermaus to Entertain on New Year's Eve
Did anyone ever play a practical joke on you, inspiring you to concoct an elaborate scheme to get even? That’s the setup for Die...
54 views0 comments
Cathy Marshall
Aug 15, 20221 min read
Tickets are available now for Bon Appetit!
Make your plans now for a special evening with dinner and opera! The evening will begin with a delicious meal catered by La Cocina...
73 views0 comments
bottom of page