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Meet Gloria Palermo

Nettie Fowler in Carousel à la Carte Gloria Palermo is thrilled to be making her debut with First Coast Opera. Gloria is originally from...

Sep 24, 2024

Visiting the Music of Carousel: June is Bustin' Out All Over This lively and exuberant number celebrates the arrival of spring and the...

Sep 7, 2024

Visiting the Music of Carousel: If I Loved You A quintessential example of Rodgers and Hammerstein's songwriting prowess. It is a complex...

Sep 4, 2024

La Boheme, Turandot! Showtimes at 1:00 and 6:30 PM. Check the Epic website for details. Wednesday, July 24, 2024: La Boheme Wednesday,...

Jul 25, 2024

In June, $32 million in cultural and museum grants were vetoed from the state budget, leaving First Coast Opera and other non-profit...

Jul 25, 2024

Homeless Coalition St. Johns County. May 11 -- First Coast Opera and the Romanza St. Augustine present a free performance of The...

May 10, 2024

Enhanced Accessibility for Live Performance of "The Pirates of Penzance" with Audio Description Narration for Low Vision or Blind...

Mar 7, 2024

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...

Dec 30, 2023

Tony Cisek, Set Designer -- The scenic design for La Bohème was born from the director's notion that the opera starts as Rodolfo is...

Dec 28, 2023

Alan Smith, Costume Design -- The timeless themes of love, jealousy, and heartache in La Bohème transfer seamlessly from the original...

Dec 26, 2023

Maria Isabel Montoya is a seasoned professional with over three decades of experience in marketing and advertising. As the CEO of...

Nov 16, 2023

Renee Unsworth, Totally St. Augustine — First Coast Opera, Inc. (FCO) will stage Puccini’s masterpiece, La Bohème, on New Year’s Eve...

Nov 9, 2023