Gulfshore Opera Announces 2015-2016 Season

Three large scale productions in three Southwest Florida counties
By: Gulfshore Opera
 
FORT MYERS, Fla. - May 6, 2015 - PRLog -- Gulfshore Opera announces its second season with an exciting lineup comprised of three large scale productions to be showcased in Southwest Florida.  The first show of the season will be a joint production with TheatreZone of the musical Brigadoon by Frederic Loewe, November 20th through 28th. From March 18th through 22nd, Gulfshore Opera will be teaming up with the Florida Gulf Coast University Chamber Choir and the Fort Myers Symphonic Mastersingers Chamber Chorus to present the magnificent Saint Matthew’s Passion by J.S Bach in anticipation of Holy Week. Gulfshore Opera’s 2015 – 2016 season will conclude with Gaetano Donizetti’s comic masterpiece, The Elixir of Love, April 15th through 21st. All of these productions will be presented at venues in Collier, Lee and Charlotte Counties. Confirmed venues include the Charlotte Performing Arts Center (CPAC) in Punta Gorda, the First Christian Church in downtown Fort Myers, and Artis-Naples and the North Naples United Medthodist Church.

Gulfshore Opera is proud to join forces with TheatreZone to take you through the journey of two American tourists who stumble upon the mysterious Scottish village of Brigadoon, which appears for only one day every hundred years. The production will be directed by Mark Danni and choreographed by Karen Molnar. This delightful evening’s highlights include hit songs like "Almost Like Being in Love," "Heather on the Hill," and "Come to Me Bend to Me,” made famous by the legendary Gene Kelly.

For an once-in-a-lifetime Lent experience, Gulfshore Opera and partners will bring the Gospel of Matthew to music through Johann Sebastian Bach’s sacred oratorio, Saint Matthew Passion. A grand scale undertaking never done in Southwest Florida, this performance will feature the Florida Gulf Coast University Chamber Choir and the Fort Myers Symphonic Mastersingers Chamber Chorus, a core ensemble of eight soloists and the Gulfshore Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Traditionally performed as a concert and regarded as one of the masterpieces of classical sacred music since being triumphantly revived by Felix Mendelssohn, the Saint Matthew Passion will be presented as a “Passion Play” by General and Artistic Director, Steffanie Pearce, following her successful staging of Mendelssohn’s Elijah in 2013. In this dramatic re-enactment the soloists will depict Matthew, Jesus, the disciples and women from the Bible.

To conclude the 2015-2016 season, Gulfshore Opera will present its first fully staged Italian opera, Gaetano Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love. L’elisir d’amore, Donizetti’s most performed opera, is perhaps most known for the famous tenor aria, “Una furtiva lagrima.” Irish tenor, Anthony Kearns, will return to Southwest Florida to sing the role of Nemorino, a poor peasant in love with a beautiful landowner, Adina, and tormented by her utter indifference. This light-hearted comedy bubbles with effervescent arias and charm as the elixir causes as many problems as it solves.

ABOUT GULFSHORE OPERA
Gulfshore Opera is a regional opera company founded with core values of a community-based creative collaboration.  Serving Collier, Lee and Charlotte Counties, it seeks to enrich the community by presenting high quality opera theater and classical vocal music, and promotes community well-being through musical education programs. Its mission is to make opera accessible to the general public by maintaining affordable ticket prices and offering a wide range of performance experiences suitable for diverse audiences. Gulfshore Opera was founded in 2014 by Steffanie Pearce, a producer, director, performer and teacher of the great art form who has 30 years of experience in the field of opera.

Tickets are $25, $45, $59, $75. The box office for 2015-16 sales will open on August 1st at www.gulfshoreopera.org

For additional information, visit gulfshoreopera.org.

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