OPERA
I am lucky that
Milwaukee has an excellent opera company, The Florentine.
They currently do three productions a year.
I saw my first opera in 1951 when I hitch-hiked to New York City, and was entranced by The
Meistersinger von Nuremberg
at the City Center.
I have been fortunate to have seen many more around the world.
Here are a the ones I have seen:
ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO, MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT,2004
AIDA, MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 1984,
2006
AIDA, VERONA, 1997
ALBERT HERRING, MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT, 1988
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (BRITTEN), MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE,2002
Andrea Chenier
A WATER BIRD TALK, MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT, 2005
BALLAD OF BABY DOE,
MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 1988
BALLYMORE, SKYLIGHT,
MILWAUKEE, 1999
BARBER OF SEVILLE,
MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 1984, 1996
BARBER OF SEVILLE, MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT, 1999
candide
CANDIDE, NEW YORK, 1979
CARMEN, MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 1993, 2002
Carmen
CARMEN, MILWAUKEE,
FLORENTINE, 1988
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, BERLIN, KOMISCHE OPER, 1993
Cavalleria Rusticana
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA,
MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 1985
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA,
NEW YORK, CITY CENTER, 1952
CHEKHOV TRILOGY, MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT, 1998
The Seduction of a Lady
A visit to the Country
The Music Shop
CINDERELLA (ROSSINI), MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT, 1997
COSI FAN TUTTE,
MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT, 1987, 2010
DAS LAND DES LACHELNS,
VIENNA, BURG THEATER, 1957
DER ROSENKAVALIER,
PARIS, 1957
DER ROSENKAVALIER, SANTA
FE OPERA, 1992, MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE 2002
DER ZIGEUNERBARON,
INNSBRUCK, 1968
DIE FLEDERMAUS,
MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 1991
DIE FLEDERMAUS,
MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT, 1996
DIE FLEDERMAUS,
MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT, 1988
DIE FLEDERMAUS, SANTA FE
OPERA, 1992
DIE FLEDERMAUS, VILNIUS,
1995
DIE FREISCHUTZ, MUNICH,
1968
DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON
WINDSOR (NICOLAI), BERLIN, GERMAN OPERA, 1993
DIE MEISTERSINGER, NEW
YORK, CITY CENTER, 1951
DON GIOVANNI, CHICAGO,
1989
DON GIOVANNI, MILWAUKEE,
FLORENTINE, 1987
DON GIOVANNI, MILWAUKEE,
SKYLIGHT, 1986, 2001
DON GIOVANNI, SANTA FE
OPERA, 1992
DON PASQUALE, MILWAUKEE,
FLORENTINE 2004
EINE NACHT IN VENEDIG,
BERLIN, KOMISCHE OPER, 1993
ELEKTRA, MILWAUKEE,
FLORENTINE, 1994
ELMER GANTRY, MILWAUKEE,
FLORENTINE, 2010
EUGENE ONEGIN,
MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 1992, ST LOUIS, 2010
FAUST, MILWAUKEE,
FLORENTINE, 1989
FIDELIO (BEETHOVEN), NEW
YORK, METROPOLITAN, 1993, MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 2005
FRAU LUNA (LINCKE),
BERLIN, METROPOL, 1993
GIANNI SCHICCHI, LONDON,
1957, MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT, 2005
GRIFFELKIN, MILWAUKEE,
SKYLIGHT, 1984
HANSEL AND GRETEL,
MILWAUKEE, ALVERNO COLLEGE, 1990
HANSEL AND GRETEL,
MILWAUKEE, GREAT LAKES OPERA, 1994
I PAGLIACCI, BERLIN,
KOMISCHE OPER, 1993
I PAGLIACCI, MILWAUKEE,
FLORENTINE, 1985
I PAGLIACCI, NEW YORK,
CITY CENTER, 1952
I PAGLIACCI, MILWAUKEE,
SKYLIGHT, 1992
IL TROVATORE, MILWAUKEE,
FLORENTINE, 1987, 2004
KHOVANSHCHINA, MOSCOW,
BOLSHOI, 1963
LA BELLE VIVETTE
(OFFENBACH), LONDON, 1996
LA BOHEME, MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 1991, 2005
LA CENERENTOLA, MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 2005
LA TRAVIATA, MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 1991
La Traviata
LA TRAVIATA, NEW YORK,
GLIMMERGLASS, 1989
L'ELISIR D'AMORE, NEW
YORK, METROPOLITAN, 1989
L'ELISIR D'AMORE,
MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT, 1996
LITTLE WOMEN, MILWAUKEE,
SKYLIGHT, 2005
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR,
MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 1994
SKYLIGHT, 2001
MADAMA BUTTERFLY,
MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 1984, 2000
MADAMA BUTTERFLY, NEW
YORK, METROPOLITAN, 1989, MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT, 2003
MANON LESCAUT,
MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 1989
MARIA STUART, NEW YORK,
CITY CENTER, 1978
MARTHA, LONDON, 1957
a Masked Ball
NABUCCO,
MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 2000
OF MICE
AND MEN, MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 2003
ORFEO, MILWAUKEE,
SKYLIGHT, 1988
OTELLO, MILWAUKEE,
FLORENTINE, 1994
PARSIFAL, BERLIN, STATE
OPERA, 1993
PARSIFAL, NEW YORK,
METROPOLITAN, 1955
PERICHOLE, MOSCOW, 1963
PETER GRIMES, LONDON,
ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA, 1991
PORGY AND BESS,
MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 1989
RIGOLETTO, MILWAUKEE,
FLORENTINE, 1986, 2003
ROMEO AND JULIET, MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT 2004
ROSINA, MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT, 2001
RUSALKA (DVORAK), NEW
YORK, METROPOLITAN, 1993
SALOME, MILWAUKEE,
FLORENTINE, 1983
SEMELE, MILWAUKEE,
SKYLIGHT, 1994
SISTER ANGELICA, LONDON,
1957
STREET SCENE (WEIL),
LONDON, 1992
TALES OF HOFFMANN,
MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 1987
TARTUFFE, MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT,
2007
THE ABDUCTION FROM THE
SERAGLIO, MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 1985
THE ABDUCTION FROM THE
SERAGLIO, MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT, 1990, 2004
THE BEGGAR'S OPERA,
SANTA FE OPERA, 1992
THE CLOAK (PUCCINI),
LONDON, 1957
THE CONSUL (MENOTTI),
MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 1993
THE CUNNING LITTLE
VIXEN, LONDON, ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA, 1991
THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT,
MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE,2006
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN,
MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 1998
THE GOLDEN TICKET, ST LOUIS,
2010
THE ITALIAN GIRL IN
ALGIERS, MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT, 1992, FLORENTINE, 2011
THE MAGIC FLUTE, BERLIN,
GERMAN OPERA, 1993
THE MAGIC FLUTE,
MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 1990, 2009
THE MAGIC FLUTE,
MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT, 1993
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO,
BERLIN, KOMISCHE OPER, 1993
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO,
MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT, 1987
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO,
MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT, 1995
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO,
MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT, 2010, ST LOUIS, 2010
THE MERRY WIDOW, VIENNA, BURG THEATER, 1957
THE MERRY WIDOW,
MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 1985, 2007
THE PEARL FISHERS,
MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 1986
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN
GRAY, MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 1999
THE RETURN OF ULYSSES, MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT, 1988
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE STATE MAHAGONNY, YALE, 1978
THE SAINT OF BLECKER STREET, BERLIN, 1963
THE SORROWS OF YOUNG
WERTHER (BOSE), SANTA FE OPERA, 1992
THE TENDER LAND (COPLAND), MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT, 2002
THE TRAGEDY OF CARMEN,
MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT, 2006
TOSCA, MILWAUKEE,
FLORENTINE, 1986
TOSCA, MILWAUKEE, FLORENTINE, 1995, 2001
TRISTAN AND ISOLDE, MILWAUKEE,
FLORENTINE 2004
TURANDOT, MILWAUKEE,
FLORENTINE, 1988, 2000, 2011
WERTHER, NEW YORK,
METROPOLITAN, 1977
WERTHER, MILWAUKEE, SKYLIGHT, 1991
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