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Susannah Now on DVD!

St. Petersburg Opera Company is delighted to announce the first ever DVD recording of the Carlisle Floyd opera Susannah, with Maestro Mark Sforzini and starring Susan Hellman Spatafora, Stefanie Izzo and Aleksandra Ritums.  Filmed in 2014 at the Palladium Theatre in St. Petersburg, Florida, the DVD includes bonus materials including an interview with composer Carlisle

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Interview in Creative Pinellas

From Creative Pinellas: Maestro Mark Sforzini dispels notions of opera being too stuffy or boring. The affable conductor, composer and director of the St. Petersburg Opera hosts amusingly informative events that de-snobify the genre. His Evenings and Mornings with the Maestro and the cheeky Opera Therapy series offer explanations, conversations and mini-performances that shed light

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‘South Pacific’ closes out opera season with pleasing results

St. Pete Times‘s Andrew Meacham writes: The St. Petersburg Opera Company again closes its season with a musical, this time running two weeks. The extra week for South Pacific anticipates healthy crowds at the Palladium, but also does justice to a serious production. The show allowed me to indulge long-standing curiosities about the acting potential of

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‘Abduction from the Seraglio’ by St. Petersburg Opera shows off genius

St. Pete Times reviews: A fount of incomparable music — unpredictable, irreverent and playful, including a couple of quartets by the romantic leads that balance like opposite sides of an algebraic equation. This story … also illustrates the composer’s saucy sense of humor, as does the music itself throughout the three acts. Read the rest

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Feb 18 Creative Collaborations

Creative Collaborations: Music by Russell Andrade and Mark Sforzini Thursday, February 18, 2016, 7:30pm Preis Hall at Opera Central 2145 First Avenue South, St. Peterburg Mun-Tzung Wong and Mark Sforzini, piano John Upton, oboe Fred Gratta, cello Jeffrey Smich, violin Mark Sforzini and Maurizio Venturini, bassoon Michelle Seipel, soprano Kara Cornell, mezzo-soprano Russell Andrade, tenor

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