Premiere Performance: 6 April 2017 St Petersburg Opera Creative CollaborationsPreis Hall John Shaw, MarimbaMark Sforzini, Bassoon Instrumentation: Bassoon and MarimbaDuration: 11 minutes Commissioned by Richard Taylor in honor of Peter Tanner, Ron Barnett, Acton Ostling Jr., Richard homes & Bill Johnson
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Dear Friends of St. Petersburg Opera: We are living in unprecedented times as the citizens of the world valiantly face a global pandemic. I believe that planning the future requires fluidity of thought and patience at this moment. Some things are certain, and other decisions require ongoing monitoring of current affairs. I would like to
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Tampa Times reviewer Andrew Meacham wrote: An unconscious prince in a magical forest gets rescued by three witchy women who serve a mysterious queen. He soon returns the favor, rescuing the queen’s daughter with whom he has fallen instantly in love. What’s not to love about this adult fairy tale immortalized by Mozart in The
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Above Recording from September 22, 2018: Variety Show at the Studio@620 Lewis Sligh, Robert Neale, and Amanda Swaim – flutes Mark Sforzini – bassoon Lloyd Goldstein – double bass Teresa Ancaya – piano Instrumentation: Three flutes, bassoon, double bass and piano Duration: 11 minutes Movements: I. Fast and Flirty II. Andante Cantabile III. Molto Allegro
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St. Pete Times‘ Andrew Meachum writes: Daisy Buchanan — you’ve heard of her — is an irrepressible teen. She is drawn to Jay Gatsby — you’ve heard of him — an enigmatic, though problematic, wealthy older man. Sforzini labored over Daisy, his operatic prequel to The Great Gatsby, for more than a year. It was
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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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Symphonic Chat, Thursday, February 11, 2016, 7:00pm Preis Hall at Opera Central 2145 First Avenue South, St. Petersburg, 33712 Join Maestro Sforzini for a witty and insightful discussion on music of the Tampa Bay Symphony Winter Concert: Sforzini: Theme and Variations on a Slavic Folk Song Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 5 “Reformation” Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No.
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