Miami Lyric Opera (MLO) was an opera company in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The company was founded by the Italian tenor Raffaele Cardone, establishing itself as a non-profit organization in 2004. It attempted to take advantage of a small niche market for opera in the region.
After having an inaugural concert of arias in October 2004, the company "presented its first fully staged production" in April 2005, with a performance of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi. This was followed by an August performance of Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni.
Performances of the company are held at the Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts. The theater also applies grant funds towards underwriting the performances of the opera company.
In April 2024, Cardone announced that the company was shutting down. "The principal reason is financing— not enough being available to make a decent production. Venue, labor, musicians and artist costs and others, have all increased". The company's final performance was a double bill of Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini.
References
- "About Us". Miami Lyric Opera. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- ^ Lawrence A. Johnson (June 4, 2005). "Miami Lyric Opera Aims to Carve a Niche". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- Robert Carreras (July 12, 2011). "Raffaele Cardone, Miami Lyric Opera". Opera Today. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- David Fleshler (July 2, 2013). "With vibrant singing and rough edges, Miami Lyric Opera to mark its 10th anniversary with Puccini". South Florida Classical Review. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- Beth Feinstein-Barti, "Hallandale Soprano Takes Lead at Miami Opera", South Florida Sun Sentinel (August 17, 2005), Arts&Culture page 1.
- Joshua Lawrence Kinser, Moon: Florida Keys: Including Miami & the Everglades (2017), p. 49.
- Mark Miller, Miami & the Keys (2012), p. 52.
- Johnson, Lawrence A. (April 1, 2024). "Miami Lyric Opera is ringing down the curtain after 22 seasons". South Florida Classical Review. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- Salazar, Francisco (2024-04-02). "Miami Lyric Opera to Shut Down after 22 Years". OperaWire. Archived from the original on 2024-04-12. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
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