Opera University
Pensacola Opera 75 S Tarragona St, Pensacola, FL, United StatesOpera University August 20, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Cantiamo insieme! - All About the Opera Chorus Opera is a team sport! The chorus is an integral part[.....]
Opera University August 20, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Cantiamo insieme! - All About the Opera Chorus Opera is a team sport! The chorus is an integral part[.....]
Opera Chorus Auditions Audition InformationAuditions for our 42nd mainstage season productions will be held on Tuesday, August 27, 2024 at the Opera Center (map). These auditions will be for new chorus members only,[.....]
Jukebox Gala is Pensacola Opera’s signature fundraising event. Now in it's 20th Anniversary, join us as we kick off our season with an evening of fine dining, fine singing, and fine giving.
Over a gourmet four-course dinner, world-class opera Artists serenade you and your guests table side. A preview of our upcoming season starts off the night – but the rest of the entertainment is up to you! The evening’s entertainment is determined by guests as they bid on popular selections from opera and musical theater to be performed for them course by course. All proceeds directly support professional opera performances and educational programs that enrich the culture of our community.
You may think you know Carmen. Think again. Pensacola Opera presents the world premiere of Carmen: The Traveler, a newly adapted, abridged, and re-orchestrated version of Bizet’s monumental masterpiece. This[.....]
Susanna and Figaro are getting married! There’s just one problem—Figaro’s boss, the overbearing and womanizing Count Almaviva, is trying to delay their marriage in order to seduce Susanna himself. Luckily, Figaro has a few tricks up his sleeve, enlisting the help of his fiancée and the Countess to expose the Count’s philandering ways. Mozart and Da Ponte’s timeless comedy—based on Beaumarchais’s sequel to The Barber of Seville—contains some of opera’s most brilliant music…and plenty of laughs!
While preparing for a performance with their commedia dell’arte troupe, Canio becomes enraged when he discovers that his wife, Nedda, has been having an affair. She refuses to give her lover’s name, as their castmate Beppe urges them to get into costume. During the performance, Canio returns to his jealous rage, and Nedda’s young lover, Silvio, rushes the stage to save her—culminating in a very real tragedy. Featuring one of the most well known arias of all time, “Vesti la giubba,” Pagliacci is a verismo masterpiece of dramatic proportions.