florentine in the news

Florentine Opera's next season includes a major role for a rising star from Wisconsin

Florentine’s ‘Songbird’ Successfully Mixes Opera, Jazz

Florentine Opera Reimagined ‘La Bohème’ to Be Set in Bronzeville

See photos of 'La Boheme,' performed by Florentine Opera

"Bronzeville" opera in Milwaukee this weekend

Florentine Opera’s ‘La bohème’ in Bronzeville

2024/25 Season Brochure

CBS 58 Spotlight

Wine becomes a magic potion in Florentine Opera's comic ‘Elixir of Love’

The Florentine Opera Is Celebrating 90 Years of Bold Performances

‘Love’ Comes to the Florentine Opera

OPERA America Welcomes New Officers and 14 New Members to Its Board of Directors

Mozart in the Park Kicks Off This Summer

Notable nonprofit board leaders - Wayne Lueders

Understudy steps up brilliantly in Florentine’s Barber of Seville

2023/24 Season Launch Press Release

2023/24 Season Brochure

Francesco Milioto appointed Florentine Opera Music Director

Covers is in the Top 10 Best of Winter 2023 Concerts

Florentine Opera holding Christmas performances this week

Milwaukee Theater District Initiative

Florentine Opera returns to the stage with Romeo et Juliette

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Florentine Opera's youthful 'Romeo et Juliette' a must-see event

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Milwaukee performing arts groups lost $38 million in the past 3 years. The upcoming season will be crucial to their survival.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: From Whitefish Bay to Munich, rising soprano Emily Pogorelc is an opera name to remember

Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto’: Grand Opera Returns to the Florentine

WDJT 58 News: Tickets now on sale for The Florentine Opera Company’s 2020-2021 season

Broadway World: The Florentine Opera Release Single Sale Tickets For 21-22 Season

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Once again, Sheboygan soprano Kathryn Henry draws the attention of opera nation

WISN Arts Avenue: Florentine Opera returns to grand stage

Limelight Magazine: Conducting Opera Where Theater Meets Music (Joseph Rescingo)

Broadway World: The Florentine Announces Summer Al Fresco Series

WISN Arts Avenue: Florentine Opera Announces 21-22 Re-Season

OperaWire: John Holiday, Jessica Jones, & Vivica Genaux Lead Florentine Opera’s 2021-22 Season

Broadway World: The Florentine Opera Announces 2021-2022 Re-Season Featuring RIGOLETTO, LA BOHEME and more

Journal Sentinel: Florentine Opera baptizes the newly renovated Uihlein Hall at the Marcus Center with unusual ‘Little Mahagonny’

Shepard Express: Florentine Opera is Back with Brecht and Weill

BizTimes: MSO’s move to its new home presents new scheduling opportunities for the Marcus Center

Milwaukee Business Journal:See $4M Uihlein Hall renovations as Marcus Center prepares to again host shows: Slideshows

TMJ4:Renovated Uihlein Hall at Marcus Center to reopen next week

Shepard Express:Baumgartner Studio Artists Showcase with Weill’s Little Mahagonny

BizTimes:Marcus Center will welcome back audiences next week to newly renovated Uihlein Hall

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:After year of isolation, young Florentine Opera singers eager for the ‘next whiskey bar’

Urban Milwaukee:The Florentine Opera Presents Weill’s Little Mahagonny

TMJ4:Marcus Performing Arts Center brings back live performances

Milwaukee Magazine:The Weekly Ups and Downs: Quarterbacks and Beer Hacks

Urban Milwaukee: Florentine Opera Returns To The Stage

The Morning Blend WTMJ-Milwaukee: The Florentine Opera In-Person Performance Coming Soon!

Journal Sentinel: What you need to know:Milwaukee Rep, Ballet, Florentine begin performing for live audiences in April

Milwaukee Magazine: The House that Opera Built

Shepherd Express: Florentine Opera Returns to the Marcus Center Stage

Biz Times:Florentine Opera faces unique challenges in next month’s return to stage

Business Journal:Florentine Opera will be the first organization at the Marcus Performing Arts Center this April

Florentine to Receive Prestigious NEA Grant for La Boheme

Business Journal: Arts Groups React as City’s COVID Restrictions Ease

Broadway World: Hood Joins Florentine Opera as Director of Marketing

88.9 Radio Milwaukee: Opera in a Pandemic

WISN 12 Arts Avenue: Bronzeville Boheme School Tour Announced

2021 GRAMMYs Complete Nominees List

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Florentine Opera nominated for 2 GRAMMYs for ‘Prince of Players’

WISN TV 12: Editorial discusses Florentine Opera’s successes during pandemic

Broadway World: Florentine Opera Named Finalist in 2020 BizTimes Nonprofit Excellence Awards

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Postpones big productions, still plans smaller shows

WISN TV 12: Arts Avenue, Florentine Opera becomes Quarantine Opera

WISN TV 12: Florentine Opera performs in backyard

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Wisconsin arts and culture groups may struggle to survive pandemic, policy report concludes”

San Francisco Classical Voice: “Prince of Players”

Biz Times: “It isn’t over until…” featuring Maggey Oplinger

WISN TV 12 Arts Avenue, featuring Kathryn Henry

Arts Fuse: Review of “Prince of Players” recording

Northwestern Mutual Supporting Children’s Hospital by Funding Partnership with Local Arts Organizations for COVID-19 Relief

Broadway World: Florentine Opera Presents Digital Cinderella

Broadway World: Florentine Opera’s Fifth Original Recording to be Released

Arts Groups Post Live Performances in Support of UPAF

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Coronavirus Shut Down Shows. So Milwaukee Symphony, Rep and Florentine Put Performances Online.

Milwaukee Business Journal: Marcus Center, Milwaukee Rep, Florentine Opera Cancel Live Shows

Shepherd Express: Milwaukee Arts Groups respond to COVID-19

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Florentine Opera will video ‘Tragedy of Carmen’ for ticket holders

Broadway World: Florentine Opera Announces The Season of the Ensemble

Opera Wire: Vivica Genaux, Eric Ferring & Frederick Ballentine Highlight Florentine Opera’s 2020-21 Season

Shepherd Express: Peter Brook’s ‘The Tragedy of Carmen’

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Florentine production distills ‘Carmen’ into 90 minutes of hits and romantic conflict

Racine Journal Times: Laurel Semerdjian, The Tragedy of Carmen

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Florentine Opera will give classic ‘La Boheme’ a Bronzeville makeover

Urban Milwaukee: Opera Up Close with Trouble in Tahiti February 2020

Florentine Opera’s Oplinger Brings Global Perspective - Milwaukee Business Journal

WISN Channel 12 Arts Avenue: Trouble in Tahiti

Shepherd Express: Florentine Opera Introduces New Voices

WTMJ TV 4: 2nd Graders Hearing Opera for the First Time

20 Enticing Shows and Concerts in Milwaukee in early 2020

Florentine Opera to present Cinderella at Young Auditorium Jan. 26

5 Things that pique the interest of new Marcus Center CEO

WISN Arts Avenue interview with Maggey Oplinger

Shepherd Express reviews Home for the Holidays @Lueders Center

Broadway World: Florentine adds Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble inTahiti

Florentine Adds an Opera to Season: Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti

Broadway World: San Antonio Appoints New Artistic Director & Music Director

Wednesday on Lake Effect: Strauss Meat Processing Plant, New CEO of Florentine Opera, Fit For You

Maggey Oplinger Takes the Helm of Florentine Opera Company

Florentine’s ‘Figaro’ hits all the right notes

Met Auditions finalist Henry joins Florentine Opera team

Florentine Opera Opens Its Season with Some World-class Performances

Timeless Figaro Opens Ambitious Florentine Season

The Florentine Opera Comes to the Oriental Theatre

The Florentine Opera Company Announces Brand New Spotlight Series

The Florentine Opera Presents Cinderella

The Florentine Opera Company Announces its 2019-20 Baumgartner Studio Artists

The Florentine Opera Company Celebrates a Final Bow, Interim Chorus Master and Vocal Coach

Opera Is Coming to Summerfest

Next season, Florentine Opera will perform 'Marriage of Figaro,' Peter Brook's 'Carmen'

The Florentine Opera Company Announces Its 2019-2020 Season

Lester Lynch & Laurel Semerdjian Headline Florentine Opera’s 2019-20 Season

Conductor Francesco Milioto joins the Florentine Opera as Artistic Advisor

Florentine Opera Colectivo Cafes Summer Schedule

The Florentine Opera Company Announces its 2019 Summer Residency Program Artists and Performance Schedule

Celebrating 85 years, Florentine Opera singers perform arias chosen by fans

Soprano Alexandra LoBianco makes her Florentine Opera debut at the company’s season finale concert, A Night at the Opera

The Florentine Opera Company Presents A Night at the Opera

20 photos of historic performances by the Florentine Opera in Milwaukee

Florentine Opera's 'Poppea' reminds us that lust and corruption are timeless

85 Years with the Florentine Opera Company: An Oral History

Opera Names New General Director and CEO

The Florentine Opera Announces Maggey Oplinger as its new General Director & CEO

2019 GRAMMY winner Karim Sulayman to sing in Florentine Opera’s new and original production of The Coronation of Poppea