Palm Beach Opera, a professional

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

company in

West Palm Beach, Florida West Palm Beach is a city in and the county seat of Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is located immediately to the west of the adjacent Palm Beach, which is situated on a barrier island across the Lake Worth Lagoon. The populati ...

performs at the

Kravis Center for the Performing Arts The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (often referred to as the Kravis Center) is a not-for-profit, professional performing arts center in downtown West Palm Beach, Florida. History 1978–1992 In 1978, the Palm Beach County Council of the Ar ...

as well as other locations throughout South Florida, was founded in 1961 as "Civic Opera of the Palm Beaches." Over its history, the company has presented a season of fully staged operas ranging from a single production in early years to four beginning in the mid-1990s. In 2013, the company produced its first large-scale free outdoor concert, Opera @ The Waterfront to its season. With nearly 100 performers on stage
Opera @ The Waterfront
is the largest outdoor classical music event in Palm Beach County. In the 2014/2015 season, Palm Beach Opera is presenting its first world premiere
"Enemies, A Love Story"
(music by Ben Moore, libretto by Nahma Sandrow, based on the book Enemies, A Love Story by

Isaac Bashevis Singer Isaac Bashevis Singer ( yi, יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער; November 11, 1903 – July 24, 1991) was a Polish-born American Jewish writer who wrote and published first in Yiddish and later translated himself into English with the help ...

. Other productions being presented in the 2014/2015 season are Giacomo Puccini's "La Bohème" and Gaetano Donizetti's "The Daughter of the Regiment." In the 1980s the company was led by impresario Joseph H. Conlin.

Anton Guadagno Anton Guadagno (2 May 1925 – 16 August 2002) was an Italian operatic conductor. Born in Castellammare del Golfo, Italy, Anton Guadagno studied at the Vincenzo Bellini Conservatory in Palermo and the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He ...

served as the company's director from 1984 to 2002. Daniel Biaggi is the general director.

External links

Official Site of Palm Beach Opera

References

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