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NO. 051 LETTER TO COM�MIS��N ��
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TO: Mayor Matti Herrera Bower and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jorge M. Gonzalez, City Manager
DATE: February 15, 2012 �`
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SUBJECT: Arts in the Parks presents Opera ilms at SoundScape
The purpose of this Letter to Commission is to inform you that our Arts in the Parks program
will be presenting "Five Nights at the Opera" at SoundScape on the five Thursdays of March
2012. Five exceptional opera films will be screened, beginning at 7:30 p.m. each night.
The schedule is as follows:
March 1: CARMEN (1984) Directed by Francesco Rosi; featuring Placido Domingo and
Julia Migenes
March 8: LA TRAVIATA (1983) Directed by Franco Zeffirelli, featuring Placido Domingo
and Teresa Stratas
March 15: OTELLO (1986) Directed by Franco Zeffirelli, featuring Placido Domingo and
Katia Ricciarelli
March 22: DON GIOVANNI (1979) Directed by Joseph Losey, featuring Ruggero Raimondi
and Kiri Te Kanawa
March 29: RIGOLETTO (1982) Directed by Jean - Pierre Ponnelle, featuring Luciano
Pavarotti and Ingvar Wixell
Florida Grand Opera will present live soloists preceeding one of the screenings (date TBA.)
Both FGO and Miami Lyric Opera have agreed to promote the series via a -blast to their
subscribers.