Calendar: Florida Grand Opera Goes OUT OF SIGHT at PAMM
Event Description
PAMM will partner with Florida Grand Opera (FGO) to feature seven reworked opera classics, reformatted to include inspiring phrases from Lawrence Weiner's OUT OF SIGHT. Phrases from OUT OF SIGHT have been translated into five languages often used in opera – English, French, Italian, Spanish and German – for an exciting art and opera mashup! Lawrence Weiner: OUT OF SIGHT is on view through May 28, 2017.
Dominick Corbacio, Tenor
Paul Kovacovic, Piano
Sarah Payne, Soprano
Courtney Miller, Mezzo-Soprano
Tenor Dominick Corbacio makes his debut with Florida Grand Opera this season. Previously, he has appeared as an apprentice artist at Opera Saratoga in the American premiere of Phillip Glass' The Witches of Venice in the role of The King (2016), as well as the Sailor in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas (2015) both directed by Karole Armitage. Praised by the New York Times as having given "One excellent performance after another of the sublime Du bist
Soprano Sarah Payne, a native of South Florida, will be joining Florida Grand Opera for a second season as part of their 2016/17 Young Artist Program. This season, Payne will be covering the role of Micäela in Bizet's Carmen as well as covering Tatiana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. Last season, Payne sang the role of Clotilde in Bellini's
Mezzo-Soprano Courtney Miller debuts with Florida Grand Opera this season. She will sing Mercédès in Carmen and Olga in Eugene Onegin. During the 2015-16 season, her schedule included Hannah in The Passenger with Michigan Opera Theatre, Meg in Little Women with Madison Opera and Cherubino in Le
Reworked classics will include:
"Dein ist
"Voi
"Casta Diva" from Norma by Vincenzo Bellini (Sung by Sarah Payne)
"Una Furtiva Lagrima" from L'elisir
The Barcarolle from Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jaques Offenbach (Sung by Sarah Payne and Courtney Miller)
"Wie? Was? Entsetzen! Drom Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber (Sung by Sarah Payne, Courtney Miller, and Dominick Corbaccio)
Evening Prayer from Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck (Sung by Sarah Payne and Courtney Miller)