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Florida Grand Opera's upcoming production of Ruggero Leoncavallo's "I Pagliacci" comes nearly 82 years after the Miami Opera Guild first performed the Italian opera.

Florida Grand Opera's upcoming production of Ruggero Leoncavallo's "I Pagliacci" comes nearly 82 years after the Miami Opera Guild first performed the Italian opera.

Mexican-American soprano Cecilia Violetta López stars in Florida Grand Opera's production of "La Traviata."

Florida Grand Opera to present "Tosca" at Miami’s Arsht Center and Fort Lauderdale’s Broward Center. "‘Tosca’ could be a Netflix series today, and we could drag it out for six seasons,” conductor Gregory Buchalter says. "Audience members ... [will] be on the edge of their seats.”

The time is right for audiences to see a comic opera, to leave the problems of the world outside of the theater door: “It is certainly a reaction to the times, where you know audiences are looking to forget about the news and to have a fun time,” says composer Michael Ching.