Florentine Opera opens newly renovated Uihlein Hall with 'Mahagonny'
Florentine Opera christened the newly renovated Uihlein Hall Friday evening by scattering litter across the stage. But wait a minute — I don't want you to think the Florentines don't clean up after themselves, or that they won't be invited back to the Marcus Performing Arts Center's flagship space (with spiffy new center aisles, but more on that later). In a COVID-19 pandemic year of local arts groups navigating safety protocols to perform unusual works in unusual ways, the Florentine's "Little Mahagonny" might be the unusualest. Composed by Kurt Weill with words by Bertolt Brecht and E...
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