New World School of the Arts presents Rising Stars, a professional exhibition and performance, showcases the remarkable talent of high school and college students from Florida’s premier arts education institution. This Broadway-style extravaganza is an energy-packed, one-of-a-kind performance that will undoubtedly captivate the audience with exhilarating works of art, and enthralling dance, music, and theater performances.

Miami Symphony Orchestra (MISO) returns to the Olympia Theater stage with the amazing program of Mahler featuring “Titan”, Symphony No. 1 and Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht op.4.  Experience the electric style of Conductor Eduardo Marturet, in an evening the whole family will enjoy. This is an evening of music the sounds will resonate long after the curtain comes down!

A Red Curtain Series event, sponsored by Friends of Gusman and KinghtArts.

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano

Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico (tragic opera) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor. Donizetti wrote Lucia di Lammermoor in 1835, a time when several factors led to the height of his reputation as a composer of opera. Gioachino Rossini had recently retired and Vincenzo Bellini had died shortly before the premier of Lucia leaving Donizetti as “the sole reigning genius of Italian opera”. Not only were conditions ripe for Donizetti’s success as a composer, but there was also a European interest in the history and culture of Scotland. The perceived romance of its violent wars and feuds, as well as its folklore and mythology, intrigued 19th century readers and audiences. Sir Walter Scott made use of these stereotypes in his novel The Bride of Lammermoor, which inspired several musical works including Lucia. The story concerns the emotionally fragile Lucy Ashton (Lucia) who is caught in a feud between her own family and that of the Ravenswoods. The setting is the Lammermuir Hills of Scotland (Lammermoor) in the 17th century.

This Olympia Theater Red Curtain Series event is sponsored with a grant from Friends of Gusman and KnghtArts.

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano

Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico (tragic opera) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor. Donizetti wrote Lucia di Lammermoor in 1835, a time when several factors led to the height of his reputation as a composer of opera. Gioachino Rossini had recently retired and Vincenzo Bellini had died shortly before the premier of Lucia leaving Donizetti as “the sole reigning genius of Italian opera”. Not only were conditions ripe for Donizetti’s success as a composer, but there was also a European interest in the history and culture of Scotland. The perceived romance of its violent wars and feuds, as well as its folklore and mythology, intrigued 19th century readers and audiences. Sir Walter Scott made use of these stereotypes in his novel The Bride of Lammermoor, which inspired several musical works including Lucia. The story concerns the emotionally fragile Lucy Ashton (Lucia) who is caught in a feud between her own family and that of the Ravenswoods. The setting is the Lammermuir Hills of Scotland (Lammermoor) in the 17th century.

This Olympia Theater Red Curtain Series event is sponsored with a grant from Friends of Gusman and KnghtArts.