Season ticket packages are now on sale for Phoenix Opera’s upcoming productions of Puccini’s “Tosca”
and Verdi’s “Aïda” Following up on its successful December premiere performances of “La Bohème,” Phoenix Opera is presenting “Tosca” on November 14th and November 16th, 2008, and Verdi’s “Aïda” on January 30th and February 1st, 2009 .The company’s General Director, John Massaro, points out that “Tosca” is the most dramatic of all Puccini’s operas, noting also that the performances will celebrate the 150th anniversary of Giacomo Puccini’s birth. “Tosca” also will bring to the Phoenix audience some of Puccini’s most well-known arias, such as “Vissi d’arte,” “Recondita armonia,” and “E lucevan le stelle.” Massaro says that “’Tosca’ has it all…love, devotion, treachery, lust, and above all, beautiful music.”
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“Aïda,” Giuseppe Verdi’s classic tale of love, loyalty, betrayal and courage, will provide some of the world’s most stirring arias, such as “Celeste Aïda” “O Patria Mia,” and “O terra, addio,” as well as the
triumphant “Grand March,” and the famous double scene which brings the opera to its climax. PMO’s December 2007 premiere production of Puccini’s “La Bohème” met with critical success, referred to by Maria Nockin of Music & Vision as “an auspicious beginning” for the company.
Massaro and his wife, mezzo-soprano Gail Dubinbaum (Creative Director) an accomplished New York Metropolitan Opera star, founded Phoenix Opera in early 2006.
Maestro Massaro says, “Now that Phoenix Opera has demonstrated its ability to mount world-class
productions of the best-loved operas, the Phoenix audience can expect nothing less from ‘Tosca’
and ‘Aïda’” An international cast has been assembled for the two operas. Cast details may be found at
www.phoenixopera.org. Click on “Productions.”
Discounted season ticket packages for “Tosca” and “Aïda” are on sale now through Ticketmaster and
from the Orpheum Theatre box office at 602-262-7272. Patron ticket packages are also available
through Phoenix Opera.