The Catalyst’s every-Thursday rundown of the best in weekend performing arts.
In the middle of its 19th season, St. Petersburg Opera Company (a.k.a. St. Pete Opera) finds itself firmly woven into the cultural fabric of the community....
What makes an opera singer? In the case of Chelsea Lehnea – along with many others who sing the great classics as a profession – the...
Today’s guest on the Arts Alive! podcast is Mark Sforzini, the founder and general director of St. Petersburg Opera Company. The Auburn, Alabama native is also...
Ashley Thunder very nearly played professional tennis. And she did play professional football. She also holds a degree in Business Administration. So how did this multi-hyphenate...
St. Petersburg Opera Company begins Season 18 this weekend with a production of Alcina, a 1735 Italian opera by baroque composer George Frideric Handel. Typical of...
Premiering Friday at the Palladium Theater: An expansive tale of romance, intrigue, suspense, laughter, confusion and a whole lot of creative fibbing aboard a very large...
There’s a thin line, singer Caitlin McKechney believes, between opera – that’s her chosen profession – and country music (her other great love). “Interestingly,” McKechney points...
Those who correctly point out that drag – dressing and performing as the opposite sex – has been a part of theater for centuries will find...
St. Petersburg Opera Company is in the middle of its 17th season, going great guns with founder and artistic director Mark Sforzini still very much in...
