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.
MIAMI (AP) A new opera based on the acclaimed Italian novel “The Leopard” is making its world debut in South Florida. Based on the 1958 novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, the opera premieres March 5 and 6 at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center in Cutler Bay, which is south of Miami.