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Opera Naples is a professional opera company in Naples, Florida, dedicated to presenting opera productions and concerts featuring international, national and regional performers and directors. Opera Naples has presented well-known operas such as La bohème, Carmen, Faust, La Traviata, Madama Butterfly, Rigoletto, Tosca and more. An advocate of community service and education outreach, Opera Naples has introduced opera to more than 64,000 children since its inception through various programs, including in-school programs and performances in Lee and Collier counties, the Resident Artists Program and Summer Youth Program. The company is also committed to training young opera singers through the Luciano Pavarotti Foundation Opera Naples Academy, led by a faculty of opera professionals including tenor Bruce Ford, baritone Sherill Milnes and the late Renata Scotto, who offer a program of vocal instruction, lectures and masterclasses. The company has earned local, regional and state government support.
Founded in 2005, Opera Naples held its first opera production, Tosca, in Gulf Coast High School in 2006. Founding members of the opera company included Bronwen Adams, Ronald Doiron, Livio Ferrari, Gerald Goldberg, Steffanie Pearce, Jean Seidel and Sam Vasquez, Jr.. In 2015, Opera Naples opened its doors to its own performance venue, the Wang Opera Center, which was funded by philanthropists David and Cecile Wang. Recently renovated following Hurricane Ian, the Wang Opera Center now has a seating capacity of 320. Throughout its history, Opera Naples has hosted many famous opera singers in its productions, including Joseph Calleja, Javier Camarena, Gregory Kunde, Richard Leech, Angela Meade, Louis Otey, Samuel Ramey, Patricia Racette, Luca Salsi, Jonathan Tetelman, Ramón Vargas and many others.
As of August 2024, Opera Naples is led by a Board of Directors and Trustees and an administrative staff. Larry Ost and Bronwen Adams serve as Co-Chairs of the Board and staff leadership includes Artistic and Music Director Ramón Tebar, Executive Director Melanie Kalnins and Director of Administration Kent Kyle.
Opera Naples core activity each season is its Festival Under the Stars, the only outdoor winter opera festival in the United States, with annual attendance of approximately 5,000 people. The Festival Under the Stars, in downtown Naples' Cambier Park features multiple fully-staged opera productions along with other art form performances, such as piano recitals, Flamenco dancing and ballet which are done in partnership with other local arts organizations. Starting in 2024, Opera Naples also partners with the Luciano Pavarotti Foundation, working with Nicoletta Mantovani, widow of the late tenor Luciano Pavarotti. In collaboration with the Luciano Pavarotti Foundation, Opera Naples offers its two-week Academy program for young opera professionals as well as an international voice competition, which is modeled from the competitions the late tenor previously hosted in Philadelphia in the 1980's and 1990's which launched the careers of many singers.
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