Cuban-American soprano Elizabeth Caballero, a Miami favorite, is widely recognized for her fearless portrayals of the lyric soprano repertoire, particularly the heroines of Puccini. The sheer beauty of her sound is beguiling. She has been praised by the New York Times for providing the evening’s most show-stopping performance offering a thrilling balance of pearly tone, exciting technique and brazen physicality. She participated in the Young Artist Program of the Florida Grand Opera, was an Adler Fellow at the San Francisco Opera as well as a member of the company’s’ prestigious Merola Program. She is acclaimed by the San Francisco Chronicle as a powerful diva. In 2001 she was a National Grand Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and has performed in many important opera houses in the United States and Europe. Caballero performed the role of Liu for Florida Grand Opera’s 2010-2011 season opener of Turandot. Critics raved at her meltingly effective performance. Recently she sang recitals in Montevideo following her highly successful June 2010 recital in Miami. She made her debut at New York’s Metropolitan Opera as Frasquita in their new production of Carmen. Next season, Florida Grand Opera will feature Caballero in a rare revival of Puccini’s La Rondine.

Generously sponsored by Audre Carlin & the Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation

Read Review from:
The New Yorker
Alex Ross: Opera in Tulsa and Kansas City - Elizabeth Caballero
October 31, 2011

Read Review from:
South Florida Classical Review
December 19, 2011

Program:

Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Già il sole dal Gange

Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682)
Pietà, Signore

Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739)
Il mio bel fuoco

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
La Maja y el Ruiseñor from Goyescas

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
"Tres Majas Dolorosas" from Tonadillas
La Maja Dolorosa No. 1
La Maja Dolorosa No. 2
La Maja Dolorosa No. 3

Joaquín Turina (1882-1949)
Poema en forma de canciones, Op. 19
Dedicatoria
Nunca olvidare
Cantares
Los dos miedos
Las locas por amor

Intermission

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
"Ch'il bel sogno" from La Rondine

Gustave Charpentier (1860-1956)
"Depuis le jour" from Louise

W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
"Dove sono i bei moment" from Le Nozze di Figaro

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
"Sola, perduta, abbandonata" from Manon Lescaut

Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
"I'm a Stranger Here Myself" from One Touch of Venus
"What Good Would the Moon Be" from Street Scene
"That's Him" from One Touch of Venus
"It Never Was You" from Nickerbocker Holiday
"Here I'll Stay" from Love Life

Represented by Matthew Laifer Artists Management/Personal Representation
New York, NY 10011

Piano by Steinway

Tickets:

Elizabeth Caballero, soprano; Elaine Rinaldi, piano - Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011 - 7:30 pm

(Artists and Dates Subject to Change Without Notice)