WORLD PREMIERE
SAT • FEB 9 • 7:00PM
FERGUSON HALL
Princess Swanwhite must marry the
King. But, when he sends his son the
Prince to school her in the demands of
being Queen, the youngsters fall for each
other’s charms – and into each other’s
arms. Fleeing the King’s wrath, the Prince
dies in a storm. Or does he? Swanwhite’s
faith in the power of love may have the
power to save her Prince as Opera
Tampa presents the world premiere
of Anton Coppola’s latest work, the
intimate chamber opera Lady Swanwhite.
MARIA BREA
Lady Swanwhite
THOMAS MASSEY
The Prince
MARK WALTERS
Musetta
Jorge Parodi, Conductor
The music director of the Senior Opera Theater at the Manhattan School
of Music, Jorge Parodi has worked as a conductor at Buenos Aires Lírica
(Argentina), The Banff Centre (Canada), Tsaritsynskaya Opera Volgograd
(Russia), Encuentros Internacionales de Opera (Mexico), Hofstra University
and New York University, among others. Hailed as having “the most
expressive conducting hands since Stokowski’s” (New York Daily News),
Parodi has collaborated with such artists as Tito Capobianco, Sherrill Milnes
and Rufus Wainwright, and has assisted conductors of the caliber of Lorin
Maazel and Julius Rudel. He debuted as conductor with Opera Tampa in its
2018 production of The Barber of Seville.
OPERATAMPA.ORG • 21
JESSICA BEST
The Stepmother
/OPERATAMPA.ORG