Opera Tampa
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Now in its 13th season, Opera Tampa is the resident opera company of the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. Opera Tampa produces and presents grand opera. The full-scale productions feature international performers, the Opera Tampa Orchestra and the 50-60 member Opera Tampa Chorus, all under the direction of world-renowned composer-conductor Anton Coppola.
Judith Lisi, president of the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, also acts as managing director of Opera Tampa. Soprano and founder of V.O.I.C.Experience, Maria Zouves is associate director of Opera Tampa. Legendary baritone Sherrill Milnes is Opera Tampa’s artistic advisor.
Opera Tampa performs in TBPAC’s spectacular Carol Morsani Hall, which was designed as a classic horseshoe opera house in the style of the grand opera houses of Europe. The remarkable, near perfect acoustics in Morsani Hall were designed by Russell Johnson, one of today’s finest acousticians.
