"Friends" kick off new season with September Luncheon
Enjoy lunch with our General and Artistic Director, Curtis Tucker, and musical guests. Peter from the Purple Olive has opened his...
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Cathy Marshall
- Jun 20, 2023
- 1 min
Original Work "Floral Aria" to Illustrate New Season
Greetings Music Lovers! It’s my great pleasure to donate one of my paintings for the purpose of raising funds for First Coast Opera, a...
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Cathy Marshall
- May 5, 2023
- 1 min
Auditions Announced
May 5, 2023 -- Curtis Tucker, Artistic and General Director of First Coast Opera (FCO) in St. Augustine Florida is pleased to announce...
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Cathy Marshall
- Mar 13, 2023
- 2 min
Divas!
The history of divas and opera is a long and rich one, stretching back hundreds of years to the birth of opera in Italy in the late 16th...
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Cathy Marshall
- Feb 1, 2023
- 1 min
FCO produces "The Medium" at The Waterworks
Through two short operas written and performed in English, Opéra Mystique invokes mysticism and the afterlife to explore the idea that...
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Cathy Marshall
- Feb 1, 2023
- 1 min
FCO to present double feature in February
Through two short operas written and performed in English, Opéra Mystique invokes mysticism and the afterlife to explore the idea that...
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Cathy Marshall
- Dec 15, 2022
- 1 min
Die Fledermaus to Entertain on New Year's Eve
Did anyone ever play a practical joke on you, inspiring you to concoct an elaborate scheme to get even? That’s the setup for Die...
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Cathy Marshall
- Aug 15, 2022
- 1 min
Tickets are available now for Bon Appetit!
Make your plans now for a special evening with dinner and opera! The evening will begin with a delicious meal catered by La Cocina...
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Cathy Marshall
- Aug 15, 2022
- 1 min
Meet the Board: Dr. Paul Schilling
Originally a native of Cincinnati, Dr. Shilling now calls St. Augustine his home. A member of the board of directors as well as the...
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Cathy Marshall
- May 8, 2022
- 1 min
ADC Reception Gives Back
Vocalists Cass Panuska, Cass and Torlef Borsting, Mara Stevens May 2022 -- The Artistic Directors' Circle was treated to a reception at...
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Cathy Marshall
- May 7, 2022
- 1 min
FCO and the Romanza Festivale
First Coast Opera presents A Life in Song: A Cabaret, a program of songs and stories featuring FCO Artistic Director Curtis Tucker,...
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Cathy Marshall
- Apr 7, 2022
- 1 min
A Golden Age of Opera
“In light of current world events, First Coast Opera has shifted its upcoming concert from a focus on 19th Century Russian Opera...
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Cathy Marshall
- Feb 27, 2022
- 1 min
An Evening of Arias 2021
On Sunday, February 27, friends and supporters of First Coast Opera gathered for “An Evening of Arias,” the company’s annual Gala and...
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Cathy Marshall
- Jan 13, 2022
- 1 min
Meet Board Member Pattie Nolton
Pattie O’Brien Nolton was born and raised in Washington DC, but spent part of every summer in the UK with her mother’s family. She...
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Cathy Marshall
- Jan 6, 2022
- 1 min
La Traviata performed to record audiences
Provocative and risqué, La Traviata was interested not in society’s shining façade, but its guilty secrets. Violetta, Verdi’s heroine, is...
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Cathy Marshall
- Jan 2, 2022
- 1 min
Directing an Opera
By Helena Binder, Director La Traviata -- My preparation for directing any opera starts months before the rehearsals begin. Even if, as...
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Cathy Marshall
- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
Dressing the Opera
By Sarah Nordin. Costume design for this production is an exciting undertaking. Using wardrobe to convey a time and place as well as the...
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Cathy Marshall
- Nov 25, 2021
- 2 min
Ring in the New Year with Verdi’a La Traviata.
Provocative and risqué, La Traviata was interested not in society’s shining facade, but its guilty secrets. Violetta, Verdi’s heroine, is...
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Cathy Marshall
- Nov 11, 2021
- 1 min
Meet Board Member Kerry Fradley
I consider myself to be a Florida native. While not born here, I grew up in the Winter Park/Orlando area and loved spending weekends and...
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Cathy Marshall
- Oct 28, 2021
- 1 min
Meet Board President, Carl Liberatore
I serve as the President of the Board of Directors for First Coast Opera. I started with the company in 2008 as the lighting designer for...
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