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Minnesota Orchestra in Concert

Arsht Center. Knight Concert Hall. March 10, 2012. 8:00 p.m. The Arsht Center for the Perfoming Arts is presenting the Minnesota Orchestra in a one-night-only performace featuring Osmo Vänskä as music director and Midori on violin.

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Siempre Flamenco presents FlamenJazz Jam

South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. March 16 through 18, 2012. Siempre Flamenco’s guitarist Paco Fonta teams up with jazz vibraphonist Richard Sprince for an exciting journey of musical dialogue, exploring connections between the two musical genres. The heat and passion of flamenco and the cool licks of jazz both share improvisation as an important element in their musical traditions, thus the concept … +

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Florida Grand Opera presents Roméo et Juliette

From April 21 through May 12, 2012. Florida Grand Opera’s highly successful 2011-2012 season closes with a French classic, Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, opening on April 21, 2012. Directed by David Lefkowich, making his FGO main stage debut, this production employs innovative light projection and multi-unit sets to drive the emotion behind the timeless tale of star-crossed lovers.

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The Cleveland Orchestra returns to Miami March 2 and 3

Soprano Dawn Upshaw, one of the most significant and dramatically moving singers on the stage today, joins Conductor Nicola Luisotti for the second program of The Cleveland Orchestra Miami season on Friday, March 2 and Saturday, March 3, co-presented with the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and the Musical Arts Association of Miami. Performances are held in … +

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Orchestra Miami Presents “Beethoven on the Beach”

Free Outdoor Concerts for the CommunityMarch 4, 7 and April 20, 2012. Orchestra Miami is proud to continue its series of Free Outdoor Concerts with three performances of “Beethoven on the Beach”. The program includes Mozart’s “Overture to the Magic Flute”, Lee Hoiby’s “I Have A Dream” featuring Graham Fandrei as the baritone soloist, and Beethoven’s iconic Symphony # 5 in C … +

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The Delray String Quartet in Concert

March 7, 2012. 7:00 p.m. Back by popular demand, “Delray’s Got Talent: The Encore!” is set to take the stage again. Last year’s “Delray’s Got Talent” fundraiser raised more than $35K for the City of Delray’s public beach renovation. Because of its success the city will break ground in the near future on Phase I – the new beach pavilion.

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FUNDarte and Mega TV present Martirio: 25 Years On Stage

April 7, 2012. 8.30 p.m. Martirio, the Spanish singer who reinvented popular Spanish music, comes back to Miami after four years to celebrate 25 years on stage. Presented by FUNDarte and Mega TV, Martirio invites us to join her celebration with “Re-Cordar”, a unique concert to remember her best songs, which will take place on Saturday, April 7th at 8.30 p.m. at … +

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Miami Lyric Opera presents Tosca by Giacomo Puccini

February 25 and 26, 2012. 8:00 and 4:00 p.m. Miami Lyric Opera presents Tosca, the opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini with Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa based on the original play of Victorien Sardou. This great musical drama was set in Rome of 19th Century, with the Kingdom of Naples’s control of Rome threatened by Napoleon’s invasion of … +

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Miami City Ballet presents Ballet For Young People

Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. February 18, 2012. 2:00 p.m. It’s that time of the year when Miami City Ballet School students grace the stage of the Adrienne Arsht Center’s Ziff Ballet Opera House to present Ballet for Young People. This one-show-only performance takes place on Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. All tickets are free!

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Tigertail Productions presents Elliott Sharp – Avant Guitar

Miami Dade County Auditorium. February 25, 2012. 8:30 p.m. Elliott Sharp is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer and curator central to the experimental music scene in New York City for over thirty years. Critics have hailed Elliott Sharp as one of American music’s lesser-known geniuses, a guitarist and composer who works both within and at the fringes of NYC’s avant-jazz and experimental … +

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Florida Grand Opera presents Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi

From February 11 through 18, 2012. Enter the court of the chauvinistic, sex-crazed Duke, where his court jester Rigoletto mocks the husbands and fathers of the many women whom the Duke has seduced. When a curse is cast upon Rigoletto, his own daughter falls victim, and his vow for revenge ends in a tragic twist of fate. With Metropolitan Opera star Michael … +

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The Fairy Doll: An Enchanting Ballet

Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida. From March 3 through 11, 2012. Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida is bringing back the ballet Fairy Doll to the stages of the Aventura Arts and Cultural Center and the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. “Fairy Doll”, originally “Die Puppenfee” by composer Josef Bayer and first performed in 1888, was one of the most successful productions … +

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I Believe in Make Believe at the Coral Gables Youth Center

Presented by Miami Childrens Theatre. Feb 17 through 26, 2012. I Believe in Make Believe delightfully presents five world-favorite fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm in an irresistible musical setting. Beginning and ending with the story of the princess who wouldn’t laugh, we experience the adventures of the shoemaker and the elves, the Bremen Town musicians, the seven soldiers, and that lovable … +