Italian-Canadian conductor Francesco Milioto takes us to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he is conducting The Tales of Hoffmann at The Florentine Opera on March 13th and 15th (tickets and info).
Francesco is a conductor, coach and music educator. He is currently music director of both OPERA San Antonio and The Florentine Opera, on staff at Lyric Opera of Chicago and music director of DePaul University’s Symphony Orchestra.
While in Milwaukee, Francesco chats with us about the opera house, the relaxed feel of the city and his favourite gallery. Read on to find out more.
Colectivo! A Milwaukee staple!
The opera company provides accommodation for artists at the Knickerbocker Hotel. Very old school NYC feeling.
A kitchen so I can cook.
The Milwaukee Art Museum is amazing and one of the coolest buildings in the city.
Our artistic partners, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
LEARN MORE ABOUT FRANCESCO MILIOTO
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© Julius Ahn
In staging rehearsal
© Alžběta Symerská
Conducting the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
The Tales of Hoffmann
The Florentine Opera
March 13 & 15
CONDUCTOR: Francesco Milioto
STAGE DIRECTOR: David Lefkowich
MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
THE FLORENTINE OPERA CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Dr. Benjamin Rivera
HOFFMANN: Kang Wang
HEROINES: Susanne Burgess
VILLIANS: Kyle Albertson
NIKLAUS/MUSE: Emily Fons
VALET TENORS: Julius Ahn
VOICE OF ANTONIA’S MOTHER:
Lauryn Nelson
SPALANZANI/NATHANAEL:
Zachary Taylor
SCHLÉMIL/HERMANN: David Drettwan
CRESPEL/LUTHER: Bill McMurray
UN VOIX DE BASSE: David Guzmán
The Tales of Hoffmann (Les Contes d’Hoffmann) is a haunting opera that dives into the stormy, occasionally uncanny, love life of poet Hoffmann. In a series of flashbacks (and perhaps a bit too much wine), Hoffmann recounts three romantic escapades, each with its own fantastical twist—and each disastrously interrupted by a shadowy villain determined to ruin his good time. The opera is a blend of romance, heartbreak, and just the right dose of the surreal, proving that in Hoffmann’s world, if something seems too good to be true, it probably involves an evil doppelgänger or a mechanical doll.
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