Thursday, July 10, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 12, 7:30 p.m.
Sung in Spanish with English supertitles.

A Cincinnati Opera Premiere
The performance will last approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes. There will be 1 intermission.

Click the play button below to listen to an audio preview from Florencia en el Amazonas. Courtesy of Composer Daniel Catán. Recording from Orquesta del Teatro de Bellas Artes in Mexico City.

Twenty years is a long time, she thought. A lifetime, really. And honestly, it had all happened just like he said it would. The elegant parties, lavish costumes, and autograph-seeking fans–they faded into memory as she returned to her home and his embrace. So, there, under the moonlit sky on a small steamboat churning down the vast Amazon River, she imagined how it would be. The curtain would open. The crowd would applaud. She would sing, and her voice would soar to him.

Cincinnati Opera is proud to bring this "truly stunning" (Houston Press) production, which "captures the fragrant, iridescent atmosphere of both the text and the music," (San Antonio Express News) to the Music Hall stage. The Los Angeles Times raved "the production...is a beauty."

Leading an amazing ensemble cast is soprano Alexandra Coku–"both regal and vulnerable...with great finesse and natural charm" (Opera News)–making her company debut. As the formidable river god, Riolobo, two-time Grammy Award–winning baritone Nmon Ford brings his "intense physical energy and waves of glorious sound" (Los Angeles Times) to Cincinnati Opera.

Please note: Evening performances will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Learn more about Florencia en el Amazonas:
Meet the Cast & Creative Team.
View the synopsis.
View an essay about Florencia en el Amazonas by Mary Ellyn Hutton.
View the "Florencia Magic" Opera Rap with Daniel Catán.
View the bio of Composer Daniel Catán.
View "Into the Amazon," a special report from a PRI reporter as he travels into the Amazon and to the Manaus Opera House, Florencia's final destination in the opera.

This production is underwritten by Cathy and Tom Crain.
Additional production support provided by: National Endowment for the Arts.

Performance Sponsors
Edward B. Silberstein, M.D., and Jacqueline M. Mack
Ann and Harry Santen, in support of contemporary opera in Cincinnati