Miami Opera

Join the Bus to Miami for the Florida Grand Opera – and other Culture!

Bus departs from Cape Coral, Fort Myers and Naples

The Naples Opera Society organizes round trip coach transportation to Miami. The cost is $140pp and includes transportation, driver tip, dinner in Coral Gables before the opera, a pre-opera lecture and the opera at the Adrienne Arsht Center for Performing Arts. Rear orchestra seating is an additional $25.

Dates for 2015 season

  • Nov 22: Madame Butterfly

  • Jan 31: Cosi fan Tutte

  • March 7: Pearl Fishers

  • May 16: The Consul

For more info, call 239 431 7509 or email Eugene Buffo at ehandjhb @gmail.com. Checks are payable to Naples Opera Society and can be mailed to 1200 L’Ambiance Circle, #101, Naples Fl, 34108

The Bus picks up and returns passengers at:

  • Cape Coral, 11.45am at Hardware Shopping Center

  • Fort Myers, 12.30pm at Cypress Trace Shopping Center

  • Naples, 1.30pm at Crossroads Shopping Center. Departs 2pm.

There is also the Naples Opera, performance dates are:

  • Nov 20 & 22: La Boheme, Artis

  • Feb 5 & 7: Cosi fan Tutte, Wang Opera Center

  • Mar 20-21: Maria de Buenos Aires, preceded by ‘Tango’ (short 1 person opera)

  • May 1 & 2: Carmen, Wang Opera Center

For tickets or more info., call 239 963 9050 or visit operanaples.org

Looking for intimate concerts? Try the Steinway Piano Society – just excellent concerts in season, bi-monthly in the Steinway Piano Gallery on Tamiami in Bonita Springs. Membership in the Association costs about $120 pa and includes all the concerts - and a glass of wine before.

Just fantastic! http://www.steinwaypianogallery.net/steinway-piano-society. (The website is a little behind).

Please, let me know of other interesting events to post!

Sandra Hadler, Florida Chapter, 1818 Society

sachadler@gmail.com