The Centennial Season
Eight opportunities to gather for music, fellowship, and community in Tampa’s historic Friday Morning Musicale.
Opening performance
Tenor
Guillermo Lopez is a lyric tenor and voice educator whose career encompasses opera, zarzuela, concert performance, and teaching. His leading roles include Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Alfredo in La Traviata, Parpignol in La Bohème, and Macduff and Malcolm in Macbeth. He maintains a private voice studio in Tampa Bay and performs with the Tampa Opera Singers.
Piano
Fernando Lopez is a pianist and educator with degrees in Piano Performance and Piano Pedagogy from the University of Arizona and the University of South Florida. He maintains a private Tampa Bay studio, serves as adjunct faculty at State College of Florida and Hillsborough College, and co-founded the Winold Music Festival.
The program
Music by Francesco Paolo Tosti, Manuel M. Ponce, Jorge del Moral, Carlos Guastavino, María Grever, Carlos Gardel, and Agustín Lara—including Ideale, Marechiare, Júrame, El Día Que Me Quieras, and Granada.
The season at a glance
Presented at Friday Morning Musicale, 809 W Horatio Street in Tampa. Admission is free, and donations are gratefully accepted.
Guillermo Lopez, tenor, and Fernando Lopez, piano. The concert is free and open to the public. An optional luncheon follows for a $10 donation per person. Luncheon reservations are required; leave a message at (833) 366-8672.
A Sunday afternoon performance followed by a reception.
A Friday morning performance followed by luncheon.
Performances by members and students.
A Friday morning performance followed by luncheon.
A Sunday afternoon performance followed by a reception.
A Friday morning performance followed by luncheon.
The closing performance of the public season, followed by a reception.
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