Pittsburgh in the Round: Florencia en el Amazonas was performed Saturday night for the first time by Pittsburgh Opera, and the audience on hand at the Benedum was treated to a production that was brilliant to the ear and eye alike. The opera is the first Spanish-language composition to be produced by the company, but the same can be said for the many opera companies which have staged the work since its 1996 premiere: for while opera has a long history of popularity in Spain, Mexico and parts of South America, works in the language most familiar to audiences in these countries are few and extremely far between.
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