Event Description
First Fridays in February, March, and April 2023, 5 – 8pm; May, 5 – 8:30pm
Celebrate first Fridays with Frida! Bring your friends and family to meander through the Frida and Her Garden exhibition after hours, sip on themed cocktails, and enjoy festive music and dance on select nights.
The Berger Shop in the Garden will be open, and Fogg Café will be open serving a full menu.
Date:
March 3
Guests can enjoy:
- Frida-inspired specialty cocktail – Pitahaya fresa paloma
- Live music by Bossalero on the Water Garden Stage
- Live performances by Opera Naples Resident Artists, including excerpts from the Frida opera, with a very special appearance by world-renowned Colombian-American singer Catalina Cuervo
- See the Frida and Her Garden exhibition after hours
- Spotlight exhibition, ORIGINS: Patricia Cavazos, in Fogg Café
About the Music:
Bossalero is composed of guitarist David Munoz and singer Joni Adno, who perform a unique variety of vocals and instrumentals from the Americas, Europe, and around the world. Bossalero derives its name from the blending of the names of two musical genres comprising a large part of its musical repertoire, the Brazilian bossa nova and Latin bolero.
About Catalina Cuervo:
Soprano Catalina Cuervo’s 2022 – 2023 season includes her role debut as Elisetta in Il matrimonio segreto with Florida Grand Opera, Micaëla in Carmen in her return to Anchorage Opera, a debut with Fort Worth Opera to star in two concerts which she has curated: Noches de Latinidad: El fuego de una mujer and Noches de Zarzuela, her celebrated Maria in Maria de Buenos Aires with Opera San Antonio, a debut with Opera Naples for her much-acclaimed Frida, and an opera gala with the South Florida Symphony. Ms. Cuervo holds the distinction of having performed the most productions by any singer in history of both Astor Piazzolla’s opera Maria de Buenos Aires and Frida by Robert X. Rodriguez. Other operatic roles include Nedda in I Pagliacci, Magda in La rondine, Mimì and Musetta in La bohème, Adriana in the Zarzuela Los Gavilanes, and Amapola in La Leyenda del Beso.
Special thanks to Opera Naples
Upcoming Frida After 5 Evenings:
Purchase Garden Admission Tickets
Included with Garden admission
This event supports this year’s theme, Mexico: A Celebration of Plants & Culture, which highlights one of the most biodiverse places on Earth and celebrates cultural connections to the natural world.
Supported by:
Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
