The decorations are packed away, as are the sets and costumes for annual holiday staples. But the local performing arts community still hasn’t shaken off its New Year’s Day hangover, so there is no Five to Friday this week.
The Broadway touring production of Anything Goes will finish its run at the Marcus Center.
But, more than anything, it is a great weekend for opera and vocal art music. The Florentine Opera brings .jpg)
composer Carlisle Floyd to town to observe the recording of his 1958 opera, Wuthering Heights. And you can too. It all takes place this weekend (two performances) at Brookfield’s Wilson Center. The cast includes several singers from recent Florentine productions (Georgia Jarman, Susanne Mentzer, Dale Rideout, and Frank Kelley). And the Florentine debut of 
, who recently performed with Frankly music. On the night off (Saturday), Floyd will be feted and his work discussed and sampled at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music.
