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Space Coast Symphony Orchestra Season Opener to Present ‘Love, Death and Madness’ Saturday Night at Scott Center

By  //  June 17, 2022

Mary Anne Kruger and Amy Cofield are the Space Coast Divas

ABOVE VIDEO: Space Coast Symphony Orchestra is ready to perform ‘Love, Death and Madness’ Saturday event at the Scott Center at Holy Trinity.

Individually, they are international opera singers. Together, Mary Anne Kruger and Amy Cofield are the Space Coast Divas. (SCSO image)

BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – Individually, they are international opera singers. Together, Mary Anne Kruger and Amy Cofield are the Space Coast Divas.

On Saturday, June 18 at 7 p.m., they will perform some of opera’s most passionate works, in the opening concert of the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra’s 2022-23 season at the Scott Center for the Performing Arts at Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, 5625 Holy Trinity Drive in north Melbourne.

Love, Death, and Madness will feature the works of Puccini, Verdi, Bellini, Offenbach, Strauss, Wagner, and other master composers of the form.

Sopranos Kruger and Cofield will perform a range of works during Love, Death, and Madness, many in the bel canto (beautiful singing) style born out of the eighteenth-century Italian opera and particularly suited for sopranos, as well as the verismo (realism) style, with themes centered on lust, jealousy, revenge, and greed.

Works from both the Romantic and Modern periods will portray love, death, and madness through compelling characters and the soaring voices of the Space Coast Divas.

Ms. Kruger has spent most of her career in Europe singing over 40 roles such as Madama Butterfly and Salome.

Ms. Cofield has likewise performed in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, often being sought for Violetta, the lead role in Verdi’s La Traviata. $30 tickets are available through the orchestra website at SpaceCoastSymphony.org or at Marine Bank & Trust in Suntree. (SCSO image)

Ms. Cofield has likewise performed in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, often being sought for Violetta, the lead role in Verdi’s La Traviata. $30 tickets are available through the orchestra website at SpaceCoastSymphony.org or at Marine Bank & Trust in Suntree.

Tickets at the door are $35. Concertgoers aged 18 and under or with a college ID are admitted free to every SCSO concert.

Space Coast Symphony Orchestra Conductor and Artistic Director, Aaron T. Collins believes Love, Death, and Madness will showcase opera in a way that is accessible for both newcomers and lovers of the form.

The program will include songs from different musical periods and by history’s most beloved opera composers.

“This dynamic duo wows our audience every time they perform,” said Collins. “People who have never heard an aria before will be mesmerized. The concert is filled to the brim with expressions of passion and intense human emotions. The title says it all!”

Concertgoers aged 18 and under or with a college ID are admitted free to every SCSO concert.

For more information about Love, Death, and Madness, call toll-free at 855-252-7276 or visit SpaceCoastSymphony.org.

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