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Stanislavsky Opera Company performs 
"La Boheme" at Florida Southern College

LAKELAND, Fla. (Nov. 7, 2002) - Florida Southern's Festival of Fine Arts welcomes the Stanislavsky Opera Company, performing "La Boheme," Giacomo Puccini's powerful musical drama. The production, costumed and fully staged with orchestra, takes place in Branscomb Auditorium Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m. 

The Stanislavsky Opera Company was established in 1918 as an opera studio of the famed Bolshoi Opera. The Russian company applies to traditional opera the renowned method-acting principles of its innovative namesake, Stanislavsky. With rave reviews throughout Europe and Asia, the Company is now on its debut tour of the United States with their new production of "La Boheme."

Tickets are $25. FSC students are admitted free of charge; non-FSC students pay half price. For ticket information, please contact the Branscomb Auditorium box office at (863) 680-4296. 

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world. 

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