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Arts & Entertainment

First Night St. Pete 2012: The St. Petersburg Opera Company

First Night St. Pete 2012 occurs on more than 28 venues all across downtown to create a family-friendly celebration of epic and artful proportions rife with fireworks, live music, entertainment, dance, games, art, and more.

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Here, the St. Petersburg Opera Company will perform a program of favorite arias from Puccini, Bizet, Rossini and Mozart. Members of the Palladium's prestigious Encore Series also joins the opera company, performing works by Mendelssohn, Glinka and Beethoven.

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