As New York's Metropolitan Opera spends fortunes on productions few can afford to attend and the New York City Opera folds for lack of the wealth to compete, it's a rich pleasure to see Milwaukee's Florentine Opera invest in a new cabaret series for $15 a ticket.
Directed by Chorus Master and Associate Conductor Scott Stewart and informally hosted by the Florentine's General Director William Florescu, the full length shows of the “@ the Center” series are presented in the modest rehearsal room of the company's Riverwest home on Burleigh St. Florescu recently addressed a casual Saturday night audience of about 50, introducing each of several sections of “The Florentine After Dark,
