- Rob Harris
- MOLTO BRAVO: Opera Tampa’s Daniel Lipton.
The era for Maestro Anton Coppola was indeed memorable, but Opera Tampa is carving out a new niche of prestige with its new capo, Daniel Lipton. Just read his bio on the Opera Tampa website. His achievements are pretty mind-blowing.
“I never count the number of performances because I always want to feel the current one is the most important,” he says.
Lipton’s casual and expressive conversational style almost belies his imprimatur. His voice is a little raspy as he recovers a rehearsal after-party, which he admits was celebrated with gusto at Taps. The bar/restaurant is right across the street from the Straz Center — where Giacomo Puccini’s famous tale about love, friendship and starving artists is being staged this weekend.
This article appears in Mar 7-13, 2013.
