For the second consecutive year, Jackson's is proud to partner once again with the Pensacola Opera to present "Dinner and an Aria" on Thursday, March 25, at Jackson's Steakhouse.

The Pensacola Opera's Artists in Residence program, now in its sixth season, continues to provide training and performance experience for young opera professionals. In residence here in Pensacola, from January through May, these artists perform roles on the main stage, cover principal roles, sing for numerous educational and community outreach programs - and perform at Jackson's!

This is a wonderful opportunity that offers opera to newcomers and enthusiasts alike to have an up-close, personal performance by some remarkable young opera singers. The 2009-2010 Artists in Residence artists are Ami Vice (soprano), Candra Savage (mezzo-soprano), Patrick Kelley-Alvarado (tenor) and Jason Coffey (bass-baritone) with Joshua Pepper accompanying on the piano.

There will be two seatings for this event; 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. In addition to our full dinner menu, which will be available for the evening, Chef Miller has prepared a special-feature entrée: veal saltimbocca topped with jumbo lump crabmeat and served with Madeira-glazed mushrooms and broccolini. The featured artists will perform classics from the operatic, musical theatre and jazz standard repertoire.

This is a limited-seating event (which was a sell-out crowd last year). Opera is a great party - a visual and emotional spectacle that electrifies all the senses - so to reserve your table, please call Jackson's Steakhouse, (850) 469-9898.

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