mai frances doles

Mai Frances Doles was one of Shreveport, Louisiana’s greatest opera lovers and supporters, and a well-known “grand dame” about town. The Mai Frances Doles Memorial Opera in Concert is Spotlight on Opera’s annual fundraiser. In 2023, we honored her memory with a performance of her favorite opera, Madama Butterfly by Puccini, starring her very own goddaughter, Elizabeth Herlitz Cortés in the title role. In 2025, we will perform Puccini’s Tosca.

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