Young opera singers will belt out selections from Romeo et Juliette, and Carmen.

Musicians’ fingers will bounce on the bass as they play Big Band-era jazz songs at the park. And ballerinas will do pirouettes and pas des chats in a school auditorium.

Sunny Isles Beach’s Four Seasons Concert Series continues through May with a series of performances ranging from opera to jazz to ballet..

This is the third season of the concert and it is open to residents and non-residents alike.

“I wanted to see some development of the cultural arts in our city,” said Sunny Isles Beach Mayor Norman S. Edelcup.

The concerts are put together through the joint effort of Edelcup and Susan Simpson, director of cultural and human services..

Kemal Gekic, a Croatian pianist, opened the concert series on Nov. 30.

The next performance is Wednesday, with the French Grand Opera Arias, part of Florida International University’s Opera Theater.

It will be followed by FIU Studio Jazz Big Band on March 21 and Arts Ballet Theatre on May 30.

Simpson said one of the ideas behind the concert series is to introduce people to art forms they have not seen before.

“I know hundreds of residents who have never seen an opera in their life,” she said. “This is just something giving them a taste, so they can see if it is something they like.”

All but one of the performances will be held at Norman S. Edelcup K-8 public school, the city’s community school. The school has a cafeteria that transforms into an auditorium, fittingly referred to as the cafetorium.

FIU Studio Jazz Big Band will play at the city’s new park, Heritage Park.

“We wanted to reach a greater audience and we have so much more space there,” Simpson said.

She added that the audience at the concerts is usually older, but the city always tries to attract youngsters by picking art forms that would be more appealing to them, such as the ballet.

Simpson said the performances at the Sunny Isles Beach Four Seasons Concert Series are more intimate than those held in larger venues.

“You can go up and get an autograph,” she said. “At Kemal Gekic, people got to go up and meet him.”

The total cost of the concert series is $12,000, with an average of $3,000 is allocated for each performance. FIU helps the city by sponsoring a part of the series and in turn the city contributes to FIU. The rest is covered by the city’s general fund budget.

“It’s a low cost effort on part of the city to bring closer the cultural events,” Edelcup said. “It gives people a little flavor of each of the art styles each year.”