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This brochure provides valuable information about Sarasota Opera including a short bio for Maestro DeRenzi, the 2014-2015 season lineup, and Sarasota Opera's Verdi Cycle.
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“Get to Florida to experience it first hand.—Opera Now
Photo by Rod Millington
SARASOTA OPERA
W ith its Five-Opera season and over 100 concerts and outreach events a year, Sarasota Opera continues to distinguish itself as one of the premiere opera companies in
the United States by finding innovation through tradition. An international cast of talent, great music, and dazzling productions make a performance at Sarasota Opera an experience that will not be forgotten.
MAESTRO VICTOR DERENZI
T he 2014-2015 Season will mark Maestro Victor DeRenzi’s 33rd year as the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of Sarasota Opera. He has produced over
100 different operas and conducted over 600 performances for the company.
Maestro DeRenzi’s artistic vision has garnered the company international attention as a place to experience rarely performed operatic works. A noted Verdi specialist, he initiated Sarasota Opera’s Verdi Cycle in 1989, which will see the performance of the complete works of Giuseppe Verdi by 2016. In addition to Sarasota Opera, Maestro DeRenzi has appeared with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, New Orleans and New York City operas as well as Internationally in Nice, Edmonton, Québec City, Hong Kong, and L’Opéra du Montréal.
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FEBRUARY 7, 10, 15, 18, 26MARCH 3, 8, 14, 17, 22, 25, 28
PUCCINI
OCTOBER 31, NOVEMBER 2, 5, 11, 13, 15
LEONCAVALLONEDDACANIO TONIOSILVIOBEPPE
CONDUCTOR STAGE DIRECTOR
SCENIC DESIGNER
Veronica MitinaMichael Robert HendrickMarco NisticòBrian James MyerNathan Munson
Victor DeRenziStephanie SundineDavid P. Gordon
Photos by Rod Millington
Photos by Richard Termine
FLORIA TOSCAMARIO CAVARADOSSI
BARON SCARPIA
CONDUCTOR
STAGE DIRECTORSCENIC DESIGNER
Kara Shay ThomsonRafael DávilaMark Walters Todd Thomas (MARCH 25, 28)
Victor DeRenziMartha CollinsDavid P. Gordon
FEBRUARY 21, 24MARCH 8, 11, 14, 19
Sarasota Opera Premiére
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Photos by Debra HesserMOZART
SUSANNATHE COUNTESS ALMAVIVA
THE COUNT ALMAVIVAFIGARO
BARTOLOCHERUBINO
CONDUCTOR STAGE DIRECTOR
SCENIC DESIGNER
Maeve Höglund ºMaría Antúnez ºSean AndersonPhilip CutlipRicardo Lugo ºKristen Choi
Marcello CormioAllison GrantJ. Michael Wingfield
FEBRUARY 14, 17, 19, 22, 25MARCH 10, 13, 20, 27
KING DODONTHE QUEEN OF SHEMAKHA
THE ASTROLOGER
STAGE DIRECTORSCENIC DESIGNER
Grigory Soloviov ºAlexandra BatsiosTimur Bekbosunov º
Tom DiamondDavid P. Gordon
º Sarasota Opera debut
º Sarasota Opera debut
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VERDI CYCLE
In 1989, Sarasota Opera began The Verdi Cycle: a unique undertaking to perform the complete works of Giuseppe Verdi. The Cycle covers not only all the operas (including alternate versions), but also Verdi’s body of non-operatic
music. The 2015 production of Don Carlos will be the 31st installment of the Verdi Cycle. Sarasota Opera will bring the Cycle to a close during the Winter Festival in 2016 with performances of La battaglia di Legnano and Aida. The final week of the Festival will be devoted to the music of Verdi including two concerts of his music, talks, panel discussions, and other special events. The completion of the Cycle will make Sarasota Opera the only company in the world to have performed every note of music Verdi wrote intended for performance! For more complete information on Sarasota Opera’s Verdi Cycle, visit www.verdicycle.org.
VERDI
MARCH 7, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24Sarasota Opera Premiére
Grigory Soloviov ºAlexandra BatsiosTimur Bekbosunov º
Tom DiamondDavid P. Gordon
Photos by Richard Termine
ÉLISABETH DE VALOISTHE PRINCESS EBOLI
DON CARLOSRODRIGUEPHILIPPE II
GRAND INQUISITOR
CONDUCTOR STAGE DIRECTOR
SCENIC DESIGNER
Michelle Johnson ºMary PhillipsJonathan BurtonMarco NisticòKevin ShortYoung Bok Kim
Victor DeRenziStephanie SundineDavid P. Gordon
º Sarasota Opera debut
2014–15 SARASOTA OPERA CALENDAR
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
2014 FALL SEASONOCTOBER 24 25 26
CURTAIN RAISER (1)
6:00 pm
27 28 29 30 31PAGLIACCI
8:00 pm
NOVEMBER 1 2PAGLIACCI
1:30 pm
3 4 5PAGLIACCI
8:00 pm
6 7CONCERTS AT
NOON (2)
12:00 pm
8 9
10 11PAGLIACCI
8:00 pm
12 13PAGLIACCI
8:00 pm
14 15PAGLIACCI
1:30 pm
THE HOBBIT7:00 pm
16THE HOBBIT
1:30 pm
2015 WINTER OPERA FESTIVALJANUARY 29 30 31
THE OPERA GALA (3)
6:30 PM
FEBRUARY 1
2 3 4 5 6 7TOSCA7:00 pm
8
9 10TOSCA7:30 pm
11 12 13 14 THE MARRIAGE OF
FIGARO7:30 pm
15TOSCA1:30 pm
16 17THE MARRIAGE OF
FIGARO7:30 pm
18TOSCA7:30 pm
19THE MARRIAGE OF
FIGARO7:30 pm
20 21THE
GOLDEN COCKEREL7:30 pm
22THE MARRIAGE OF
FIGARO1:30 pm
23 24THE
GOLDEN COCKEREL7:30 pm
25THE MARRIAGE OF
FIGARO7:30 pm
26TOSCA7:30 pm
27CONCERTS AT NOON (2)
12:00 pm
28 MARCH 1
2 3
TOSCA1:30 pm
4 5 6CONCERTS AT NOON (2)
12:00 pm
ARTISTS CHOICE CONCERT
7:30 pm
7DON CARLOS
6:30 pm
8 THE GOLDEN
COCKEREL 1:30 pm
TOSCA7:30 pm
9 10THE MARRIAGE OF
FIGARO1:30 pm
11THE
GOLDEN COCKEREL7:30 pm
12DON CARLOS
6:30 pm
13CONCERTS AT NOON (2)
12:00 pm
COVERS AT 33:00 pm
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO7:30 pm
14 THE GOLDEN
COCKEREL1:30 PM
TOSCA 7:30 pm
15 DON CARLOS
1:30 pm
16 17TOSCA7:30 pm
18DON CARLOS
6:30 pm
19THE GOLDEN
COCKEREL7:30 pm
20THE MARRIAGE OF
FIGARO7:30 pm
21 DON CARLOS
1:30 pm
22 TOSCA1:30 PM
THE VERDI CONCERT8 pm
23 24DON CARLOS
6:30 pm
25TOSCA7:30 pm
26THE INTIMATE VERDI
7:30 pm
27THE MARRIAGE OF
FIGARO7:30 pm
28TOSCA1:30 pm
29
OPERA LOVERS WEEKENDS: SEE ALL 4 WINTER FESTIVAL OPERAS IN JUST 3 OR 4 DAYS. MARCH 13–15 & MARCH 19–22, 2015. All opera performances, concerts and events take place in The William E. Schmidt Opera Theatre, Sarasota Opera House, expect for the following: (1) Curtain Raiser Dinner: Michael’s on East Wine Cellar; (2) Concerts at Noon: Sarasota Opera House Lobby; (3) The Opera Gala—A Wedding to Remember: Hyatt Regency Sarasota.
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SARASOTA YOUTH OPERA
Photos by Rod Millington
GANDALF
CONDUCTORSTAGE DIRECTOR
SCENIC DESIGNER
William Roberts
Jesse MartinsMartha CollinsJeffrey W. Dean
NOVEMBER 15, 16
DEAN BURRY
Since 1984, Sarasota Youth Opera (SYO) has given thousands of young people 8 and older an opportunity to experience opera firsthand through participation in after-school choruses,
Sarasota Opera mainstage performances, an annual three-week Opera Summer Camp, and fully-staged Youth Opera productions. As the only program in the United States committed to annually producing operas written specifically for young voices, Youth Opera members are given an experience unlike any other. In addition to Youth Opera productions and choruses, members also perform alongside Sarasota Opera’s professional artists in mainstage productions as singers and supernumeraries. Many members continue to explore opera by enrolling in the annual SYO Summer Workshop. This three-week, hands-on experience offers young people a 360 degree view of the art form of opera guided by a faculty of established professionals from around the country. Every season, Sarasota Youth Opera looks forward to introducing the next generation of opera lovers, patrons, and performers to the magical world of opera!
Sarasota Youth Opera’s acclaimed 2008 U.S. premiére production of The Hobbit tm by Dead Burry.
The Hobbittm is a trademark of the Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Middle-Earth Enterprises under license to Sarasota Opera Association.
ABOUT SARASOTA OPERA
Based in Florida’s beautiful Gulf Coast, Sarasota Opera is approaching its 56th consecutive season. In 1960, the company began presenting chamber-sized repertoire in the historic 320-seat Asolo Theater on the grounds of Sarasota’s Ringling Museum of Art. Recognizing the need for a theater more conducive to opera, the company purchased the former A.B. Edwards Theater in downtown Sarasota in 1979 and first performing in it in 1984 as the Sarasota
Opera House. The theater has just undergone a $20-million renovation and rehabilitation enhancing audience amenities, while updating the technical facilities including increasing the size of the orchestra pit. The theater, which reopened in March 2008, has been called “one of America’s finest venues for opera” by Musical America. Since 1983 the company has been under the artistic leadership of Victor DeRenzi. Since then the company has garnered international attention with its Masterwork Revivals Series, which presents neglected works of artistic merit, as well as the Verdi Cycle producing the complete works of Giuseppe Verdi. Recognizing the importance of training, Maestro DeRenzi founded the Apprentice Artist and Studio Artist programs. Sarasota Opera also maintains a commitment to education through its Invitation to Opera performances for local schools and the unique Sarasota Youth Opera program. For more information on Sarasota Opera and our upcoming season, please visit www.sarasotaopera.org. For all press inquiries and media requests, please contact:Samuel Lowry, Director of Audience DevelopmentSarasota Opera61 N. Pineapple AvenueSarasota, FL 34236 Direct line: (941) 328-1322email: [email protected]
