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elcome to Sarasota Opera’s Winter Opera Festival and enjoy world-class opera productions, special events and concerts.

This season marks the 40th Season of Sarasota Opera Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, Victor DeRenzi. Maestro DeRenzi is a Knight of the Italian Republic and the only conductor in the world to have performed all the works of Giuseppe Verdi.

We are thrilled to welcome our community of opera lovers to the Sarasota Opera House, where we can be together to enjoy the excitement of the live opera!

FIRST TIME AT THE OPERA? Dress comfortably and be yourself. We want everyone to feel at home in our theater.

Appropriate dress can be anything from jeans and khakis to gowns and tuxedos. However you dress, at Sarasota Opera you give yourself permission to be fabulous!

Real-time English translations are projected above the stage so you can follow along even if the opera is in a language you do not speak. You will receive a program book with cast information, as well as synopsis and background information for all operas. For suggested reading, recordings, and other information, go to SarasotaOpera.org.

Music by Giacomo Puccini | Poetry by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa

Set in Rome, Tosca’s jealousy plays into the hands of the lecherous chief of police, Baron

Scarpia. An escaped political prisoner seeks the help of his friend, the painter Mario Cavaradossi, the lover of the famous diva Floria Tosca. In an attempt to recapture the fugitive, Scarpia plants a seed of suspicion in Tosca and sets a dreadful trap.

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YOUR HEALTH AND SAFETY ARE IMPORTANT TO US In order to keep our audiences safe we are participating in #SafeArtsSarasota.

Please review the health and safety policies outlined below.

When you arrive at the Opera House, please present your photo ID and • Proof of a negative COVID test or, • If you prefer, you may choose to show proof of COVID vaccination.

• These items may be presented in hard copy or electronically on your smartphone.

• Wearing a mask at all times inside the theater is required.* To give you the most flexibility and to allow you to buy tickets with confidence, we are suspending our usual refund policies this season and will allow refunds of any tickets up until 24 hours before the scheduled performance. *We will continue reviewing health and safety guidelines with our medical advisors and will communicate those based on prevailing conditions. Please visit SarasotaOpera.org for latest information and details.

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Tosca Ann Toomey

Scarpia Stephen Gaertner

Cavaradossi Ben Gulley

Sagrestano Stefano de Peppo

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7:30 PM

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7:30 PM

SUNDAY

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1:30 PM

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MARCH 11

7:30 PM

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MARCH 19

7:30 PM

Conductor Victor DeRenzi

Costume Designer Howard Tsvi Kaplan

Hair & Make-Up Designer Kellen Eason

Stage Director Stephanie Sundine

Lighting Designer Ken Yunker

Production photo by Rod Millington

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The Pearl Fishers

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The Daughter of the Regiment (La Fille du régiment)

Music by Gaetano Donizetti Poetry by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges andJean-François Bayard

Music by Georges Bizet / Words by Eugéne Cormon and Michel Carré

Travel to the Tyrol during the Napoleonic Wars in Donizetti’s The Daughter of the Regiment.

reunited, but their friendship falters when they share the same forbidden love for the priestess Leïla—a love they swore to renounce.

In this story a love for Marie, a girl raised by a French regiment, will lead the young Tonio to unexpected lengths in this colorful comedy.

Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers is set in legendary Ceylon. Longtime friends Nadir and Zurga are

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MARCH 10

7:30 PM

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1:30 PM

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MARCH 13

1:30 PM

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7:30 PM

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MARCH 3

7:30 PM

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1:30 PM

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MARCH 6

1:30 PM

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7:30 PM

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Conductor Jesse Martins

Costume Designer Howard Tsvi Kaplan

Stage Director Mark Freiman

Lighting Designer Ken Yunker

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Marie Jessica Sandidge

Sulpice Matthew Hanscom

Tonio William Davenport

Marquise de Berkenfield Lisa Chavez

Hair & Make-Up Designer Kellen Eason Production photo

by Alan Ferguson

Leila Hanna Brammer

Zurga Kyle Oliver

Nadir Andrew Surrena

Nourabad David Weigel

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Production Sponsor Ernie Kretzmer, in loving memory of Alisa Kretzmer

Conductor Marcello Cormio

Costume Designer Howard Tsvi Kaplan

Hair & Make-Up Designer Kellen Eason

Stage Director Katherine M. Carter

Lighting Designer Ken Yunker

Production photo by Rod Millington

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Attila

CONCERTS, PACKAGES & OPERA CLUB Apprentice & Studio Artists Concerts

Covers at Three

The Lee & Bob Peterson Great Room Tickets: $5 per concert

Hear the Studio Artists perform scenes from the mainstage operas they are covering (understudying).

March 18 at 3 pm

Hear the Apprentice and Studio Artists perform timeless operatic arias, duets, and ensembles in hour-long concerts.

Apprentice Artists at Noon

Youth Opera Concert

March 11 at 12 noon

Sarasota Youth Opera with the Sarasota Opera Apprentice Artists and Orchestra

March 18 at 12 noon

March 20, 2022 at 7:30 pm

TOWN Club (Tuesday Opera Women’s Network) Tosca - February 22, 2022 | The Daughter of the Regiment - March 1, 2022 The Pearl Fishers - March 8, 2022 | Attila - March 15, 2022 We invite you to join us for the 4th season of TOWN Club— a community of women who come together in the love of opera. The program features short introductions to operas, and opportunities to mix and mingle with other members.

Music by Giuseppe Verdi | Words by Temistocle Solera

Verdi’s Attila begins as Attila the Hun has conquered most of Western Europe and is about to take Rome itself. But, he is brought to his knees by his love for a female warrior, Odabella.

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7:30 PM

THURSDAY

MARCH 17

7:30 PM

SUNDAY

MARCH 20

1:30 PM

TUESDAY

MARCH 22

1:30 PM

Conductor Victor DeRenzi

Lighting Designer Ken Yunker

Stage Director Martha Collins

Hair & Make-Up Designer Kellen Eason

Costume Designer Howard Tsvi Kaplan

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The Simonsen & Montminy Opera Club Make the most of your Sarasota Opera experience. Our members-only second floor lounge is a place where you can relax, have a drink, and meet other opera fans before performances and during intermissions.

Join Simonsen & Montminy Opera Club today for a new way to enjoy your time at Sarasota Opera. Membership information is available on our website at SarasotaOpera.org or call the Development Office at (941) 366-8450, ext. 250.

Attila Young Bok Kim

Odabella Rochelle Bard

Foresto Matthew Vickers

Ezio Brian Major

Production photo by Debra Hesser

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Tosca 7:30 pm

Tosca 1:30 pm

Opera House Tour 10:30 am Moonlight & Melodies Dinner 6:00 pm

Tosca 7:30 pm

The Daughter of the Regiment 7:30 pm

Tosca 7:30 pm

Tosca 7:00 pm The Daughter of the Regiment 7:30 pm The Daughter of the Regiment 1:30 pm

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Opera House Tour 10:30 am

The Pearl Fishers 7:30 pm

The Pearl Fishers 7:30 pm

Opera House Tour 10:30 am

Attila 7:30 pm

Salute to the Stars Awards Luncheon 11:30 am*

The Pearl Fishers 7:30 pm

Attila 7:30 pm

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Attila 1:30 pm

Youth Opera Concert 7:30 pm

Opera House Tour 10:30 am

Attila 1:30 pm

Opera Lovers Week is March 16-20. (See shaded dates on calendar.)

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The Pearl Fishers 1:30 pm

Apprentice Artists at Noon 12:00 pm

The Pearl Fishers 7:30 pm

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The Opera Gala: Celebrating Victor DeRenzi’s 40th Season.

5:00 pm

*Held at Sarasota Yacht Club (941) 328-1300

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SPECIAL EVENTS, TICKETS & TOURS Moonlight & Melodies Dinner: A Tyrolean Evening Donna Wolf Steigerwaldt Courtyard, Sarasota Opera House February 21, 2022 at 6:00 pm | Tickets: $175 per person This year Sarasota Opera welcomes our community into the Donna Wolf Steigerwaldt Courtyard for an immersive themed dinner that highlights composers from the season.

Join us as we celebrate the music of Gaetano Donizetti and journey into the setting of The Daughter of the Regiment with a Tyrolean Evening. Enjoy curated cocktails and food prepared by the best of Sarasota’s chefs in a setting that will transport you to the Swiss Tyrol. Make your reservations now!

Salute to the Stars Awards Luncheon Sarasota Yacht Club | Tuesday, March 15 at 11:30 am | Tickets: $75 per person Join us to celebrate the outstanding Sarasota Opera Apprentice and Studio Artists who will be honored in 2022. Enjoy a gourmet lunch while you experience performances by the awardees. The awards are presented through the generosity of visionary individuals as well as the Sarasota and Manatee Opera Guilds

The Opera Gala: Celebrating Victor DeRenzi’s 40th Season Sarasota Opera House | Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 5:00 pm Join us for an extraordinary evening as we celebrate Victor DeRenzi’s 40th Season as Artistic Director. The event includes a Grand Reception, a Jubilee Concert in the William E. Schmidt Opera Theatre, followed by a Gala Dinner under the tent on Pineapple Avenue. For tickets, call the Special Events Office at (941) 366-8450, ext. 402 or email soaevents@sarasotaopera.org.

Opera Lovers Week - March 16-20, 2022 The ultimate opera immersion experience — during this week, you can see all four Sarasota Opera winter productions in as few as three days. (See performance calendar on pages 8 and 9.)

Opera House Tours

BECOME A DONOR A Gift of Any Amount Makes a Difference Your gift to Sarasota Opera helps to bring world-class opera, true to the vision of the composer, to our region. Your support also ensures that we can continue to provide innovative education programming, including our renowned Sarasota Youth Opera. By adding your voice to the chorus of supporters, you guarantee that we remain a destination where you are joined by opera lovers from across the country and around the world to experience rarely produced but artistically significant works, like this season’s The Silken Ladder and Attila.

We Can’t Do It Without You — Giving is Easy Ticket sales cover only 40% of the cost of our world-class productions. Please consider including a tax-deductible contribution along with your ticket order. Gifts can also be made by phone, check, credit card, online, or through gifts of appreciated stock. Double the impact of your gift through your company’s corporate matching program.

For more on ways to give, please contact Sarasota Opera’s Development Department at (941) 366-8450, ext. 813, visit us online at SarasotaOpera.org /support or mail your contribution to Sarasota Opera, Attn: Development Department, 61 N. Pineapple Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236.

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Tour the historic Sarasota Opera House including access to backstage areas­— see what happens behind the scenes. Mondays at 10:30 am starting in February 2022. Tickets: $12 per person.

Email Travis Rogers at trogers@sarasotaopera.org for groups of 10 or more.

Student Tickets If you have a current school ID, you can get rush tickets for just $10 (cash only) at the lobby box office, 30 minutes before a performance.

Students can also see an unlimited number of performances for just $25 by purchasing a Student Season Pass. Call (941) 328-1300 for more information about Student and Teacher tickets.

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If you’re planning to take a quick getaway to Florida, please check out our Opera Lovers Week (Mar 16-20, 2022), where you can see all 4 Winter Festival productions in as few as three days. See pages 8 and 9 for calendar of Sarasota Opera performances.

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Accessibility The Sarasota Opera House is accessible to people with disabilities. The theater is outfitted with Hearing Loop technology, and we provide assistive listening devices as well as high-powered glasses for the visually impaired. Braille program materials are also available but must be ordered at least one month in advance together with your tickets. For more information, contact the Box Office or visit our website.

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