2021-22 Single Ticket Brochure

Welcome to Sarasota Opera’s

2021-22 Season

Rossini’s

The Silken Ladder

Puccini’s

Tosca

Donizetti’s

The Daughter of the Regiment

Bizet’s

The Pearl Fishers

Verdi’s

Attila

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elcome back to Sarasota Opera to enjoy an exciting musical adventure, featuring world-class opera productions, special events and concerts. The 2021-22 Season also 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.

The last year has been challenging for us all. We are thrilled to be able to welcome our community of opera lovers back to the Sarasota Opera House, where we can once again be together to enjoy the excitement of the human voice and 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.

YOUR HEALTH AND SAFETY ARE IMPORTANT TO US As we return to a full-scale opera production, please know that we have your health and safety, as well as those of our staff and artists in mind. Our company of artists has been fully vaccinated and will observe strict health protocols. For your comfort, our air conditioning system has been upgraded with bipolar ionization technology to eliminate airborne pathogens. There are numerous hand-sanitizing dispensers throughout the Opera House.

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 are continually reviewing health and safety guidelines with our medical advisors and will communicate those based on prevailing conditions. Most importantly, we believe that a fully vaccinated audience will make the return to the Opera House safest for our patrons, our artists, and our staff, and encourage everyone who is able to be vaccinated.

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The Silken Ladder (La scala di seta) Music by Gioachino Rossini / Words by Giuseppe Maria Foppa

Rossini’s The Silken Ladder is a spirited one-act comedy that spins a seductive story of a secret husband and would-be lovers who scale a silken ladder into and out of a lady’s room.

Giulia Hanna Brammer

Dorvil Christopher Bozeka

Germano Sean Anderson

Blansac Alexander Boyd

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7:30 PM

SUNDAY

OCTOBER 31

1:30 PM

WEDNESDAY

NOVEMBER 3

7:30 PM

TUESDAY

NOVEMBER 9

7:30 PM

THURSDAY

NOVEMBER 11

6:00 PM

SATURDAY

NOVEMBER 13

1:30 PM

Conductor Victor DeRenzi

Lighting Designer Ken Yunker

Stage Director Stephanie Sundine

Hair & Make-Up Designer Kellen Eason

Costume Designer Howard Tsvi Kaplan Lucilla Maria Miller

Dormont Samuel Schlievert

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WINTER OPER A FESTIVAL Due to the challenges of auditioning during COVID, casts are not complete as we go to press. But we are delighted that many of your favorite artists are slated to return: Stephen Gaertner (Nabucco) will return as Scarpia in Tosca, William Davenport (La bohème) will dazzle you with his nine high Cs in The Daughter of the Regiment, Young Bok Kim will reprise the role of Attila which he sang with us in 2007, with Matthew Vickers (Manon Lescaut) and Rochelle Bard (Nabucco) filling out the cast, and Hanna Brammer (Roméo et Juliette) will once again charm you as Leila in The Pearl Fishers. Check our website SarasotaOpera.org regularly for updated casting information.

Tosca

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.

SATURDAY

FEBRUARY 12

7:00 PM

WEDNESDAY

FEBRUARY 16

7:30 PM

SUNDAY

FEBRUARY 20

1:30 PM

TUESDAY

FEBRUARY 22

7:30 PM

THURSDAY

FEBRUARY 24

7:30 PM

SUNDAY

FEBRUARY 27

1:30 PM

FRIDAY

MARCH 11

7:30 PM

SATURDAY

MARCH 19

7:30 PM

Conductor Victor DeRenzi

Lighting Designer Ken Yunker

Stage Director Stephanie Sundine

Hair & Make-Up Designer Kellen Eason

Costume Designer Howard Tsvi Kaplan Photos by Rod Millington

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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

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

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.

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FEBRUARY 19

7:30 PM

WEDNESDAY

FEBRUARY 23

7:30 PM

SATURDAY

FEBRUARY 26

1:30 PM

TUESDAY

MARCH 1

7:30 PM

THURSDAY

MARCH 3

7:30 PM

SUNDAY

MARCH 6

1:30 PM

FRIDAY

MARCH 18

7:30 PM

Conductor Jesse Martins

Costume Designer Howard Tsvi Kaplan

Stage Director Mark Freiman

Lighting Designer Ken Yunker

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WINTER OPER A FESTIVAL

The Pearl Fishers (Les Pêcheurs de perles)

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

Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers is set in legendary Ceylon. Longtime friends Nadir and Zurga are reunited, but their friendship falters when they share the same forbidden love for the priestess Leïla—a love they swore to renounce.

SATURDAY

MARCH 5

7:30 PM

TUESDAY

MARCH 8

7:30 PM

THURSDAY

MARCH 10

7:30 PM

SUNDAY

MARCH 13

1:30 PM

WEDNESDAY

MARCH 16

7:30 PM

SATURDAY

MARCH 19

1:30 PM

Conductor Marcello Cormio

Lighting Designer Ken Yunker

Stage Director Robert Neu

Hair & Make-Up Designer Kellen Eason

Costume Designer Howard Tsvi Kaplan

Production Sponsor Ernie Kretzmer, in loving memory of Alisa Kretzmer Photos by Rod Millington

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Attila

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.

SATURDAY

MARCH 12

7:30 PM

TUESDAY

MARCH 15

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 Photos by Debra Hesser

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The Opera Gala: Celebrating Maestro DeRenzi’s 40th Season 5:00 pm

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CONCERTS, PACKAGES & TOURS 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).

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

March 18 at 3 pm

Youth Opera Concert

Apprentice Artists at Noon

Sarasota Youth Opera with the Sarasota Opera Apprentice Artists and Orchestra

March 11 at 12 noon

March 20, 2022 at 7:30 pm

March 18 at 12 noon

TOWN Club (Tuesday Opera Women’s Network) The Silken Ladder - November 9, 2021 | 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.

Student Tickets

Opera Lovers Week March 16-20, 2022

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.

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 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.

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SPECIAL EVENTS & OPERA CLUB Curtain Raiser Dinner Michael’s on the Bay, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens October 27, 2021 at 6:00 pm | Tickets: $195 per person Welcome back! Join your fellow Sarasota Opera lovers as we celebrate the start of the 2021-22 Season. The evening begins with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres amid the lush landscape of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, followed by a three-course dinner and exciting performances by our principal artists from the fall production of Rossini’s The Silken Ladder.

Moonlight & Melodies Dinner Series Donna Wolf Steigerwaldt Courtyard, Sarasota Opera House November 1, 2021 & February 21, 2022 at 6:00 pm | Tickets: $175 per person/per dinner This year Sarasota Opera welcomes our community into the Donna Wolf Steigerwaldt Courtyard for an immersive themed dinner series that highlights composers from the season. As we come together to share our awe for the exquisite art these composers created, enjoy curated cocktails and food prepared by the best of Sarasota’s chefs in a setting that will transport you to a different location each evening. Make your reservations now!

The Opera Gala: Celebrating Maestro 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 lively reception, a celebration concert in the William E. Schmidt Opera Theatre, followed by an elegant dinner under the tent on Pineapple Avenue.

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.

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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. 416, visit us online at SarasotaOpera.org or mail your contribution to Sarasota Opera, Attn: Development Department, 61 N. Pineapple Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236.

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PARKING 4 STATE STREET PARKING GARAGE

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Located at 1538 State Street. Public parking on levels 2-6.

Located at Palm Avenue and Main Street intersection (1289 Palm Ave), just behind the Opera House.

For most Sarasota Opera performances, the Palm Avenue and State Street garages charge a cash-only $5 pay-on-entry fee. Otherwise, the first two hours are free. After two hours, there is a $3 charge, plus $1 charge for each additional hour. Take a ticket when you enter the garage and keep it with you. For easiest exit, pay before you return to your car at the payment machines which take both cash or credit cards. Please refer to our website for updated information.

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