2021 Winter/Spring Program Book

2021

Winter & Spring Festival William E. Schmidt Opera Theatre

Table of CONTENTS ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Welcome to Sara sota O p era and the Willi am E . Schmidt O p era T heat re

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Board of Trustees Chairman’s Message

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Artistic Director’s and Executive Director’s Message

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Sarasota Opera Staff

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L’inganno felice

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La serva padrona

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Il signor Bruschino

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Dido and Aeneas

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Sarasota Opera Orchestra

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Artists

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Acknowledgements

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Tribute to Greg Trupiano

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Raise Your Voice

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Annual Giving

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STARS

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In Memoriam

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Kretzmer Legacy Society

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Endowment and Legacy Gifts

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Corporate, Foundation and Public Support

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Giving Challenge Supporters

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Youth Opera Program

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Youth Opera Supporters

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Volunteers

As we reopen the Sarasota Opera House, we understand and share your health & safety concerns. Whether you are a seasoned opera lover or a newcomer, we strive to make sure you feel comfortable. Our volunteer ushers and staff are always around to answer questions. So please, don’t be shy!

Here are some tips to make you feel at home in our theater, and to ensure you have the best possible experience.

• English translations are shown above the stage so you can follow along, even when the opera is in a foreign language.

• No special preparation is necessary when you come to the opera.

This program book will provide you with all the information about our productions, including a full cast list, program notes, etc. You can also check our website, SARASOTAOPERA.ORG, for further information.

• To ensure an enjoyable experience for you and other audience members, cell phones and electronic devices that make any kind of sound or emit light must be turned off while you are in the theater.

Phone conversations, texting, and audio and video recording are not permitted. Leaving the real world behind for awhile and enjoying the beauty of opera will do you a world of good!

• If you are late, you can watch and listen to a live stream of the performance in the Selby Lobby on the second floor. You will be seated in the theater at the first available opportunity.

• For your convenience, the Box Office is open before all Sarasota Opera performances. Visit the kiosk in the lobby to purchase tickets for any performance or call (941) 328-1300.

• Found articles should be turned in to the House Manager. Lost items may be claimed from the Sarasota Opera Box Office at 61 N. Pineapple Avenue, Monday through Friday between 10am and 5pm.

• Sarasota Opera is equipped with hearing loop technology. Patrons who need auditory assistance but do not have hearing aids or implants may pick up hearing devices in the main lobby. For patrons who require visual assistance, binoculars are also available. A driver’s license or another form of identification is required to check out an assistance device.

• Programs and casts are subject to change without notice.

• Productions may contain special effects including, but not limited to, strobe lights and fog machines. © Sarasota Opera Association, Inc. 61 N. Pineapple Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236 (941) 366-8450 www.sarasotaopera.org Box Office: (941) 328-1300

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Chairman’s MESSAGE ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

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n behalf of the Board of Trustees, I would like to welcome you to a redesigned 2021 Winter/Spring Opera Festival. Sarasota Opera is excited to bring these Operas to you live on the stage, especially when there are so many opera companies around the world that remain closed. I want to use this year’s message to attempt to express our gratitude that Sarasota Opera is able to produce this Festival.

Thank you to our community for your support.

After the coronavirus pandemic forced an abrupt end to the 2020 Opera Festival and cancellation of the last 11 performances in March, over 500 of you (many new to us) responded to the Giving Challenge in April. Your generous support helped to pay our performers for the remainder of the season. For most of the artists, this was their only work for 2020. We are thankful to both Community Foundation of Sarasota County and The Patterson Foundation that operated the Giving Challenge and the donors who participated.

We are awed by the way the community continues to provide support during this pandemic.

As can be seen from the sponsorships and contributions acknowledged throughout this program book, our patrons and donors (many new to us), as well as several local foundations, went above and beyond to continue to embrace Sarasota Opera as an important part of your lives. Thank you.

The company is immensely grateful and inspired by your support.

Thank you to the County Commissioners and legislative leaders for recognizing the arts as an important component of our local economy. The grant and loan support you provided is critical to our ability to offer these performances to our community. Thank you for your leadership.

Thank you to the Board of Trustees. This year has demanded a more active participation from all of you. Thank you for your guidance and your contributions of time and expertise.

Thank you to Sarasota Opera’s outstanding staff led by Executive Director Richard Russell and Artistic Director Maestro Victor DeRenzi.

From the moment on stage performances were closed in March, you have worked tirelessly to understand and manage the impact of the pandemic. You created “revisioned ways” to reach out and to continue to deliver Opera to audiences and patrons. You seamlessly transitioned the Youth Opera Program to a successful on-line summer camp and fall semester. You upgraded sound and video systems to improve streaming capabilities. You upgraded the air conditioning systems to provide a safer indoor environment. You established safety practices for in-house audiences to experience HD and on-stage productions and for our artists to rehearse and perform them. You managed the venues and presented a “live and on-stage” fall concert (and streamed it) as well as two outdoor concerts and an OperaMobile and much more. And now, you produce this Winter/ Spring Festival Program that is an exciting adventure into four little gems of Opera. To our staff (and our volunteer ushers) we applaud your work and your dedication.

O f f icer s Chair Syble Di Girolamo

Vice Chair Waldron Kraemer

Treasurer Art Siciliano

Secretary Rosanne Martorella

Tr u stees Stan Abshier Ron Archbold J. Sumner Bagby Edward C. Bavaria Katherine Benoit Murray Bring Ulysses Brualdi David Chaifetz Carol English Frances Fergusson Roger S. Kaufman, M.D. Mary J. Mitchell Harold R. Ronson Steve Sabato Peter M. Shimkin, M.D. Toby Siegel Tom Steiner John F. Suhre Bill Tompkins Michal Wadsworth Donald J. Worthington

Guild s Sarasota Opera Guild Ann Waller

Manatee Opera Guild Richard DeGennaro Jeanne Yeagle

Legal Counsel Jeffrey T. Troiano

You are Sarasota Opera.

To all our constituents. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for your encouragement and continued support during this unprecedented year.

Syble Di Girolamo Chair of the Board, Sarasota Opera Board of Trustees

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Artistic Director and Executive Director’s MESSAGE )

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s we do every season, we want to welcome you to our 2021 Winter/Spring Festival. This year, our greetings are particularly heartfelt as we launch a season like no other

in our history and amidst the many challenges of a worldwide pandemic.

When we prematurely ended our 2020 Winter Festival on (ominously) Friday, March 13, we envisioned a temporary shutdown and thought that when the fall came, we’d be back to business as usual. None of us imagined that opera houses, theaters, and concert halls around the world would be mostly shuttered for a year (and counting) and that most of our artists would be out of work.

As we navigated the uncertainty of the situation, we realized that we couldn’t remain silent. Despite the health emergency, we felt it was important to keep a connection with our audience, community, and artists. That resulted in our Fall Concerts (indoors and out) and OperaMobile programming that replaced our cancelled fall production of Don Giovanni.

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It was that same motivation that helped us develop this Winter/Spring 2021 program. We wanted to safely bring back

staged opera to our opera house and find a way to serve as much of our audience as we could. Therefore, we created a season of “socially-distanced” performances in the Opera House, that can also be streamed online, for those who don’t feel comfortable coming to a theater.

We are particularly happy that in choosing the four operas for this season, we have found interesting repertoire that fits our health and safety requirements. In addition, because the number of artists (singers, orchestra, crew) required for these operas is small, we can perform them, as our mission states, “true to the vision of the composer,” at the same time keeping all of our company safe. Our performances of these operas will be almost exactly what Rossini, Pergolesi, or Purcell would have expected and the productions will be staged in the same way we would have done them had there been no COVID (except for perhaps a little less kissing, for safety’s sake).

Over the past year, as we talked to our patrons, donors, and colleagues, it has become very clear to us that live music, opera, and all the arts are more important than ever. It provides us solace, comfort, and stimulation as we deal with the uncertainties of our current situation.

We have to thank our donors and audience who have supported us through this crisis. It is your help that allowed us to pay last season’s artists through the end of their contracts, providing them with some income when the future looked extremely bleak.

That continuing support has meant that we can keep working, providing virtual programming when we could (including our Youth Opera which has continued throughout the pandemic, barely skipping a beat), and letting us plan for the future. On behalf of our artists, staff, and community, we are extremely grateful.

Victor DeRenzi Artistic Director

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Richard Russell Executive Director

L ’inganno felice

Gioachino Rossini A Farce in Music in One Act LIBRETTO BY GIUSEPPE MARIA FOPPA Sung in Italian

) ) ) ) ) ) ) CONDUCTOR

Victor DeRenzi STAGE DIRECTOR

Martha Collins COSTUME DESIGNER

Howard Tsvi Kaplan LIGHTING DESIGNER

February 12, 14m, 17, 20m, 23, 25

Ken Yunker HAIR & MAKE-UP DESIGNER

Kellen M. Eason ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR

Cast BERTRANDO, the duke

Christopher Bozeka

ISABELLA, his wife

Hanna Brammer

ORMONDO, the duke’s close friend

Joshua DeVane

BATONE, Ormondo’s confidant

Joseph Beutel

TARABOTTO, head of the miners

Alexander Charles Boyd

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Geoffrey Loff SURTITLE SUPPLIER

Words for Music SURTITLE TRANSLATOR

Victor DeRenzi

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L’inganno felice SYNOPSIS & BACKGROUND L’ inganno felice Sy nopsi s

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married to Duke Bertrando. Ormondo, a confidant

duke is filled with memories of Isabella, whom he still loves

of the duke, was outraged when she rejected his

even though he thinks her unfaithful. When the duke goes

advances, and he slandered her reputation by convincing the

off with Tarabotto to inspect the area, Batone asks ‘Nisa’

duke that she had been unfaithful. Under Ormondo’s orders,

for some water. She immediately recognizes him as her

Batone abducted her and cast her adrift on the sea. She was

abductor, and he is shocked at her resemblance to Isabella.

en years before the action begins, Isabella was happily

assumed dead, but was rescued by the miner, Tarabotto, who then convinced everyone she was his niece, ‘Nisa’.

As the opera begins, Tarabotto is informed that Duke Bertrando is expected to visit the area.

Tarabotto sees

Isabella with a picture of the duke, and she reveals her identity and past to him. Duke Bertrando’s visit to the mine presents her with an opportunity to convince the duke of her innocence, and Tarabotto promises to help her.

The duke arrives with Ormondo and Batone.

The

Tarabotto returns and tells Isabella that she must be the one to give the duke a map of the mine. Tarabotto watches Bertrando’s reaction as he sees ‘Nisa,’ who reminds him so much of the wife he still loves.

Meanwhile Ormondo and Batone plot to abduct ‘Nisa’ that night, but Tarabotto overhears their plan. Bertrando catches them in the act and Isabella’s true identity is revealed. Bertrando and Isabella are happily reunited.

Rossini , T he Teat ro San Moi sè, and the Beg inning of it All

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y the time the eighteen-year old Gioachino Rossini

the theater produced a heavy dose of serious works. When

made his professional debut in 1810 with La cambiale

La Fenice opened in 1792, the San Moisè began introducing

di matrimonio at Venice’s Teatro San Moisè, the

more and more one-act comedies (or farse), and the season

theater was one of the oldest functioning opera houses in a

Rossini debuted with La cambiale di matrimonio, the ratio of

city that boasted around a dozen of them.

one-act to two-act operas was 10:1.

The San Moisè opened as a prose theater in 1620, and

During the short period in which Rossini composed his

had its first public opera twenty years later (Monteverdi’s

five one-act farse (1810-1813), the San Moisè was already

L’Arianna). Located next to the church of San Moisè at the

in decline and looking for ways to save money. One-act

site of what is now the Bauer hotel, the theater was set

operas, with their small cast, lack of chorus, and simple sets

almost exactly halfway between Venice’s largest theater

were ideally suited to this purpose. Writing about this period

(Teatro La Fenice) and its largest area of religious, political,

later in life, Rossini said that

and touristic activity (the Piazza San Marco).

“…it is easy to see that everything tended toward facilitating the debut of a beginner maestro, who, better than in an opera of four or five acts, in a farsa could sufficiently display his innate imagination (if Heaven had granted it to him!!) and his technique (if he had learned it).”

It was always one of the smaller opera houses of the city, with around 700 seats, making it suitable for the intimacy of opera (at the time, very few opera houses in the world had more than 1,000 seats). In its earliest years,

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World Premiere: TEATRO SAN MOISÈ, VENICE, ITALY, JANUARY 8, 1812.

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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Two Intermezzos POETRY BY GENNARO FEDERICO Based on the play by Jacopo Angelo Nelli Sung in Italian Preceded by

A MUSICAL EVENING WITH SERPINA “Se bel rio”

by Raffaello Rontani Kevin Harvey “Già il sole dal Gange”

by Alessandro Scarlatti Kyle Oliver “Cangia cangia”

by Giovanni Battista Fasolo Kevin Harvey

La serva padrona February 19, 21m, 24, 27m, March 2, 4

Le violette

by Alessandro Scarlatti Anna Mandina

) ) ) ) ) ) ) CONDUCTOR

Marcello Cormio STAGE DIRECTOR

Mark Freiman COSTUME DESIGNER

Howard Tsvi Kaplan

Cast

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Ken Yunker

SERPINA

Anna Mandina +

UBERTO

Stefano de Peppo

VESPONE, Uberto’s servant, mute

James Eder *

* Resident Artist Sarasota Opera Orchestra + The Jan Schmidt Endowed Artist

Production Sponsor: Ernie Kretzmer, in loving memory of Alisa Kretzmer

HAIR & MAKE-UP DESIGNER

Kellen M. Eason ASSISTANT CONDUCTORS

Jesse Martins Lindsay Woodward SURTITLE SUPPLIER

Words for Music SURTITLE TRANSLATOR

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La serva padrona SYNOPSIS & BACKGROUND L a ser va p adron a Sy nopsi s

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berto is a rather grumpy rich bachelor whose

Tempesta (Captain Storm). Uberto is dismayed and realizes

servant, Serpina, is ingenious, domineering, and

he is in love with Serpina. Soon the elusive Tempesta (actually

self confident. She does not hesitate to define

the disguised servant Vespone) shows up claiming Serpina’s

herself as “beautiful, gracious, witty”, and is as resolute and

dowry, and threatens Uberto, who, in case of refusal, will

determined as Uberto is the champion of indecision.

have to marry the servant himself. Uberto joyfully accepts

Serpina has taken care of Uberto’s house all her life, behaving as if she were the mistress, and taking advantage

the second proposition, and Serpina, who wanted nothing more, from servant becomes mistress.

of the fact that her master is weak and perennially hesitant.

The Sarasota Opera production of La serva padrona is

To impose his authority and take revenge, the elderly

preceded by an original Prologue, a musical prelude to the

master announces one day that he wants to get married.

Serpina gets jealous and decides that the only solution is to become the future wife herself. She then devises a cunning plan with Vespone, another servant, and announces that she too will marry: the predestined one is a certain Captain

opera, in which Serpina and two other servants enjoy an evening of songs while the master is out. Piccinni’s overture to La buona figliuola and the overture to Pergolesi’s own Neapolitan musical comedy Lo frate ‘nnamurato complete this unique production.

L a ser va p adron a P ro g ram Notes

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lmost three centuries have passed since, in 1733,

the symbol of a style that fuses - to quote the French

Pergolesi’s La serva padrona was premiered at the

philosopher D’Alembert - “l’imitation de la nature et la

Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples. His very promising

vérité de l’expression” (imitation of nature and truthfulness

operatic career cut short by a premature death, Pergolesi left behind a catalogue of compositions that is astonishing for sheer size and musical quality; but La serva padrona is, together with the Stabat Mater, the title that consecrated his fame eternally.

Composed of two intermezzi for the opera seria Il prigionier superbo, La serva padrona was intended to be a light musical diversion between one act and another of the main work staged. But it quickly became all the rage, touring major Italian and European opera houses. Its extraordinary historical importance is reflected in the enthusiastic reception it received in Paris in 1752 by the intellectuals of the Encyclopédie. For them, La serva padrona became

of expression).

In fact, with only three characters and an incredibly simple plot, Pergolesi depicts an era and a society in its entirety. The comedic style combines humor with social implications, establishing the prototype of feminine wit and plebeian ingenuity as victorious.

The work reveals distinctly modern traits in the vivid representation of the characters, in the mastery of dramatic timing, and in the confident characterization of affections and human relationships. All this through a masterful score that runs lightly and with perfect adherence to the text, its puns, and its mutability of tones and situations.

MARCELLO CORMIO

World Premiere: TEATRO SAN BARTOLOMEO, NAPLES, ITALY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1733.

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Gioachino Rossini A Farce in Music in One Act LIBRETTO BY GIUSEPPE MARIA FOPPA Based on the French comedy of the same name by d’Alissan de Chazet and E.T.M. Ourry Sung in Italian

Il signor Bruschino or the Son by Chance

) ) ) ) ) ) ) CONDUCTOR

Victor DeRenzi STAGE DIRECTOR

Stephanie Sundine

April 9, 13, 16, 18m, 21, 24m

COSTUME DESIGNER

Howard Tsvi Kaplan LIGHTING DESIGNER

Ken Yunker

Cast GAUDENZIO SOFIA his ward BRUSCHINO father BRUSCHINO son FLORVILLE, Sofia’s lover A POLICE SARGENT FILIBERTO, the owner of the inn MARIANNA, a maid * Resident Artist

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Kellen M. Eason Stefano de Peppo Hanna Brammer Alexander Boyd Robert Gerold * Christopher Bozeka Louis Riva * Joshua DeVane Laurel Semerdjian

ASSISTANT CONDUCTORS

Geoffrey Loff Lindsay Woodward SURTITLE SUPPLIER

Words for Music SURTITLE TRANSLATOR

Victor DeRenzi

Il signor Bruschino SYNOPSIS & BACKGROUND

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his one-act farce by Gioachino Rossini revolves

and insists that, despite the young man’s protestations, this

around the love between two young people, Sofia and

is not his son. The police sergeant is called, but is unable to

Florville. Sadly, Sofia has been promised to another.

confirm that Florville is in fact an impostor. To make matters

Her guardian, Gaudenzio, has decided she will marry the

even more complicated, the innkeeper arrives, anxious to

son of his friend Signor Bruschino. Neither Gaudenzio nor

receive payment for Bruschino Jr.’s debt. Everyone believes

Sofia has ever met the young man. But Florville does not

that Signor Bruschino is denying his paternity out of anger.

give up—he is determined to marry his beloved. As luck

Gaudenzio decides that Sofia and the false Bruschino Jr.

would have it, he hears the news that Bruschino Jr. has

(actually, Florville) should be married immediately. As soon

been detained by the owner of a local inn, where he has

as they are joined in marriage, who should walk in, but

run up a significant debt. Florville cleverly decides to go to

Bruschino Jr. himself! The ruse is up, but it’s too late, Sofia

Gaudenzio’s house and to impersonate the young man in his

and Florville are already pledged to each other. Gaudenzio

absence. An out-of-temper Signor Bruschino Sr. shows up

accepts the situation. Love wins.

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ossini straddled the period between when operas

decidedly less successful than La cambiale di matrimonio

were composed, performed, and forgotten, and the

and L’inganno felice. His final opera for Teatro San Moisè (Il

establishment of a standard entrenched repertoire.

signor Bruschino, 1813) failed completely at the premiere,

In many ways his second one-act L’inganno felice (1812) is

and yet it is his most widely performed one-act opera today.

the beginning of this. By far his most popular one-act opera during its time, it still held the public’s attention nine years later (an eternity in 19th century operatic terms), when it was Rossini’s third most produced opera in all of Italy, after Il barbiere di Siviglia and La cenerentola. This in a year when out of 373 opera productions in Italy, 150 were by Rossini.

The other two one-act operas for the San Moisè in

Ten days after Il signor Bruschino opened at the San Moisè, Rossini’s Tancredi premiered at La Fenice. Three months later, his L’italiana in Algeri premiered at yet another Venetian theater, the Teatro San Benedetto. These last two operas sealed his fate - and his international reputation a process begun only four years earlier in the Teatro San Moisè with La cambiale di matrimonio.

1812 (La scala di seta and L’occasione fa il ladro) were

World Premiere: TEATRO SAN MOISÈ, VENICE, ITALY, JANUARY 27, 1813.

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Dido and Aeneas

Henry Purcell A Tragic Opera in Three Acts POETRY BY NAHUM TATE Sung in English

) ) ) ) ) ) ) CONDUCTOR

Jesse Martins STAGE DIRECTOR

Martha Collins

April 11m, 15, 17, 20, 22, 25m

COSTUME DESIGNER

Howard Tsvi Kaplan LIGHTING DESIGNER

Ken Yunker

Cast DIDO, Queen of Carthage BELINDA, her sister SECOND WOMAN SORCERESS FIRST WITCH SECOND WITCH SPIRIT AENEAS, a Trojan prince A SAILOR

Lisa Chavez Lindsay Ohse Tori Franklin * Annie Chester Kathryn Domyan * Abigail Raiford * Kara Morgan * Andrew Surrena + Kevin Harvey *

* Sarasota Opera Resident Artist

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HAIR & MAKE-UP DESIGNER

Kellen M. Eason ASSISTANT CONDUCTORS

George Hemcher Curtis Serafin SURTITLE SUPPLIER

Words for Music SURTITLE DESIGNER

Stephanie Sundine

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Dido and Aeneas SYNOPSIS & BACKGROUND D ido and Aene a s Sy nopsi s

Ac t 1 The Palace Dido, the queen of Carthage, had determined to never remarry after the death of her husband. She is now tormented by her attraction to their Trojan guest, Aeneas.

Belinda, her sister and attendant, urges that by uniting their two kingdoms, both would benefit. Aeneas arrives and convinces Dido of his love, and she accepts him.

are ended by the promised storm, and as all rush back to the palace, Aeneas is stopped by the disguised elf. Aeneas consents to what he believes are the orders of the gods, but he is distraught because he must leave Dido.

Ac t 3 Scene 1 – The seaside

Ac t 2 Scene 1 – The Sorceress’ Cave A sorceress and her witches plot the downfall of Dido. They will conjure a storm and then send an elf, disguised as Mercury, to remind Aeneas that the gods have decreed his duty is to set sail for Italy.

Ac t 2 Scene 2 – The Grove Dido and Aeneas, accompanied by their court, enjoy a day outdoors with a hunt and feasting. Their festivities

At the shore, Aeneas’ men are preparing to set sail. The witches gloat over their success.

Ac t 3 Scene 2 – The Palace Dido has been informed of her lover’s planned departure and furiously dismisses Belinda’s attempts to calm her.

She confronts Aeneas over his unforgivable betrayal of their love. Though he vows to stay, she orders him away.

Knowing that she must die at his leaving, she asks that she be remembered well.

D ido and Aene a s P ro g ram Notes

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ido and Aeneas is based on Book IV of Virgil’s epic The Aeneid. It is one of the earliest known English operas, and one of the most important and often performed operas written in the Baroque period. It is also Henry Purcell’s only true opera; that is, his only all-sung dramatic work.

Moreover, the dates of composition and the first performance are uncertain. It is known, through references in letters, that it was performed at a girls’ school in Chelsea, London, some time before the end of 1689.

However,

some scholars argue that the opera was composed and performed for the Royal Court of either James II or Charles

What is most remarkable for such an important work

II with a date as early as 1684, and that the reference in the

in the opera repertoire, is that so little is known about it. A

Prologue to the joy of a marriage between two monarchs is

copy of a libretto from the 1700’s exists (possibly from the

an allegorical one.

first performance), so we know it originally was composed as a Prologue and Opera.

Whatever history of the opera is waiting to be

However, the music for the

uncovered, what we do know, and perhaps most important

Prologue, the end of the act II Grove scene, and several

of all, is that Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas is a deeply moving

dances have been lost, and indeed no score exists in

and unforgettable work.

Purcell’s handwriting.

First Known Performance: JOSIAS PRIEST’S SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES, BEFORE DECEMBER 1689.

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ach season, some of the most accomplished instrumentalists in classical music come together to form the Sarasota Opera Orchestra. Professional musicians from as far away as California and New York, as well as from here in Florida, join together to

perform in one of the finest opera orchestras in the country. Many of our players have been with us for over five years, with several performing more than ten seasons. Having a resident orchestra gives Sarasota Opera the opportunity to thoroughly rehearse the season’s operas over the course of several weeks. The Sarasota Opera Orchestra is committed to presenting quality opera season after season.

VIOLIN

FLUTE & PICCOLO

HORN

L.P. How – Santa Fe, NM (15)

Alyssa Breid – Miami Beach, FL (2)

Jon Carroll - Pittsburgh, PA (2)

Concertmaster The Murray Bring and Kay Delaney Endowed Chair

Principal

Principal

Jina Lee – Sarasota, FL (6) Associate Concertmaster Susan Faux – Jamaica Plain, MA (19) Principal Second Violin

Joshua Horne – Sarasota, FL (1)

OBOE Rick Basehore – Silver Spring, MD (12) Principal Shane Wedel – Sarasota, FL (9) Alyssa McKeithen – Sarasota, FL (11)

Thomas Hofmann – Boston, MA (5) Deborah Katz – Arlington, VA (5) Milene Moreira – Sarasota, FL (14)

ENGLISH HORN Shane Wedel

VIOLA Alexandra VandeGeijn – Baltimore, MD (6) Principal

CLARINET

Laurel Borden – St. Petersburg, FL (4)

Sergey Gutorov – Chicago, IL (4) Principal The Ed and Jane Bavaria Endowed Chair

CELLO

Laura Stephenson Petty – Sarasota, FL (12)

Joanne Choi – New York, NY (6) Principal

BASSOON

Julia Henderson – New York, NY (3)

Galina Kiep – San Diego, CA (6)

Paul Swensen – New York, NY (4) The Eleanor Wilson Williams Endowed Chair

Principal (L’inganno felice) Marat Rakhmatullaev – Oklahoma City, OK (3)

BASS Gil S. Katz – Sarasota, FL (19) Principal Jesica Sharp – Pittsburgh, PA (3)

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The Mr. and Mrs. William E. Chapman, II Endowed Chair

Principal (Il signor Bruschino)

CONTINUO Joanne Choi, cello Gil S. Katz, bass Geoff Loff, piano (L’ inganno felice) Marcello Cormio, harpsichord (La serva padrona) Lindsay Woodward, piano (Il signor Bruschino) George Hemcher, harpsichord (Dido and Aeneas)

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER & CONTRACTOR Gregg Koyle – Santa Fe, NM (20)

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ANTHONY BARRESE

JOSEPH BEUTEL

L’inganno felice 2020 Winter Roméo et Juliette 2017 Winter L’Italiana in Algeri 2010 Winter Hänsel und Gretel 2006 Le nozze di Figaro 2002-03 Associate Conductor (debut)

Batone L’inganno felice 2020 Winter Alcindoro La bohème, Pâris Roméo et Juliette The Joel D. and Ellen S. Fedder Endowed Artist

associate conductor Chicago, Illinois

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OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Conductor Bottesini Alì Babà, Tancredi, Guillaume Tell, Lohengrin Artistic Director, Principal Conductor (Opera Southwest) Conductor Faccio Amleto (OperaDelaware) Conductor Norma (Florida Grand Opera) Conductor Turandot (Teatro Ventidio Basso/Italy)

HANNA BRAMMER soprano Traverse City, Michigan

Isabella L’inganno felice Sofia Il signor Bruschino 2020 Fall Artist 2020 Juliette Roméo et Juliette 2019 Winter & Fall Pamina Die Zauberflöte, Gilda Rigoletto 2018 Winter & Fall Micaela Carmen, Nuri Tiefland Soloist Operetta Recital 2017 Winter & Fall Studio Artist 2016 Fall Apprentice Artist The Mr. and Mrs. Robert Arthur Sponsored Artist OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Micaela Carmen (Wichita Grand Opera) Fiordiligi Così fan tutte (Festival Amadeus/Montana) Woglinde Das Rheingold, Helmwige Die Walküre (Pittsburgh Festival Opera) Musetta La bohème (Salt Marsh Opera/Connecticut)

baritone Fort Wayne, Indiana

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Sir Marshall Mila (Angel Orensanz Center/New York) Troy Bell Stonewall (New York City Opera) Sulpice La Fille du régiment (Intermountain Opera Bozeman/ Montana) Goffredo Il pirata (Bel Canto at Caramoor/New York) Secret Police Agent The Consul (Baltimore Concert Opera)

LISA CHAVEZ

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ALEXANDER CHARLES BOYD baritone Purcellville, Virginia Tarabotto L’inganno felice Bruschino Padre Il signor Bruschino 2020 Fall Artist 2018 Le Dancaïre Carmen, Maruccio Tiefland 2017 Winter & Fall Studio Artist Haly L’Italiana in Algeri 2015 Winter & Fall Apprentice Artist 2012 Fall Apprentice Artist OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Robert Redgate and King Kittypuss Mr Roger’s Operas Donner Das Reingold (Pittsburgh Festival Opera) Imperial Commissioner Madama Butterfly (Tulsa Opera) Guglielmo Così fan tutte (Festival Amadeus/Montana)

MARTHA COLLINS

stage director Ottawa, Canada L’inganno felice Dido Dido and Aeneas Dido and Aeneas 2020 Winter Gertrude Roméo et Juliette, Afra La Wally Winter 2020 Roméo et Juliette 2019 Winter & Fall Nabucco, Brundibár 2019 Winter Fenena Nabucco 2018 Winter & Fall Carmen, The Little 2018 Winter & Fall Carmen Carmen, Sweep

Rosina Il barbiere di Siviglia 2017 Winter & Fall Dialogues des 2017 Winter Madame de Croissy Carmélites, Rootabaga Country Dialogues des Carmélites 2005-2020 Sarasota Youth Opera The Ron and Barbara Archbold stage director Endowed Artist 2004-2020 Apprentice Artists Program stage director OTHER ENGAGEMENTS (partial listing) Maggie Bell Stonewall, Dolores Claiborne Picker OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Faust, Cavalleria rusticana, Pagliacci Dolores Claiborne, Paula Catán (Tri-Cities Opera/New York) Florencia en el Amazonas Ariadne auf Naxos, Les Mamelles (New York City Opera) de Tirésias Isabella L’Italiana in Algeri, (Land of Enchantment Carmen Carmen, Maddalena Opera/New Mexico) Rigoletto, Hänsel Hänsel und Gretel Die Zauberflöte, Orphée aux enfers (Opera San José) (New York University) Suzuki Madama Butterfly (Shreveport Opera, Opera San José, Knoxville Opera) mezzo-soprano Oakland, California

CHRISTOPHER BOZEKA tenor Akron, Ohio

Bertrando L’inganno felice Florville Il signor Bruschino Sarasota Opera debut OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Tenor soloist Petite Messe Solennelle, Don Gaspar La Favorite, Messenger Aida, Nemorino L’elisir d’amore, Pedrillo Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Houston Grand Opera) Nadir Alì Babà (Opera Southwest) Tom Rakewell A Rake’s Progress, Count Almaviva Il barbiere di Siviglia (Wolf Trap Opera) Tamino Die Zauberflöte (Opera Theater of St. Louis) Giovanni Simone Medea (Teatro Nuovo)

MARCELLO CORMIO conductor Trani, Italy

La serva padrona 2019 Winter Rita, Il segreto di Susanna 2016 Winter Così fan tutte 2015 Winter Le nozze di Figaro 2014 Winter Il barbiere di Siviglia 2010 Winter & Fall Assistant Conductor OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Conductor A Room with a View, Così fan tutte, L’elisir d’amore (Michigan State University) Conductor Hänsel und Gretel (Savannah VOICE Festival) Conductor Roméo et Juliette (University of Kentucky Opera) Assistant Conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) Music Director (Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra) Artistic Director (Opera Lucca)

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STEFANO DE PEPPO bass-baritone Milan, Italy

Uberto La serva padrona Gaudenzio Il signor Bruschino 2020 Doctor Dulcamara L’elisir d’amore 2018 Fall Bartolo Il barbiere di Siviglia 2016 Winter Don Alfonso Così fan tutte 2014 Winter The Baron of Kelbar Un giorno di regno 2010 Fall Don Magnifico La Cenerentola 2008 Fall Bartolo Il barbiere di Siviglia (debut) The Gabriel and Valerie Schmergel Endowed Artist

VICTOR DERENZI

conductor New York, New York L’inganno felice, Il signor Bruschino Sarasota Opera Artistic Director and Principal Conductor since 1982 Winter 2020 La bohème, La Wally 2019 Winter & Fall Turandot, Nabucco, Rigoletto 2018 Winter & Fall Manon Lescaut, Norma, Il barbiere di Siviglia 1982 The Turn of the Screw, Orphée aux enfers (debut) (partial listing)

JOSHUA DEVANE

KATHRYN DOMYAN

Ormondo L’inganno felice Filiberto Il signor Bruschino 2020 Studio Artist 2019 Fall Studio Artist Marullo Rigoletto

Resident Artist First Witch Dido and Aeneas 2020 Studio Artist 2019 Fall Studio Artist 2019 Winter Apprentice Artist Sponsored by Anonymous and Katherine Benoit and John Brooks

baritone Waycross, Georgia

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Alfio Cavalleria rusticana, Guglielmo Così fan tutte, Signor Deluso Signor Deluso (Boulder Opera) Gianni Schicchi Gianni Schicchi, Don Pasquale Don Pasquale (Martina Arroyo Prelude to Performance/New York) Giorgio Germont La traviata (Boulder Symphony) Danilo The Merry Widow (Loveland Opera Theatre/Colorado)

soprano Allentown, Pennsylvania

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Blanche Dialogues des Carmélites, Rose Murrant Street Scene (Loyola University/New Orleans) Suor Angelica Suor Angelica (Susquehanna University) Gretel Hänsel und Gretel Mother, Grandmother Little Red Riding Hood (Metro Pelican Opera/Louisiana)

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Leporello Don Giovanni (Finnish National Opera, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma) Don Pasquale Don Pasquale (Memphis Opera, Bellas Artes/Mexico) Sulpice La Fille du régiment (Arizona Opera, Atlanta Opera)

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Gala Concert: A Verdi Celebration (Opéra de Montréal) La fanciulla del West (Théâtre de l’Opéra de Nice) Un ballo in maschera, La bohème (Canary Islands Spain) Maestro DeRenzi is a Knight of the Italian Republic and the only conductor to have performed all of Verdi’s music.

JAMES EDER

TORI FRANKLIN

MARK FREIMAN

ROBERT GEROLD

Resident Artist Vespone La serva padrona 2020 Studio Artist 2019 Winter Studio Artist First Priest/Second Man in Armor Die Zauberflöte, High Priest of Baal Nabucco 2018 Winter & Fall Studio Artist Sponsored by Anonymous

Resident Artist Second Woman Dido and Aeneas 2020 Winter Apprentice Artist Sponsored by Forrest S. Crawford, in loving memory of Sally H. Foote

La serva padrona 2020 Winter La bohème 2019 Winter Die Zauberflöte 2018 Winter Norma 2017 Winter L’Italiana in Algeri, Stage Director for the Apprentice Artists 2006 Benoit La bohème, Moser I masnadieri

Resident Artist Bruschino son Il signor Bruschino 2020 Winter Apprentice Artist 2019 Fall Apprentice Artist Sponsored by Eleanor Faber and Hank and Melinda Foster

bass Cleveland, Ohio

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Truffaldino, Lackey Ariadne auf Naxos, Doctor Grenvil La traviata, The Judge Bilodeau Another Brick in the Wall (Cincinnati Opera) Colline La bohème (Cleveland Opera Theater) Alcindoro, Benoit La bohème (Knoxville Opera) Lo zio bonzo Madama Butterfly (Chattanooga Symphony & Opera)

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soprano Greeneville, Tennessee

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Frankie Frank Pesci Royal Flush (Marble City Opera) Alice Ford Falstaff (Astoria Music Festival) Marcellina Le nozze di Figaro, Ramiro La finta giardiniera, Carmen Carmen.

(University of Tennessee Opera) Alisa Lucia di Lammermoor (Knoxville Opera Studio)

stage director New York, New York

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Les Pêcheurs de perles, La bohème, Tosca, Die Fledermaus, Otello, Il trovatore (Winter Opera St. Louis) Così fan tutte (Mobile Opera) La bohème, Nabucco (Union Avenue Opera/Missouri) Le nozze di Figaro (Nickel City Opera/New York)

tenor Queens, New York

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Croupier Candide (Des Moines Metro Opera) Dr. Falke Die Fledermaus, Commissario La traviata, Antonio Le nozze di Figaro (Palm Beach Opera) Cinderella’s Prince Soundheim Into the Woods (Utah Festival Opera) Lockdown Dwayne Fulton A Gathering of Sons, Riolobo Florencia en el Amazonas (Pittsburgh Festival Opera)

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KEVIN HARVEY

GEORGE HEMCHER

HOWARD TSVI KAPLAN

Resident Artist The Coachman A Musical Evening with Serpina Sailor Dido and Aeneas 2020 Winter Apprentice Artist 2019 Winter & Fall Apprentice Artist Sponsored by Joan Mathews and Alain and Helene Lebleu

Assistant Conductor Dido and Aeneas Youth Opera Coordinator 2020 Winter Children’s Chorus Master La bohème 2019 Fall Assistant Conductor Brundibár 2019 Winter Children’s Chorus Master Turandot 2018 Fall Assistant Conductor The Little Sweep 2017 Fall Assistant Conductor Rootabaga Country (debut)

Resident Costume Designer Debut 1998

tenor Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

music staff Frazer, Pennsylvania

costume designer Oceanside, New York

GEOFFREY LOFF music staff Miami, Florida

Sarasota Opera debut Assistant conductor L’inganno felice, Il signor Bruschino Sponsored by Mr. Alan Kesten and Ms. Melba Jimenez and Mr. and Mrs. William Lloyd

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Assistant Conductor The Beggar’s Opera, La Vie parisienne (Hofstra University/New York) Coach Otello, Die Fledermaus, Carmen (Delaware Valley Opera/New York)

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Resident Costume Designer (Alley TheatreTexas, Asolo Center/ Florida, Westport Playhouse/ Connecticut, Ringling Brother’s Clown College) Guest Designer for over 100 productions (Opera Delaware, Virginia Opera, Baltimore Opera, Kentucky Opera, Opera Boston, Florida Grand Opera, Malabar Limited/Canada, Des Moines Metro Opera, Barter Theater/ Virginia, Virginia Stage, Capital Repertory Theatre/New York, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, ABC, PBS)

ANNA MANDINA

JESSE MARTINS

MARIA MILLER

KARA MORGAN

Serpina La serva padrona 2020 Mimì La bohème 2019 Winter Liù Turandot 2018 Winter & Fall Studio Artist Berta Il barbiere di Siviglia 2017 Winter & Fall Apprentice Artist Annina La traviata, A Handmaiden L’amore dei tre re The Jan Schmidt Endowed Artist

Dido and Aeneas 2021 Program & Music Director of the Resident Artists/Chorus Master, Sarasota Youth Opera Music Director Music Administrator 2020 Program & Music Director of the Apprentice Artists/Chorus Master 2019 Winter & Fall Conductor Die Zauberflöte, Brundibár 2018 Winter & Fall Conductor The Little Sweep Assistant Conductor Carmen, Tiefland 2017 Winter & Fall Conductor Rootabaga Country Assistant Conductor L’Italiana in Algeri Debut 2011

Resident Artist Sarasota Opera debut Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mallof and Helen Panoyan

Resident Artist Spirit Dido and Aeneas 2020 Winter Apprentice Artist Sponsored by Mrs. Margaret Renner, in memory of Ernst Renner

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Sailor Dido and Aeneas (Central City Opera) Bénédict Béatrice et Bénédict (Asheville Lyric Opera) Remendado Carmen (Opera Louisiane)

soprano Kansas City, Missouri

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Mimì La bohème, Micaela Carmen (Missouri Symphony) Eva Crowley Perla An American Dream (Opera Maine) Second Lady Die Zauberflöte (Opera Company of Middlebury/ Vermont, Opera Maine) Violetta La traviata (Boston Conservatory Opera)

conductor Sapiranga, Brazil

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Assistant Music Director (Opera Factory/New Zealand)

mezzo-soprano Paducah, Kentucky

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Mezzo soprano soloist opera concert Songs of Hope (Opera on the James) Nancy Smith Scott Davenport Richards Blind Injustice (Cincinnati Opera) Rumer William Menefield Fierce, Celeste Gregory Spears Castor and Patience (Cincinnati Opera Fusion Workshops) Apprentice Artist (Santa Fe Opera)

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Assistant Conductor (Houston Grand Opera) Vocal Coach (Mainly Mozart Festival, Chopin Foundation) Music Director for outreach program (Atlanta Opera) Associate Conductor (Des Moines Opera) Resident Artist (Minnesota Opera)

mezzo-soprano Andover, Minnesota

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Hansel Hänsel und Gretel, Dorabella Così fan tutte, Mercedes Carmen (Fargo-Moorhead Opera​) Ottone Agrippina, Madame de Croissy Dialogues des Carmélites​, Dritte Dame Die Zauberflöte​ (New England Conservatory)

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LINDSAY OHSE

soprano Topeka, Kansas Belinda Dido and Aeneas 2011 Viclinda I Lombardi alla prima crociata, Ann Putnam The Crucible 2010 Queen of the Night Zauberflöte 2009 Winter & Fall Apprentice Recipient of Sarasota Opera Guild Special Artist Award The Lynn and Steve Blackledge Endowed Artist OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Bekhetaten Glass Akhnaten (Metropolitan Opera) Serpina La serva padrona, Norma Norma (Opera Southwest) Violetta La traviata (Princeton Festival) Sandrina La finta giardiniera (Portland Opera) Alice Falstaff (Intermountain Opera)

KYLE OLIVER

baritone Plano, Texas Resident Artist The Cook A Musical Evening with Serpina Sarasota Opera debut Sponsored by Dean Scarborough and Janice Bini OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Zurga Les Pêcheurs de perles (Bel Cantanti Opera) Petrucci Lucrezia Borgia, Ceprano Rigoletto (Caramoor Opera) Dandini La Cenerentola, Yamadori Madama Butterfly, Count Robinson Il matrimonio segreto, Zurga Les Pêcheurs de perles, Father Hänsel und Gretel (Pittsburgh Opera)

JOANNA POPE

mezzo-soprano Jackson, Mississippi Resident Artist 2020 Apprentice Artists Sponsored by Pat Starke, in memory of John Starke OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Hänsel Hänsel und Gretel, Carmen Carmen (Opera 51) D Do Michael Ching The Birthday Clown (Savannah Opera) Wife of Peter Poul Ruders The Handmaid’s Tale (Boston Lyric Opera) Prince Charmant Cendrillon (Opera del West)

ABIGAIL RAIFORD soprano Queens, New York

Resident Artist Second Witch Dido and Aeneas 2020 Winter Apprentice Artist Sponsored by Gilbert Roth, in loving memory of Ann Roth OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Shirley Kaplan/Mrs. Fiorentino Street Scene (Mannes Opera) Queen of the Night Die Zauberflöte (Manhattan Opera Studio) Despina Così fan tutte (Opera Experience) Rose Maurrant Street Scene, Despina Così fan tutte, Queen of the Night Die Zauberflöte (University of Tulsa Opera Theater)

LOUIS RIVA

LAUREL SEMERDJIAN

CURTIS SERAFIN

JAKE SKIPWORTH

Resident Artist A Police Sergeant Il signor Bruschino 2019 Winter Apprentice Artist 2018 Fall Apprentice Artist Sponsored by Paul and Sharon Steinwachs

Marianna Il signor Bruschino 2018 Flora Bervoix La traviata 2017 Suzuki Madama Butterfly 2014 Winter Apprentice Artist The Joey Frye Endowed Artist

Assistant conductor Dido and Aeneas 2020 Apprentice to the Music Staff

Resident Artist 2018 Winter & Fall Apprentice Artist 2017 Winter & Fall Apprentice Artist Sponsored by Peter and Louise Shimkin

tenor New York, New York

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Rodolfo La boheme (Charlottesville Opera) Frederic/Major General Stanley Pirates of Penzance, Spoletta Tosca (Virginia Opera) Fenton/Bardolfo Falstaff, Gastone/ Giuseppe La traviata (Bronx Opera Company)

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mezzo-soprano Tacoma, Washington

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Carmen La tragédie de Carmen (Florentine Opera) Bradamante Alcina, Suzuki Madama Butterfly, Fenena Nabucco, Emilia Otello, Mother Goose The Rake’s Progress, Asakir Mohammed Fairouz Sumeida’s Song (Pittsburgh Opera) Lucretia The Rape of Lucretia (Tacoma Opera) Veronica Bizet Docteur Miracle (Dallas Opera)

music staff New Windsor, Maryland

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Vocal Coach & Staff Pianist (Manhattan School of Music) Vocal Coach (Berlin Opera Academy)

baritone Detroit, Michigan

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Monterone Rigoletto, Yakusidé Madama Butterfly (St. Petersburg Opera) Commissario La traviata (Chautauqua Opera) Baron Grog The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein (Wichita Grand Opera) King Melchior Amahl and the Night Visitors (Opera Kansas)

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STEPHANIE SUNDINE stage director Moline, Illinois

ANDREW SURRENA

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Turandot (Des Moines Metro Opera) La fanciulla del West, Aida, Tosca (Utah Opera) Les Pêcheurs de perles (Madison Opera, Atlanta Opera, Opera Carolina) Lucia di Lammermoor (Opera Carolina) Il trovatore (Opera New Jersey)

tenor Pleasanton, California Aeneas Dido and Aeneas 2020 Roméo Roméo et Juliette 2019 Winter Tamino Die Zauberflöte 2018 Winter Studio Artist Nando Tiefland 2017 Fall Principal Artist Alfredo La traviata 2016 Winter Apprentice Artist A Messenger Aida, First Prisoner Fidelio The David and Edith Chaifetz Endowed Artist OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Tonio La Fille du régiment (Opera North/New Hampshire) Tenor Roles Matthew Peterson Voir Dire (Ft. Worth Opera) Ferrando Così fan tutte (Opera in the Heights/Houston) Don José La Tragédie de Carmen (Tri Cities Opera/New York)

KEN YUNKER

KELLEN M. EASON

Resident Lighting Designer Debut 2007

Resident Hair & Make-up Designer Debut

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS 2004-2017 Principal Lighting Designer (Alliance Theatre Company/Georgia) 1993-2015 Resident Lighting Designer (Atlanta Opera) Lighting Designer (FIO Americas Brazil, Florida Grand Opera, Bermuda Arts Festival, Utah Opera, New Orleans Opera, Tulsa Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Opera New Jersey, Toledo Opera, San Antonio Opera)

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Wig and make-up assistant Madama Butterfly, Le nozze di Figaro, Eugene Onegin, Norma, Don Pasquale (partial listing) (Florida Grand Opera) Wig and make-up assistant Il barbiere di Siviglia, La Cenerentola, Orfeo ed Euridice, Faust (partial listing) (Portland Opera) Wig and make-up designer H.M.S. Pinafore, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Eugene Opera) Wig and make-up designer Roméo et Juliette, L’heure espagnole, Scalia/Ginsburg Derrick Wang (Castleton Festival)

Il signor Bruschino 2020 La Wally 2019 Winter & Fall Turandot, Rigoletto 1993 Minnie La fanciulla del West 1989 Wally La Wally 1984 Tatiana Eugene Onegin (debut) (partial list)

lighting designer Seattle, Washington

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HANS TASHJIAN

bass East Concord, New York Resident Artist 2017 Winter Studio Artist Imperial Commissioner Madama Butterfly, 2nd Officer Dialogues des Carmélites 2016 Winter Apprentice Artist Second Prisoner Fidelio 2015 Winter & Fall Apprentice Artist Sponsored by John Suhre and Carla Koeffler OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Enrico Anna Bolena (Baltimore Concert Opera) Mark/Igor The Stonewall Operas (American Opera Project) Aleko Aleko, El Capitán Florencia en el Amazonas Gremin Eugene Onegin, The Emperor Le Rossignol (Yale School of Music) Podestà La gazza ladra (Teatro Nuovo)

LINDSAY WOODWARD music staff Salt Lake City, Utah

Assistant Conductor La serva padrona, Il signor Bruschino 2020 Assistant Conductor La bohème, La Wally 2019 Fall Program & Music Director of the Apprentice Artists/Chorus Master (Partial list) OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Coach La bohème, Rigoletto, Thaïs, Bolcom Dinner at Eight, Don Pasquale (Minnesota Opera) Chorus Master/Coach Madama Butterfly, La Cenerentola, Roméo et Juliette (Janiec Opera Company/North Carolina) Coach Tosca, Rossini La pietra del paragone (Wolf Trap Opera/Virginia) Coach Così fan tutte, The Rake’s Progress (Utah Opera)

hair & make-up designer Portland, Oregon

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P ro duc tion Ack nowle dgement s 2021 Costumes for all 2021 Winter/Spring Productions provided by Sarasota Opera Costume Studio

Special Thanks Dr. Francesco Izzo: Scholar in Residence Marco Nisticò: Italian Consultant Marina Harss: Research Asolo Repertory Theatre To our colleagues Vic Meyrich, David Ferguson, Shane Streight, Frank J. Paul, and the rest of the staff for their continued support and generosity.

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Intercoastal Medical Group doctors and staff for providing quality care in a timely fashion for our company.

Ear Research Foundation and Silverstein Institute’s Dr. Herbert Silverstein, Dr. Seth Rosenberg, Dr. Jack Wazen, for their time, generosity, and efforts to keep our artists healthy and singing.

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Tribute to GREG TRUPIANO

Greg Tr upiano (December 13, 1955 – February 18, 2020)

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Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and New York City Opera. He’d tell anyone who asked, that his greatest operatic passion was for new work, and through his relationship with American Opera Projects, he worked with and gave feedback to many composers, librettists, and directors.

t is hard to imagine Sarasota Opera without Greg Trupiano.

He was an integral part of our company for 33 years and a beloved and cherished friend to many of us.

For those of us who work behind the scenes, as well as many who knew him through his interactions with our audience, guilds, and community, he was an important and visible part of our company.

You may have seen him in the front of the theater, sometimes hawking our pre-performance talks, or just greeting our audience. But for most of his time at Sarasota Opera, he was the man who made things work. He was Victor DeRenzi’s right hand: the person who set up auditions, dealt with the artists and their managers, and put together the extraordinarily complex schedule of rehearsals. He had just about every aspect of the company at his fingertips and very often the answer to a question was: “Ask Greg.”

Beyond the mechanics of the job, however, was a breadth of knowledge of opera and the art of putting on a performance.

He was a valued second pair of eyes for our stage directors.

As important, however, is the guidance that he offered to our artists. He was always available to meet for a cup of coffee to give career advice, provide feedback, and sometimes just be a shoulder to cry on.

Besides Sarasota Opera, his impact on the opera industry was great. Earlier in his career he worked at San Diego Opera,

Greg was a native New Yorker and a fiercely proud Brooklynite. For years, in the off-season, he was a tour guide and knew things about his native city that surprised many who thought they knew the city well.

Perhaps his greatest interest was Walt Whitman. He identified closely with three aspects of the great American poet: his connection with Brooklyn, his interest in opera, and his identity as a gay man. Because of this close connection, Greg, and his partner of 38 years Lon Black, started the Walt Whitman Project, an interdisciplinary arts organization that promoted the poet through readings and other events. We think Greg was happiest when talking about Whitman and reading his poetry. As recently as 2019, Greg led a poetry reading at Sarasota’s Bookstore1 in honor of the bicentenary of Whitman’s birth.

Greg’s presence was felt in every aspect of Sarasota Opera.

He would have wanted the show to continue, above all. That experience, however, will be much poorer for many of us, without Greg as part of the company, and our lives.

I hear not the volumes of sound merely, I am moved by the exquisite meanings, “I listen to the different voices winding in and out, striving, contending with fiery vehemence to excel each other in emotion; so do not think the performers know

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themselves—but now I think I begin to know them.

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n this extraordinary season, Sarasota Opera has relied more than ever on the philanthropic support of our community. We have been inspired to see that community come forward to raise their voices for the opera company they love with annual gift renewals, special support during The Giving Challenge, and support of our special campaigns like the Sarasota Opera Relief Fund and Taste of Downtown.

The challenge continues, though, and the help we receive from a growing number of supporters enables Sarasota Opera to move forward with confidence. There are different ways you can join more than 1,000 of your fellow opera lovers this season who have endorsed our mission to entertain, enrich, and educate our vibrant community by producing opera true to the vision of the composer. Visit sarasotaopera.org/support for more information on how you can add your voice to the chorus of support for artistic excellence in opera.

Already a donor? Increasing your gift not only supports our season, it expands your involvement. Each donor level offers more access to opportunities to connect with artists, directors, conductors, and designers.

Roméo et Juliette, Winter 2020 Production by Sarasota Opera. Photo by Rod Millington

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Sarasota Opera Co-Producers & Season Producers

$50 - $5,000+

$6,000 - $30,000+

Donors to the Sarasota Youth Opera support one of the most comprehensive youth opera programs in the country, providing a unique music education to youth, aged 8-18, from the greater Sarasota area and beyond. Youth Opera contributors enjoy special access to dress rehearsals and receptions that celebrate the student artists and their families.

Co-Producers and Season Producers underwrite a substantial portion of the cost of producing world-class opera in Sarasota.

Becoming a Season Producer or Co-Producer brings you VIP status and immerses you in the Sarasota Opera production process with access to dress rehearsals, dinners with artists, and concierge service from Sarasota Opera’s Development staff.

Sarasota Opera STARs $75 - $5,999 Our STARs are the largest group of donors, supporting worldclass productions and enriching education and community engagement programs each season. Becoming a donor at this level will also provide many opportunities for you to expand your knowledge of the art form and deepen your experience of Sarasota Opera productions.

All gifts of $75 or more ($50 or more for Youth Opera) include name recognition in our program books. Co-Producer, Season Producer, and Production Co-Sponsor level contributors receive personal concierge service from a staff liaison, invitations to special events, and name and photo recognition in our program books and on the surtitle screen.

Sarasota Opera Association, Inc., a not-for-profit, tax exempt organization, acknowledges contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISON OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE (1-800-435-7352) WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE. REGISTRATION #: CH429

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Sarasota Opera Development Staff Contact Information: Co-Producer, Major Gifts, and Endowment Scott Guinn, Director of Development (941) 366-8450, ext. 416 sguinn@sarasotaopera.org STAR and Youth Opera Gifts Brenda Tamm, Individual Giving Officer (941) 366-8450, ext. 250 btamm@sarasotaopera.org Legacy Gifts Stacy Ridenour, Donor Relations Officer (941) 366-8450, ext. 246 sridenour@sarasotaopera.org Special Events and Corporate Support Michael Ayres, Corporate and Special Events Officer (941) 366-8450, ext. 402 mayres@sarasotaopera.org General Information Elizabeth Valkanas, Development Operations Officer (941) 366-8450, ext. 231 evalkanas@sarasotaopera.org

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ANNUAL GIVING

Sarasota Opera is proud to celebrate 62 seasons of producing opera for Sarasota audiences. Production Sponsors, Season Producers, and Co-Producers are recognized for the number of years they have supported Sarasota Opera with a major gift. These gifts underwrite a substantial portion of production costs, and we gratefully acknowledge their support in the following pages. To learn more about becoming a Production Sponsor, Season Producer, or Co-Producer, contact Director of Development Scott Guinn at (941) 366-8450, ext. 416 or sguinn@sarasotaopera.org. Gifts and pledges are current as of December 4, 2020. Ticket donations are current as of September 30, 2020.

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Ernie Kretzmer 22 T In loving memory of Alisa Kretzmer

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lisa and Ernest Kretzmer first met on New Year’s Day in 1982, and were married exactly one year later. Alisa was born in Jerusalem and lived

there for the first 24 years of her life. Ernie lived in the lower Rhine region in Germany until he escaped from the evil regime at the age of 14. As it turns out, they lived for many years only nine miles apart in Monmouth County, New Jersey. When they met, both had been widowed and found they shared similar passions, including a love of classical music and opera. For well over 20 years they were dedicated patrons and supporters of Sarasota Opera and Ernie is continuing the tradition in Alisa’s memory.

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Ed Bavaria, in loving memory of Jane 23 S T

Murray Bring and Kay Delaney 13 S M RF T

Les and Carol Brualdi 18 M RF T

David and Edith Chaifetz 16 M

Ms. Candace A. Crawshaw 15 RF

Larry and Carol English 23 RF T

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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Essner 10 T

Hank and Melinda Foster 18 T

Dr. Franz and Joanne Hummert 6

Mr. Waldron Kraemer and Ms. Joan Lovell 9 S RF

Claudia McCorkle 18 T

Jane Newman 16

S = Member of Sarasota Opera Guild M = Member of Manatee Opera Guild RF: Relief Fund Cash Support T: Relief Fund Ticket Donation

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Audrey Robbins and Harry Leopold 20 T

Jan Schmidt 13 RF T

Bud and Betty Shapiro 18 T

Arthur Siciliano and B. Aline Blanchard 12 T

Toby and Noel Siegel 6 T

Arnold Simonsen, in memoriam 14

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Paul and Sharon Steinwachs 14 RF T

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Bill and Rebecca Tompkins 12 RF T

Not Pictured:

Anonymous Anonymous Max Eisenbarth Trust

Don and Rachael Worthington 20 RF T

S = Member of Sarasota Opera Guild M = Member of Manatee Opera Guild RF: Relief Fund Cash Support T: Relief Fund Ticket Donation

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Ellen V. Piers Fund of Community Foundation of Sarasota County L’inganno felice, La serva padrona, Il signor Bruschino, Dido and Aeneas

Rose Marie Proietti 5 S RF T

John J Schultz and Gary L Hill 1

L’inganno felice, La serva padrona, Il signor Bruschino, Dido and Aeneas

L’inganno felice, La serva padrona, Il signor Bruschino, Dido and Aeneas

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Ron and Barb Archbold 8 RF T

Sumner and Irene Bagby 13 S T

Jerry Cohn 2 RF T

L’inganno felice, La serva padrona, Il signor Bruschino

L’inganno felice, La serva padrona, Il signor Bruschino

La serva padrona, Il signor Bruschino, Dido and Aeneas

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Syble Di Girolamo 13 M RF T L’inganno felice, Il signor Bruschino, Dido and Aeneas

Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Kaufman 9 RF

Elaine Keating and Sidney Katz, M.D. 8

L’inganno felice, La serva padrona, Il signor Bruschino

L’inganno felice, Il signor Bruschino, Dido and Aeneas

Patrick and Kim Nettles 9 T

Mrs. Margaret Renner 5 S T L’inganno felice, Il signor Bruschino, Dido and Aeneas

L’inganno felice, Il signor Bruschino, Dido and Aeneas

Gilbert Roth, in loving memory of Ann Roth 7 L’inganno felice, La serva padrona, Dido and Aeneas

Not Pictured: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Arthur 7 RF T La serva padrona, Il signor Bruschino, Dido and Aeneas

Gabriel and Valerie Schmergel 16 RF L’inganno felice, Il signor Bruschino, Dido and Aeneas

Eleanor Wilson Williams 11 S L’inganno felice, La serva padrona, Dido and Aeneas

S = Member of Sarasota Opera Guild M = Member of Manatee Opera Guild RF: Relief Fund Cash Support | T: Relief Fund Ticket Donation

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Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation 6 RF

Lynn and Steve Blackledge 13 T

Bonnie and William Chapman 9

La serva padrona, Il signor Bruschino

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Frances D. Fergusson and John Bradbury 8 RF

Renee Aberson Hymson 10

Mrs. Elayne Kalberman 26 S M

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Roger and Kristin Kaufman 7 RF T L’inganno felice, La serva padrona

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Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Kaplan 7 RF T L’inganno felice, Il signor Bruschino

Kenneth and Victoria Kolbe 1 T

Ruth B. Kreindler 16 RF

Mr. and Mrs. William Lloyd 10

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Eleanor Faber In loving memory of Barry Faber 9 S RF T Il signor Bruschino, Dido and Aeneas

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Dean Scarborough and Janice Bini 3 T

James and Ann Magee 5 RF T

Martha Murphy 16

Harold Ronson 18 T

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Peter and Louise Shimkin 5 T

Charles R. and Mary George Smith,

Pat Starke 5

Joe and Nora Stephan 15 T

in memoriam 16 T Il signor Bruschino, Dido and Aeneas

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L’inganno felice, La serva padrona

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John Suhre and Carla Koeffler 7

Janis and Hobart Swan 5 RF T

John G. & Anna Maria Troiano Foundation Inc. 20

Michal and Jim Wadsworth 6 RF T

L’inganno felice, Dido and Aeneas

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Dorothy and Charles Jenkins 13

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Helen Panoyan 5 S T

In loving memory of my mother, Mercy Eileen Mennell ll signor Bruschino, Dido and Aeneas

Anonymous T Sylvia Waller 4 In loving memory of Sid L’inganno felice, Dido and Aeneas

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Philip and Suzanne Conover 4 RF

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Maureen and Edwin Schloss 1 RF L’inganno felice, Dido and Aeneas

Elton and Gordie White 12 T La serva padrona, Il signor Bruschino

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Neil and Sandra DeFeo 2 RF T L’inganno felice, La serva padrona

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Stan and Alma Abshier 19 S RF T Il signor Bruschino

Edward Alley and June LeBell, in memoriam 17 S Dido and Aeneas

Henry F. Anthony and Carol R. Geiger 1 L’inganno felice

Rocco and Elizabeth Aversa 1 RF T L’inganno felice

Ruth A. Barker 3 S Dido and Aeneas

Ms. Katherine Benoit and Mr. John Brooks 6 RF T Dido and Aeneas

Brad and Lynda Blaylock 1 RF T L’inganno felice

Elisabeth Ault-Meyers Cameron 1 T L’inganno felice

S = Member of Sarasota Opera Guild M = Member of Manatee Opera Guild RF: Relief Fund Cash Support T: Relief Fund Ticket Donation

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Dr. and Mrs. G. Richard Baise 6 T La serva padrona

Dr. and Ms. Octavio Choy 4 La serva padrona

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Andre and Isabelle Christen 8 S T Il signor Bruschino

Lou and Marianne Cohen 3 Il signor Bruschino

Jonathan Strickland Coleman and Rick Kerby 16 ll signor Bruschino

Jim Ericson 15 In loving memory of Pati Ericson L’inganno felice

Betty G. Ewing 3 RF L’inganno felice

Marc Famiglio 16 La serva padrona

Herman and Sharon Frankel 11 Dido and Aeneas

Dr. Paul Frederick and Mrs. M. Rosengarden Frederick 6 T L’inganno felice

Joey Frye 21 M Dido and Aeneas

Felicia and Andrew Hall 2 T La serva padrona

Fr. Jeffrey Hamblin M.D. 2 Il signor Bruschino

Donna Lynn Hecker 9 Dido and Aeneas

Doug and Carolyn Ann Holder 9 T Dido and Aeneas

Patricia Jones 12 In loving memory of Tom Jones Il signor Bruschino

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick W. Kenny 1 T Il signor Bruschino

Mr. Alan Kesten and Melba Jimenez 3 RF L’inganno felice

Alden and Ginny Keyser 3 La serva padrona

Richard Kiegler and Ruthann Sturtevant-Kiegler 3 L’inganno felice

Marlene Kitchell 1 T Il signor Bruschino

Beverly L. Koski 13 Dido and Aeneas

Forrest S. Crawford 10 In loving memory of Sally H. Foote La serva padrona

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Diane Taylor Foxman 3 La serva padrona

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Victor Dina 13 S M T Dido and Aeneas

Barbara and Tony Franke 5 T Il signor Bruschino

Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Kreit 3 S Dido and Aeneas

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Peter E. Kretzmer 2 RF T La serva padrona

Diana Lager 22 Dido and Aeneas

Mr. and Mrs. Alain Lebleu 3 RF T Il signor Bruschino

Christopher and Margo Light 3 T Il signor Bruschino

Martin Martel and Bonny F. Heet 13 T La serva padrona

Drs. Louis and Roseanne Martorella 6 S RF T Dido and Aeneas

Joan Mathews 9 RF T Dido and Aeneas

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. McCue, III 3 RF T L’inganno felice

Lydia and Patrick McKenzie 14 Il signor Bruschino

Mary J. Mitchell 5 L’inganno felice

Mr. John Nigh 10 Il signor Bruschino

Terry and Valerie Osborne 6 T Dido and Aeneas

Charlotte and Charles Perret 10 Dido and Aeneas

Mr. Steve Raymund and Lana Zub 2 Il signor Bruschino

Mary S. Riebold 12 T Il signor Bruschino

Piero and Rachele Rivolta-Barbieri 22 T L’inganno felice

Esther Rose 5 In loving memory of Rabbi Herbert Rose La serva padrona

Rona and Arthur Rosenbaum 10 L’inganno felice

Gail and Skip Sack 11 La serva padrona

Colonel Ralph Scheffert and Mrs. Jinny Scheffert 4 RF T Il signor Bruschino

William E. Schmidt 13 In memoriam Il signor Bruschino

David and Barbara Smith 6 RF T Il signor Bruschino

Janet Stern Solomon and Lewis D. Solomon 2 RF T Il signor Bruschino

Thomas and Maureen Steiner 6 RF Il signor Bruschino

Ms. Susan K. Straus 9 T Dido and Aeneas

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Curtis R. and Melliss K. Swenson 1 T L’inganno felice

Robert and Camille Thinnes 1 T La serva padrona

Dr. Harry and Diane Van Trees 3 Dido and Aeneas

Mrs. John J. Ventola 20 Il signor Bruschino

Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell Wiltshire 18 Il signor Bruschino

Dr. Richard Wires 16 T La serva padrona

Joan H. Wood 28 T Dido and Aeneas

Mary A. Zabin 6 M T L’inganno felice

Eve and Michael Williams-Jones 4 Il signor Bruschino

Not Pictured: Anonymous T La serva padrona Anonymous L’inganno felice David Derr 1 In loving memory of Louise Derr Il signor Bruschino Ms. Peggy C. Allen and Mr. Steven C. Dixon 5 RF T Dido and Aeneas Eva and Joshua Benaim 7 RF Il signor Bruschino Even T. and Malama Collinsworth Fund of Community Foundation of Sarasota County Dido and Aeneas

Thomas Brannin and Mariano J. Vera 3 T La serva padrona William C. and Joyce K. Fletcher 2 T Dido and Aeneas

Dorothy Lawrence 7 S La serva padrona

Zona Spray Starks 1 T La serva padrona

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Lombardo 1 L’inganno felice

Skip Stearns 6 L’inganno felice

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mallof 6 T Il signor Bruschino

Fredricka Taubitz and Dennis Mtn. Griffin 6 S T Dido and Aeneas

Dr. Robert L. Fowler and Ms. Susan E. Gilbert 2 Il signor Bruschino

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pressner 2 L’inganno felice

Flora Garsten 2 T In loving memory of her husband, Irwin Garsten Il signor Bruschino

Victoria L. Rich 5 In loving memory of Alexander Rich La serva padrona

Dr. Clarence Griffin, in memoriam La serva padrona

Barbara M. Schwartz 4 Dido and Aeneas

Karen and Bill Watt 7 T ll signor Bruschino Charles O. Wood, III and Miriam M. Wood 15 Il signor Bruschino

Amanda and Dick Smoot 1 T Il signor Bruschino

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TARs of Sarasota Opera support Maestro DeRenzi’s vision to produce opera true to the composer’s intention as well as our education and community engagement activities. For more than six decades, this community of supporters has raised its voice for world-class opera in Sarasota, and we gratefully acknowledge the contribution of each member. To learn more about becoming a STAR donor, contact Individual Giving Officer Brenda Tamm at (941) 366-8450, ext. 250 or btamm@sarasotaopera.org.

Gifts are current as of December 4, 2020. Ticket donations are current as of September 30, 2020.

Benefactors $3,000 – $5,999

Judith Marquis and Keith Nelson U

David and Nancy Moore U T

Dr. George J. Straschnov U S RF T

Mr. Ky L. Thompson and Ms. Margaret E. Melun U M

Sandra and Gary Yakes U T

Not Pictured: Anonymous William C. and Vicki Anderson U Mr. Jeffrey Bain and Rabbi Anat Moskowitz Drs. Claudia and Lodovico Balducci U T Stephen G. Brantley, M.D. U RF T Mark and Ruth Brus U

Ambassador ($2,000 - $2,999) Roberta and Peter Adams U Mr. and Mrs. Mark Appel U Gregg and Cynthia Baran Karen and Tom Bernstein U Mr. David Bialosky and Ms. Carolyn Christian Mr. David Chivas and Mr. Ronald Rice U S Dr. Gabriel R. and Mrs. Amy Cipau T Nelson and Lilia Co U T Saul B. and Naomi R. Cohen T Antoinette and William Dowling U S RF Carl W. Duyck and Dennis J. Flood U RF T Gerald Fickenscher and Wendy Babb RF T Dr. Kofi Glover U T Mike and Mary Glynn Peter Goldbecker U Fred and Charleen Gorbet U Mrs. Maia Hopper U Mrs. John A. Howard U T Dr. and Mrs. Mark S. Kauffman U T Angela Helfter Korsmo U M RF Tom LeFevre Phyllis and Saul Lowitt U Ms. Roslyn Mazur T Mrs. Ingrid Nutter U RF T Mr. and Mrs. John M. Pepe U Suzy and Peter Phillipes U S RF T Andra and Irwin Press U T Mary Jo Reston U Sue Rupp and Josh Ingojo RF

Mr. Richard Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Coch U T Storm and Chris Elser U Mrs. Shirley Fein U T Josephine Franz and Russ Gill U T Dr. Dorothy Landis Gray U S Dr. Alastair Hunter-Henderson and Dr. Noralyn Marshall RF

Jan and Elliot Silverman U Mrs. Ann Waller and Mr. Len Solimene S RF T Arthur Weldon Chip and Jean Wood U T Sally and Douglas Wright U

Regent ($1,259 - $1,999) Anonymous Fred and Doris Albertelli U Jean M. Thielen Blair U S T Mary Ann Bonelli Mr. Tom Bradley RF Janice and Tom Burne U T Mr. Joseph Cyr U S T Mr. Dominick De Cecco U T John and Carole Dorsey U Leon R. and Margaret M. Ellin U Mr. and Mrs. John Fernstrom U James Ferrara RF T Ms. Sonia Florian T Joseph and Fredi Fries U T Dan Garde U S T Mrs. Robert W. Garner U RF Julia and Steve Goldberg Mrs. Judith Goldman U Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hassan T Gregory P. Hetter, M.D. and Mrs. Anita Pihl-Hetter U T Daniel R. Idzik and Kathleen M. Osborne U T Mr. and Mrs. Alan Israel RF T

Richard and Grace Kiltie U T In memory of Camilla R Murphy Andrew Kotsatos and Heather Parsons U T Drs. Robert and Barbara McClure U T Maralyn and Raymond Morrissey M RF T

The Alfred and Rosemary Iversen Family Foundation RF Frieda and Raymond Johnson U T Elizabeth M. Johnston RF T Joan S. Langbord U RF T Coleman Lassen T Donna and Trevor Lumb Margaret L. Maguire U S RF T Dr. John Mahoney U T Network for Good In loving memory of our mother Beatrice A. Newman U Mr. James Orphanos U T Mrs. Barbara C. Raphael U and Mrs. Helene Demers Jane Riggin U S T Laurie Rosin U T Dr. Henry S. Sauls U T Jacqueline E. Schafer T Baker and Debby Smith T Susan D. Sprague Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Vasso RF Carol Von Allmen U S RF In memory of Frank Von Allmen Drs. John and Jillian Woodilla U T

Associate ($600 - $1,249) Robert and Elaine Appel Family Fund Toni Armstrong U S T Dr. Joseph Baker and Anne E. Smith U T Mr. Daniel Beaulieu T Ms. Melissa Behr T

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Edward and Helen Rhawn Fund Anne and Alex Scott U T Ambassador & Mrs. Mel Sembler U In honor of Don and Rachel Worthington Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation U

David A. Beliles + RF In loving memory of Ruth Beliles Mrs. Doris Whittlif Benson T Ms. Laura Berns T Mr. and Mrs. Orest Bilous Catherine Binns and James Honkisz U Anne and Christopher Bird Joseph and Sylvia Bloom Fund U Mr. and Mrs. Rick Boyd RF Mary and Carl Boyer U T Irwin and Sybil Broh U T Mr. and Mrs. Donald Brown T Julie Brown & Zachary Morowitz T Mr. and Mrs. Larry G. Brown U Ms. Catherine R. Burt U Mr. Fred W. Camp T Marcelo Canelas T Mr. and Mrs. C. John Clarke U RF Cornelia L. Cook U T Mr. and Mrs. John Corbellini U M T Dr. and Mrs. Charles Dale T Kathie and Peter Daley RF T Jeanie Dorton U T Robert and Laurel Dove T George and Pat Edmonds U Dr. and Mrs. Lee E. Edstrom Ms. Eve Eisman T Mr. Howard Elder + T In memory of Marcia K. Elder Marian V. Erwin U T Ms. Jan Evans RF T Dr. Phyllis J. Faw U Herbert Fox and Janet Zinner U S T Marlene and Arthur Francis U Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Frank U T

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Alex and Eija Friedlander U T Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Gainsley T Lawrence J. and Elizabeth Gallick T Mr. Howard Gatiss RF T Mr. Lawrence Gibbs T Aldo and Rita Giovanucci U Ms. Wendy A. Goff Jennifer and Larry Goichman U Ms. Susan Gordon U T Mr. and Mrs. J. Wesley Gray, Jr. U Mr. and Mrs. Hanford Gross Dr. Thomas N. Guffin, Jr. T Mr. and Mrs. Harold Harris T Mr. and Mrs. Jay P. Hartig U Maryanne and Ray Hazen U M T Don Helgeson and Sue Shepard U T Lois Hollander & Steven Schlosser RF Mr. Michael Hollar T Ms. Susan Hubbell RF T Lyn H. Jacobson U Mr. D. Anthony Jones U T Ms. Elsie Kearns T Dr. Marsha Kindall-Smith and Dr. Hugh Smith U S RF Mr. and Mrs. E. William Kobernusz U M Nancy Dearman and John Kotter RF Mr. and Mrs. Robert Krambeck U Robert M. and Victoria Kupec Mr. and Mrs. James C. Lake U T Mr. Furey Lerro T Mary Lou Loughlin and Bob Ploussard U S T Mr. and Mrs. Andrew MacBeth Mr. and Mrs. W. Thomas Margetts U Lou and Carolou Marquet U T John C. Mayer T Ms. Juliet McGhie T Jamie and Meg McLane T Elliott Metcalfe U T Lynne Miller T Mr. Leo Millstein and Ms. Linda Finkelman Barbara Miras T Mr. Bobbie Mueller Mr. Charles Naftalin T Paul and Mary Neuhauser U Ms. Sue Neumann Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. O'Connell U T Wiley and Margaret G. Osborn U T Mr. and Mrs. Peter P. Ottmer T Louis F. Parker U T Kenneth and Grace Patton T Virginia and Stuart Peltz U Pina and Frank Pergolizzi U T Mr. and Mrs. John Plaskon RF T David and Patricia Porter U Lisa Marie Poulin T Anthony and Carole Pugliese T Cheryl and Frank Raimondi T C. Louis Putallaz U Mr. and Mrs. Terry Rawson RF Gretchen Rimmer U T Jack and Selma Rossen T Stanley and Laurel Rothbardt T Ned and Lynn Rule U T Mr. John Sadd T Jerome and Lee Ann Salle U T Dr. Philip and Lucy Sandler RF Marjorie and William Sandy U Renee and Bill Saperstein U T Lois A. Schaper RF T Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schulz RF

Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan Shagrin U T Robin Silver, M.D. U RF T Mr. and Mrs. David N. Silverman U Ms. Janice T. Sladzinski Drs. Robert and Mary Helen Spear U Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey T. Troiano RF Joe and Sheila Varady U M Mr. Dino Veronese U Ms. Beth Waskom T Ann C. Weingartner U RF Lawrence H. Weiss U RF Mildred Weissman U T In memory of George Weissman Ms. Emily Wells T Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Wetzel T Jane Woods U T Nr. Nicholas Yarnold T

Patron ($350 - $599) Anonymous Tom Adams and Lynne Cahill U Jerry and Sue Ellen Addicott U Mrs. Mary C. Anderson RF T Ruth Levine Arnold T Stephanie Arthur T Stephen and Shari Ashman T Carol and Dr. Marvin Baker T Ms. Julie Baiter RF T Janice and Ray Ball T Mr. David Barclay T Ms. Amy Barkin Ms. Patricia Barron U T Lois and James Bartis Tom and Loretta Beaumont U Dee and Mike Bennett Gudrun and Peter Bennett U Mr. Richard Berman T Terry and Eileen Blumenstein T Elio Boccitto U T Ms. Audie Bock U Mrs. Maria Alberta Borri T Robert Boudrot T Mr. Raymond A. Boyce T Dr. Susan Brainerd and Mr. Alan Quinby U Mr. Robert Brammer RF T Patricia Broadbridge U T Mr. Edward D. Brown Howard and Sharon Campbell T In Memory of John W. Carrier U Victor and Marilyn Cassella James and Susan Catlette T Steve and Mary Ellen Cease T Martha and James Chadwick U Robert Chelseth T Diana Clagett T In loving memory of William Segraves Janine & Douglas Cohen RF John and Lynne Collins U Mrs. Aracelis S. Contarini T Maj. Gen. and Mrs. W. E. Cooper U T Dr. Aubert Coran Ms. Patricia Corson T William and Stephanie Cotton U T Jon and Carol Creighton T Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Crootof U T Cynthia and James Cuminale Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Daley U Mr. Anthony DeFilippo U T Joan P. DelGiudice S RF T

Robert and Christine Deutsch U T Mr. Robert Diefenbach T Jayne Dietsch and Marvin Kowalewski, Ph.D U S T Ms. Doris Dixon Richard Dorsay T Bob and Kathy Durfee T Neil & Patricia Eigen Douglas W. Endicott RF T Mrs. Mary Ann Fair Mr. and Mrs. Peter Finn Mr. and Mrs. Carl T. Fischer, Jr. T Martin Fried U RF T Roz Goldberg U T Dr. and Mrs. C. Thomas Gooding U Ann T. Gray T Mr. and Mrs. Mike Groninger U S Bruce and Jean Grussing T Richard Guenther and Ward Rinehart U T Fred and Emily Gurtman T Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hannum U T Steve and Jean Hartle T Kathryn J. Harvey James Hindman and Heidiemarie Nyhuis Ms. Sarah Hill RF Mr. W. Paul Hoenle and Ms. Ursula Heitmann T Mr. Cyrus Hopkins T Dr. and Mrs. Victor N. Howard T Frederick E. and Karen M. Howe Mr. Philip Hubbell RF Alan P. Hudson, Ph.D. T Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Iovanna U Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Israel U T Mr. Peter Jachym T Susan F. Joseph T Mrs. Barbara L. Justiz T Ruth and Jack J. Kahgan U S Roy S. Kaltschmidt and Marilyn Trow T Sandra Kamin U Drs. Edward J. and Judith A. Kamnikar T Ms. Donna Keenan John Klauder T Paul and Inez Kohn T Dr. and Mrs. James Koppel Mr. and Mrs. William Korp U T In memory of Alisa Kretzmer Mr. and Mrs. John Krayesky S RF T Bruce Kurtz U Mr. James Kushner and Dr. Nova Myhill T Brenda Lee Landry U Dr. and Mrs. K. D. Lee U T Andrea and Howard Lieb T Mrs. Marjorie Lieberman and Mr. Samuel Seager U T Philip Lindenbaum & Belinda Chase Ms. Janet Lindsey T David M. Luce and Jeanne C. Yeagle U M T Susan and Arthur Luger Robert L. Lumpkins RF Ms. Noreen Mallen T Ms. Anna Mandina T Ms. Marina Markantonatos U In memory of Antony Markantonatos Dr. David and Mrs. Cathie L. Martin T Ellen and Henry Mason U T Mr. Philip Moudy T Ms. Elizabeth McAdams T Mr. and Mrs. James McClennen

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Ms. Patricia A. McKiernan T Ms. Dianne McLoughlin U Dr. Gordon and Antigone Merritt U T Ms. Jean Miller U T Dr. Lavette L. Mullinix RF T Ms. Karin Murphy S RF Mary B. Nesbit U S Mr. and Mrs. Richard Neumann U T Robert and Patricia Newman U T Kathryn P. Nichol RF T Victor and Laura Noschese T Mr. Christopher W. Nugent T David and Marjorie Osborn U Marshall Pearman U Barbara and Tom, Penney-Linnell Carole and Neil Foster Phillips Jay Plager and Lynne Pettigrew M. Elvira Quilter U Daniel S. and Sharon Rankin T Mrs. Charlene L. Raub T Calder and Tom Reardon T Maurice Richards and Jack Kesler U Dr. Roxanne Roberts T Sandra and Richard Romley U M T Marcia Barbara Rosenberg T Jerold and Lee Dougherty Ross U T Mrs. Lois Rubens T Paul and Cheryl Runge U Larry Sage T Ms. Shannon Santora T Mr. & Mrs. Robert Scharff Herbert and Brenda Schimmel Dr. Thomas Schmidlin U Barbara Schroeder-Buck RF Mr. James Sokol T Mr. Peter Solmssen and Mrs. Sarah Solmssen T Mrs. Patricia Staebler T George and Diane Starcher T David and Carol Stern U Dr. and Mrs. Carl Stockton U T Lois Stulberg U RF Mr. and Ms. John Suhler T Otto and Maria Taddei U Dr. Braughn Taylor and Dr. Kenneth Warlick U Bess Teitelbaum U T Mr. Thomas L. Tengen Sondra J. Thorson U T Ms. Fran Tobin T Dr. Martin Tucker U T Mr. and Mrs. James L. Turner RF Dr. Ralph V. Turner U T Ms. Beth Uffner T Sandra VanLangen U T Ms. Katherine VanScyoc T Brad L. Vincent U T Jeffry vonWald and Michael Levy T Dr. Ronald Weintraub and Mrs. Margo Howard T Irving M. and Marge Weiser T Louis and Elizabeth Wery U T Raymond Wheeler and Jairo Castrillon Sharrene and Richard Wheeler S RF T Ms. Susan Wilcox T Ms. Cathy A. Wilson T David and Eloise Zeller Mr. Stanley Zielinski

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Sustainer ($250 - $349) Jim and Debbie Ainslie T Virginia L. Albanese U T George Allison and Alan Watkins T Edward P. Andershock U T Robert C. Anderson U Mr. David Arch T Mr. Scott A. Arndt Dr. and Mrs. Edward Axelrod U Mr. and Mrs. Livingston Baker T Dale & Jory Barone T Mr. Robert L. Barrese T The Rev. Gerald L. Bennett U Donald H. and Barbara K. Bernstein Family Foundation U Dr. Robert S. Blacklow, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. James J. Blaha T Marilyn and Paul Blankman Mr. and Mrs. Judson Boedecker T Mr. Stephen Booth T Deborah Bowers and Peter Piazza T Dr. Karin Braunsberger RF T Ms. Barbara Brownyard T Mr. and Mrs. Aref Bsisu S T Mr. A. Scott Bushey U RF T Ms. Susan Buse T Cynthia Edstrom Byce RF Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Capps T Edward and Ursula Carroll U T Douglas M. and Marilyn C. Case T Mr. and Mrs. William W. Chalmers RF Anne Chase U T Rev. and Mrs. George E. Chorba U S David and Alice Clews T Bob and Val Cloutier Ms. Cheryl A. Conner T Mrs. Christine Contillo T Robert A. M. Coppenrath U Patricia Dal Cortivo U T Carolyn and Edwin Cox U Mr. Neal Crabill and Ms. Lynn Hulsey RF Anne Terry Brennan Davis and Dan Jeremitsky U T Lee Davisson T Mrs. Jacqueline L. Deprins-Bradford T Toby Deutsch T Paul and Marianne Diczok T Kathy and Philip Dierstein U Mr. Raymond Dispoto U In loving memory of Dr. Jack G. Hutton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Harlan R. Domber T Michael & Miriam Dow T Mr. and Mrs. William Draeger, Jr. U Ms. Judith Dunbar T Ken Edgar T Richard E. Edstrom, M.D. RF Mr. and Mrs. Ed Eliasberg RF Ms. Sylvia Emerick T Helen and Alec Feiner June E. Fiorelli U T Ms. Linda Fischer T Mrs. Kathleen A. Fisher and Mr. Chuck Angulo Bert Fivelson and Marcia Frankel U Wilford and Susan Forbush Ms. Jeanne Forel Rudolph and Karen Fraraccio T Ralph and Nancy Friedland U Ms. Joan Galvin T Paree Gardner RF

Edmund F. and Patricia A. Garno T Steven Gerson T Mr. Richard Gioia T Susan Girese U In memory of Anthony Girese Ms. Dorothy P. Gordon T Wendell and Pat Gottman T Dr. Walt and Dr. Janet Goulet T Mr. Don Graulich T Scott Guinn and Jonathan Courtemanche Ms. Linda Hanrahan T Ms. Wanda Hartnuss T Mr. Doug Hartong T Dr. George and Mrs. Charlotte Hawley T Joseph and Margaret Heery U T Joel Herman and Milt Sleeter Ruth Herrman U Ms. Nina Higgins T Susan Lee Hoeller T Ms. Sherry Holstein T Ms. Kathleen Hutcheson Vlatka Ivanisevic U S Mr. C. Johnson and Ms. M. Truscott U T Mr. Mountaine M. Jonas T James Eugene Jordan T Jack and Lenora Jost U RF Drs. Edward J. and Judith A. Kamnikar Mr. Eli Karter T Phyllis Linda Kassels T Ms. Kathleen B. Kelly T Ms. Marjorie L. Kelly T Ms. Linda Kennedy U T Mrs. Katharine B. King T Dennis and Valerie Kirshy U Mr. Samuel J. Kniffen T Dr. Charles Koch T Mrs. Beverly Koren T Judy Kozlowski Ms. Nancy Louise Kunzle T William and Deborah Kurz T Ms. Viola Von Lazar T Fay Lazaris Dutchman Window Cleaning Dr. Moses S. Lee Ms. Silvana C. Leonard T Arthur and Marcella Levin Ms. Gail Levin T Mr. John H. Lewis T Robert De Leys T Bonney and Len Libman U Mr. Morris Lioz Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Macek U T Mr. and Mrs. David Mager Dr. Robert Mayer T Ms. Deborah Mcdonnell T Linda and Mel McKinley RF Mr. and Mrs. Donald McLagan Mr. Jack McManus U T Mrs. Jennifer Meinert T Mr. Gus Michetti T Peggy Gordon Miller U T Mr. Frederick L. Milos Mr. Michael Mirwald T Mrs. Anne P. Moffitt U S T Carolyn Montgomery T Reina Mora-Blackwater and Miranda Blackwater T Ms. Nancy Morningstar T Lucinda Motsko T Jon O. Newman and Ann Z. Leventhal U

Barbara Koval Nelson T Frank E. and Kerstin Nicholson T Thomas Nixon and Dan Sherbo RF Ms. Kate O’Connell T Ms. Jean Ogilvie T Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Ostoyich T Mr. and Mrs. Conrad L. Owens U S T Mr. John Page RF Ms. Linda Parmakian T Garo Partoyan and Beverly Meadows U T Larry and Jackie Pettit U T Ms. Yvonne Pollack Janet E. Potts U RF Susan Powers T Mr. Frank Puett T Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Rawlings T Arlene and Joel Reznick U S Ms. Peggy Ricklefs Kathy Romanella Jack Roth T Dr. Ruth Virginia Russell T Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Russo U Sandra and Steve Sabato T Tony and Pamela Sachs T Dr. George Sapp T Mr. Gary S. Schieneman and Ms. Susan B. Fisher U Mr. Mario Schoenfelder Mr. Detlef Scholz T James Scully T John and Carole Segal U T George C. Seibert, Jr. and Lee Seibert Dr. Gerald Shaikun & Laurie Smith U T Paul and Veronica Simon T Dr. Carole Sklar T Mrs. Linda Smith T Mr. Steve Sundheimer Dr. Bogdana Tchakarova U T In memory of Ivanka Tchakarova Ms. Yvonne Trobe T John and Patricia Trout T Mr. Lee Vickman Ms. Mary Viera T Ms. Ann Vozzolo T Jerry and Linda Waters T Mr. Richard Wegman Dr. Thomas and Mrs. Lorraine Weisman T Dale Wettlaufer and Carolyn Kidd Mr. Gerald Wilemski T Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wilkinson T Mr. John Wise T Ms. Ingrid Yonker T Ms. Barbara Young T Dr. and Mrs. S. Jerome Zackin U T Mr. Richard Zeaske T

Sponsor ($150 - $249) Anonymous Richard George Abdullah T Frieda D'agrosa T Pam Akins and Barry Levinson Mr. Ray Alba and Mrs. Miriam Rullan-Alba RF Edward P. Andershock U T Mr. Scott Anderson T Dr. & Mrs. Robert Arensman George and Pam Arfield Mr. David Artzerounian T Dr. Adriana G. Austin U

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Mrs. Diane Baird T Dan and Lisa Barzel T Edward John Bash U T Marie Baumann T Mr. and Mrs. Jerry G. Beck U Ms. Linda Becktold Mr. Marc Behrendt T John Buerkle T June & Stewart Beyer Cookie Bloom U S RF T Mr. Thomas Bode T Mr. Lloyd L. Bowein T Mrs. Patricia Bowman T Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Brown U Beverly and Ray Broth U T Emelia Bruno T Mary Buhr U T Timothy Caldwell RF Mr. and Mrs. David Caplan Mr. Thomas Cappiello T Ms. Carla Carstens RF Mr. and Mrs. George Castrucci U Mr. Kenneth Cerny T Mr. Peter Chapin T Ms. Aldona G. Charlton, Jr. T Ms. Jean H. Chey T Michael and Bonnie A. Chisling T Dr. Alan S. and Mrs. Natalie K. Cohen T Mr. Robert H. Cole, Jr. T Suzanne L. Coleman Ms. Marcia Colish T James and Kathleen Conahan T Ms. Jill Considine T Mr. Robert Cook T Mr. Robert J. Cook RF Mr. Gary Cross T Craig and Denise Crossley T Julia A Cummings T Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. D'Avella, Jr. RF James and Leila Day T Ms. Elizabeth deManio T Donald A. Dewsbury U Mrs. Pat Disley T Dr. Claire R. Dixon-Lee T Tom and Janice Donan U RF Mr. J. M. Dow and Ms. Kimberly Albright RF Ms. Elizabeth G. Early T Mr. Richard Elias T Robert J. and Katherine Elias T John and Joyce A. Erdner T Jan W. and Adrianne R. Erfert T Dorothy Erikson T Ms. Sylvia Ezers T Mr. Robert Farrell T Mr. and Mrs. Gary Feldman Mr. Kristopher Fennie T Mr. and Mrs. Len S. Fishman T Kenneth and Marsha Fischl T Bill and Dolly Fogel U T Ms. Catherine Forest T Ms. Ellen Franck T Suzanne Freund U T Mr. Norman Frost T Mr. Robert Fuhlrodt T Lawrence Fullerton and Maple Cervo Mr. James H. Furneaux RF Mr. David Galloway T Everett E. and Mary Gendler T Mr. Donald M. Gilmore and Mrs. Jeannine Gosselin S T Dr. Sue M. Gordon RF Suzanne and Howard Gorham

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Ms. Elliana Goldberg T Robert and Elizabeth Goldman T Ms. Patricia Golemme T Alice Bingham Gorman T Mrs. Elaine Gottschlich T Laura Green T Mr. and Mrs. J. Greenslade M Ms. Evelyn A. Griggs T Carla Guarascio John and Teresa Haddock T Noelle A. and Robert S. Haft U T Mr. Douglas M. Hagerman T Ms. Kay Hale T Mr. Peter E. Haley T Dr. and Mrs. James Halikas U Robert Trebor Hall Carol Ann Hallinger U T Marc and Leslie Halman T Walter and Susan Hamer T Mary Lou Harden T Stuart and Jackie Harding T Carl Hazell Daniel and Emma J. Headington T Ms. Elma Heidemann T Dr. Audrey Heimler T Mr. Michael Hilborn T Mr. Michael Hirtle T Ms. Renee Hochberg T Marc & Janis Hoffman John Holak T Elaine Ann Holt T Roger Hooverman U T Bettie Howard T Ms. Adrian Ivancevich T Mr. Paul Jacobs T Oliver J. and Suzanne Janney T Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johanns T Dr. Charles F. Johnson Mr. Alvin M. Jupiter T Ms. Stephanie Keane T William (Coty) and Marjorie Keller Ms. Deborah Kelley T Dr. Allan J. Kennedy T James and Pauline Kennedy T Dr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Kennedy Patricia Kennelly and Edward Keon, Jr. T Charles & Janet Kiblinger T Mrs. Pamela Francis Kiehl T Rev. Fr. Frank Kirlangitis and Maria Kirlangitis Mr. Stephen E. Kitchen Dr. Tanice Knopp and Mr. Ken Marsh T Mrs. Deborah Kostroun U In memory of Robert Kostroun Mr. Alexander Kourbatov T Mr. Clifford Kraft T Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin D. Krause Ms. Nanette Krueger T Dr. Louis H. Krut and Mrs. Esther Abramson Krut T Dr. & Mrs. John LaManna RF Tony and Dorid Lamb William G. and Vivienne Lambrecht T Ms. Molly Ann Lampert T Mr. and Ms. Mel Langbort RF T Mr. Robert J. Lange T Mr. and Mrs. Emile Langlois U T Ms. Gail M. Larose Earle and Ellen Layman T Ms. Sheila LeFevre RF Ronald and Barbara Leirvik T

Ellen and Dave Levine T Mr. Peter Levitt T Mrs. Mary S. Lewis U T Mr. Richard Elliott Lieberman T Mr. John F. Lindsey T Mrs. Gail Lisi T Morton and Barbara Litt T Dr. Vassyl A. Lonchyna and Dr. Roksolana M. Tymiak-Lonchyna Mr. Paul Lonero T Lanny Losure T Malcolm A. Lowther T Stephen Luchter & Catherine Gotschall T Richard A. Macken U RF T Philomena Madden T Guy and Maria Mandler T Richard & Lyn Manning Julius and Kay Marcus U T Mr. Jeff Mariola T Ms. Nancy Marshall T Ms. Alicia Martinez-Fonts T Richard and Diane Mason T Mrs. Ann Massari T Mr. and Mrs. Robert Matanky U T Ms. Regina I. McArdle RF Ms. Susan McConnell T Ms. Nancy McEwen T Marie-Louise McHugh RF Robert McInnes and Andrew Salgado T Keith and Kerrianne McMurdo T Todd Mechtensimer and Brenda Tamm Ms. Della-Rae Melin T Matt and Denise Merritt Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Meth RF Alan Jay and Nancy Millbauer T Mrs. Roberta Miller T Mr. Richard Miller T Ms. Rebecca Mimms T Allen and Myra Mondzac T Charles W. Nehls Cantor Neil and Saranee Newman U Bruce and Mary Ellen Nielsen T Mrs. Olga Olenick U RF Ms. B Onsberg RF Stephen S. Orphanos Ms. Sara Osher T Ms. Marilyn Ott T John and Cristine Piane T Mr. and Mrs. Chet Pletzke U T Edward and Janet Polansky T Dr. Lee Pollan James and Claudette Porter T Alvin E. Preiser T Mr. Stephen Preleski T Dick and Margaret Prinstein U T John & Elizabeth Pryor Corinne Silver Ragheb U T In memory of Annon Lee Silver Frank R. and Joyce C. Reale T Jim and Debbie Reda Gregory T. and Pat Reinhart T Ms. Barbara Reynolds T Mr. Douglas Richards T Tina Ritchie T Margot and Jack Robinson U Mrs. Ursula E. Robinson Anthony and Teresa Romano Ms. Allyson Rowell and Mr. Thomas Kaplan T Ms. Nancy Rozran John and Lydia Russo T Mr. Francis X. Ryan T

Mrs. Patricia L. Sagman T Angela Aloia Salezze T Sandy & Alan Samdperil T Kathy Sanzo and Anthony Sanzo T Ms. Odile Sarti U Mrs. Rebecca Sawyer-Fay T Carol and Bill Scarbrough Mr. & Mrs. Robert Scharff T Ms. Rodica Schimek T George Schloemer Mrs. Brenda H. Schneider T Jim and Pat Schroeder U Werner and Ginny Schuele U T Edward and Dorothy Segowski U T Ms. Isabel Sellers T Richard & Barbara Selover Ms. Tamera J. Serafin RF Dr. Myron M. and Mrs. Millicent Serling T Mr. Martin Shapiro T Ms. Marcia Sharpe T Mr. Leonard Shaw RF Ms. Margaret Sheridan Ms. Joan Sherry T Steward Simberg T Stuart Sinai and Carole M. Shaw T Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sirchis RF Mr. Clement A. Skalski U T Mrs. Nancy E. Smith T Mr. Mark Sochar Ms. Stephanie Sonnabend Mario S. Spalatin U Dr. Arnold Spinner T Ann Folwell Stanford and Marisa Alicea RF Geoffrey Stengel, Jr. T Dr. and Mrs. Roger Stover T Ms. Sandra Stuart T Supe Family RF T Erik and Lesley Svenson T Mr. Dale Swan T Karen Tarpley T Ms. Tena Tessler T Dan and Michlyne Thal U Norman and Mary Lou Thetford T Ms. Nancy Thoman T John W. and Jacqueline Anne Thompson T Nelda Thompson T Mary Ann Tittle U William R. and Gisela Toller T Thomas Tonkin and Margaret Tams T Sal and Ingrid Trofi T Mr. and Mrs. Michael Turk U Robert and Alba Tutnauer T Mr. John D. Ulrich Ms. Judith Versweyveld T Sofiya and Douglas Vogt U Ms. Vicki Wallshein RF Mrs. Virginia Lange Walter T Diane H. Weeghman U T Michael B. Weis T Seymour Jay and Jayne Ellen Weiss T Mr. Case W. Wewerka T Jack White In loving memory of Lee Chaverin White Jack William and Virginia Simpson T Dr. Edward V. Williams RF Bruce Jay Wilson T Mr. Garland Wilson T Yolanda Wood T Ms. Barbara Young Mr. Bryan Yunker

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Donor ($75 - $149) Anonymous Dr. and Dr. Mark Abramowicz Ms. Cecile Adams Ms. Marsha Addis T Mrs. Laurel M. Akhund George and Julianne E. Albino T Nanette and Tim Almeter T Ms. Gabriele Anderson T Ms. Julie Anderson T Janet S. Andres T Mr. and Mrs. Vincent D. Andrus U Stan & Edith Applegate T Mr. Bruce Baker and Ms. Louyse Chouinard RF Mrs. Sandra Baron RF Mr. Stanley A. Bass T Ellyn M. Batko Lawrence Paul Bauer, Jr and Richard Miller T Mrs. Audrey B. Bayer Mr. William Beans T Mrs. Irma Becker T Ms. Maxine Becker T Dr. Miguel F. Beltre Jim Bennett Ms. Mary C. Biglan T Ms. Daena Bock Ms. Anne-Katrine Bolling-Patel RF Dr. Robert L. Boltuch T Suzanne Bralow, PhD U Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brand U Mrs. Beth Bredemeyer T Ms. Nancy Brewington RF Diana Britton U Mr. David Brown T Dr. James A. Brown and Ms. Barbara A. Boykin RF Sunny S. Brownrout U Betty Brudnick U T Jonathan and Chris Ann Butcher T Mrs. Marian Buescher T Ms. Linda Buxbaum U T Ms. Debbie Calleri T Ms. Fran Campagnuolo U Mrs. Anna Caragiulo T Cheryl C. Carlson Ms. Linda Casey T Margaret Cassidy Ms. Sarah D. Chamberlain T Mr. Glenn Chambers T Marsha Chernick T Barbara L. Chertok T Dale and Karen Cini Lewis F. Clark, Jr. T Mrs. Ruth Clark T Raymond E. and Tracy Clarke T Mr. and Mrs. John Clow T Elaine Cohen T Ms. Alexandra L. Coles T Ellen K. Cone U Mrs. Elsbeth Connors T Ms. Carol Cornwell T Ms. Cheryl Cotter T Ms. Susan Crawford T Mr. Mark Criden RF Dr. Claire Cummings Dr. Dragana Cupic T Candace and Edwin Danaher RF

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Gail Petrykanyn Davies T Ms. Bernice Davis T Mr. Sheldon W. Dean Jr Ms. Carol DeChant T Elizabeth DaCosta-Kaufman T Ms. Florence Degennaro Gene DePoris, Jr. T Mr. and Mrs. Dan DeRoner Frank M. and Patricia Desiderio T Sharon and Steve Dickman RF Ms. Irene Dignan T Ms. Jeanne Dubi T Ms. Maureen Dwyer T Ms. Joanne Easley T Robin J. Elwood, M.D. U RF Ms. Jane Epstein RF Dr. and Mrs. George O. Faerber U RF Lily Elizabeth Farkas T John and Stephanie Fecik T Ms. Julia Feeley T June and Bernard Fineman U Mr. Roland Fiore Beverly B. Fisher U T Raymond K. Foster T Mrs. Dolores I. Forsyth T Mr. Dan B. Franks and Dr. Kimberly S. Swanson U Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Fraser T Jean and Michael Freed U Mr. Norman Gabrick Susan Gardner T Bobby Garibaldi-Sanders U S RF Ms. MaryAnne Gaunt T Grace M. Goldstein U Mrs. Joan M. Graceffo T Eleanor Graves U Martin and Barbara Greene T Ann L. Grosz U Tim and Pat Guarino T Ms. Linda Gustitus T Ms. Elizabeth Haas T Ms. Merle Haber Bernard and Sandra Hahnke U RF Miriam Halfon T Joan Halpern T Dr. Deborah S. Hamm, M.D. T Ms. Gloria Hanson T Mrs. Marilee Hanson T Ms. Nancy Harkinson T David and Merle Harris T Nona Macdonald Heaslip T Ms. Laura Henderson Betty Heisler Hendry U T MaryAnn and Lindsey Higginbotham Ms. Janice Hill T Ms. Betty Himmel T Mr. Henry Hocherman RF Ms. Deanna Holden T Mr. Allan W. Horsman T Ms. Cecelia M. Horwitz T Mrs. Christine Hostler T Ms. Ivelisse Hulbert T Ms. Phyllis Jaffe T Richard Johnson U T In loving memory of Marsha Johnson A. Stephen Johnson U RF Mr. Kylius Jones

Ms. Susan Joy-Sobota T Carole Kakos T Ms. Nancy Kaniewski RF Ms. Christine Kennedy T Ms. Alleyne Kess T Bill and Kiran Kimbell T Mrs. Phyllis Kirtley T Dr. Martin E. and Mrs. Cindy Throne Kodish T Mr. Philippe Koenig U Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Kolschowsky U Ms. Judith B. Kramer T Donald and Mercedes Kratz T Lee and Bill Krein Ms. Dolores Kudek U Stanley & Marcia Kwasiborski Dr. Michael Lacroix and Ms. Shelley Stein Iris Lajoie T Ms. Pam Lawrason T Ms. Eileen Lazaroff T Lynne Bezikos LeBlanc U Ms. Annette Leinberger Ms. Lois R. Lewis Atty. Cynthia C. Lichtenstein T Joan and Dr. Gerry Litzky U Mr. William Logan T Mr. Gary F. Lombardo T Dorothy L. Lutter T Ms. Georgianna Lynn T Peter and Barbara Lynn T Karen MacCarter T Richard Mace Mr. Phillip M. Mariola T Mr. Craig Marion T Ms. Nancy L. Martin T Peter G. and Grace Martini T Peter and Joyce Mattson T Joan E. McCallister and Edward J. Pinto T Mr. Robert E. McEntee U Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. McIntyre Mr. A. James McLellan Mr. and Mrs. Jack McNamee Ms. Susan Melton T Mary and Norman Meunier T Mr. John Miller T Lawrence Miller T Ronald and Pamela A. Monroe T Ms. Natalia Montviloff T Mr. Randall E. Moore T Amy Morgan T Ms. Roxanne Morgan T Mrs. Iris Nahemow T Dr. Philip S. Nash, D.D.S. T Lovella L. Naylor Catherine Nemeth T Gene Noble U Mr. Steven Ellis Norwitz T Dr. Thomas M. Novella Ms. Claire O’Connor T John J. Olivo RF Mrs. Joanne Olian T Ms. Linda O'Neill RF Mr. Joseph OToole P & J Charitable Fund RF Virginia Haskins Page M Alex and Luisa Pagel Ms. Jeannette Paladino RF Emilio and Diane Palermo U

John & Peggy Papp Ms. Carol Paradis T Mr. Richard R. Parent RF John Peter De Pasquale T Ms. Lorelei Paster T Albert and Karen Pasternak Mr. Wayne Patrick Mr. William W. Patterson U Pelican Pointe Women’s Association T Ms. Loretta Petraitis T Ms. Delila Pierce John Pierce and Laurie Spar T Mr. Ron Pizzuti Dr. and Mrs. Marc Pohl Ms. Valeri Ponzo T Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Pozen Mrs. Robert F. Premer Mr. & Mrs. David Provencher Muriel E. B. Quinn U Caran & Dick Redington T Mr. William J. Rees T Jerry and Carole Reid Gary A. Remmen U Edward B. and Sandra Rich T Mr. Martin D. Rich T Craig Riley and Gerald Walker T Brenda G. Rodriguez U Mrs. Adrienne J. Rogovin T Mr. and Mrs. Larry S. Rosen Richard A. and Regina Rosen U T Sam and Terry Roth Mrs. Beverly Rothenberg T Mr. Richard Rothenberg T Mr. John C. Rowles T Dr. Brent and Mrs. Ricki Rubin Ms. Carol A. Ryan T Vinod Sahney Ms. Patricia Samuels Dr. Catherine O’Brien Saynor T Ms. Sara M. Schleigh T Karl and Kathryn Schroeder U. T Mrs. Barbara Schwartz and Mr. Jerry Flum Mrs. Ann M. Sears Ms. Victoria Sears Ms. Jane Sease T Ms. Patricia Seftel T Mrs. Rima G. Selius T Sally Sentner T Terry Shea and Seigo Nakao Nancy R. Sheridan RF Ms. Linda Sherman T Ms. Kay Showker T Mrs. Adrienne Silverstein T Charles and Faith Simmons Dr. Anita Simon Arlene and Paul Skversky U Debbie and David Smith T Dr. Kendall A. and Ms. Lynn Smith T Ms. Maria Smith T Richard G. and Maria Smith T Mrs. Jean Smithies T Sally Souder and Alice Maguire T Maria Spelleri and Konstantinos Koutelias T Ms. Rosalie V. Sremec T Sharon & Beau Louis St. Clair Irene Stankevics U RF Mrs. Carl Ann Stares T Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Stelzner U

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Ellen and Frank Stenta Jane S. Summerville T Mr. and Mrs. Burton J. Sutker Ms. Sally Swift T Hugh V. and Virginia L. Tamassia T Ms. Susan M. Taylor T Dr. and Mrs. Richard Tennenbaum Mr. John C. Teryek U T Mr. John Thomas T Waddy Thompson RF Dr. Kay Ticen T Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Tillman Mrs. Ann Tirk RF Ms. Janet Tolbert S Dr. Carolyn Tricomi-Higgins T Mrs. Patricia A. Tunnell T Mr. James Van Dyke T Dr. Ruth K. Wade T Ms. Hope Wanko U RF Mark and Marilyn Watkins T Sheldon and Barbara Wechsler T Dr. and Mrs. Paul Weiner Desmond Welch and Vesna Petrovich RF Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Whalen U Mr. and Mrs. Graeme Wheatley Dr. and Mrs. Randall S. Winn T Mr. and Mrs. William Witzgall T Fremajane Wolfson T Ms. Cynthia Wolloch T Mrs. and Mr. Carlotta W. Woolpert RF Dr. John D. Worrall Dr. Richard B. and Mrs. Therese R. White T Bob and Sandy Whyte T Mr. Mark L. Yecies RF Betty M. York U S Ms. Kate A. Young Ms. Joan H. Youse U T Maureen Zaremba T

©The Aerial 2020

Thank you to our donors, subscribers and patrons for your unwavering support during this extraordinary year.

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arasota Opera joins friends and loved ones in mourning these members of our opera community who passed away in the last year.

While celebrating their lives, we also offer our thanks for the joy their extraordinary generosity made possible.

In Memor iam

Edward Alley Co-Producer Former Board Member

G. Leonard Apfelbach, M.D.

Harriet Bernbaum

Joseph Berner

Co-Producer

Co-Producer Former Board Chair

Co-Producer

Dr. Clarence “Nick” Griffin

Monique Hussong Sarasota Opera French Language Coach

Sally H. Foote

Judith Handelman

Co-Producer

Co-Producer

Stanley Kane

Stanley Katz

Co-Producer

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Dr. Walter D. Mazzanti, M.D. Co-Producer

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David Morton Co-Producer

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In Memor iam

Dr. Ann Roth

Charles R. Smith

Lee Chaverin White

Co-Producer

Co-Producer

Sarasota Opera Guild Member, Speakers Bureau, and Volunteer

Ms. Elizabeth A. Austin Mrs. Janet Azzoni Mr. Samir Bawab Mr. Everett Behrendt Mrs. Ruth Beliles Ms. Carol Bernhard Mrs. Imogene C. Brower Mr. William E. Burks Mrs. Charlene B. Carstens Mr. Joseph Cleary Mr. Richard Cook Mrs. Marcia D. Corrigan Mary Jane DeGennaro Ms. Louise Derr Mr. Dennis Dorton Mr. Aris D. Efthimides Mr. David W. Ellwanger Dr. Michael J. Esposito Mr. E. Ronald Fox Mr. John Friday Dr. Dimitar S. Georgiev Dr. Bertram and Mrs. Renee Gold Mr. Leon Greene Mr. Harry Heneberger Ms. Marion Hoercher Ms. Paula Holleran Ms. Casey Humpert Mr. Lawrence R. Klepper Mr. William R. LaFollette Mr. John E. Lucas

Mr. Vytas Maceikonis Mr. Frank Maggese Dr. George C. Mask Mr. Robert May Mr. James McDaniel Mr. Terrence McNally Mr. Charles W. Pappas Mr. Theodore L. Rehl Mr. William Rigby Ms. Flori Roberts Mr. Paul Rosenberg Mrs. Susan Samelson Mr. Charles Savidge Mrs. Ortraud Scherer Ms. Rosalie Schultz Mr. Kenneth D. Seeger Mr. William A. Segraves Mr. William C. Sexton Mr. Marvin S. Shepard Mr. Morton J. Skirboll Dr. Jon C. Staiger Mr. Robert H. Stovall Mrs. B. Joan Suddarth Mrs. Ericka Thiringer Mr. Ray Tittle Mr. Frank Warber Ms. Eileen Walker Watts Mrs. Suzanne White Mr. David Winans

*Through December 1, 2020 The information presented here is correct to the best of our knowledge.

We apologize for any inaccuracies and ask that you inform us so our records may be corrected.

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Kretzmer Legacy SOCIETY) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) The Ernie and Alisa Kretzmer Legacy Society

members listed below are opera patrons who have committed a future planned gift to Sarasota Opera. We are grateful to have the opportunity to recognize and thank these generous individuals for their philanthropy and love of this organization.

Ernie and Alisa Kretzmer had the wisdom and interest to ensure that Sarasota Opera, an organization that played an important role in their own lives, is supported now and for future generations. They encourage all of our opera patrons to reflect on what Sarasota Opera means to them and to the greater Sarasota community.

Planned gifts are a wonderful way to ensure a legacy of great opera for future generations. We hope you will consider joining in support of the future vision of Sarasota Opera. If you are interested in exploring a legacy gift opportunity, please contact Donor Relations Officer Stacy Ridenour at (941) 366-8450, ext. 246 or sridenour@sarasotaopera.org.

L egac y Societ y Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Leslie D. Aberson Stan and Alma Abshier Ms. Peggy C. Allen and Mr. Steven C. Dixon Ms. Carol Anderson Ron and Barb Archbold Mr. and Mrs. Robert Arthur Sumner and Irene Bagby Edward and Jane* Bavaria Mr. Robert T. Benjamin Ms. Katherine Benoit and Mr. John Brooks Joseph* and Sheila Berner Harmony and Matthew Bertrand Lynn and Steve Blackledge Mr. David E. Braun Anne Terry Brennan Davis Murray Bring and Kay Delaney Les and Carol Brualdi A. Scott Bushey David and Edith Chaifetz Bonnie and William Chapman Ms. Virginia A. Clark Jonathan Strickland Coleman and Rick Kerby Sally H. Foote* and Forrest S. Crawford Ms. Candace A. Crawshaw Susan T. Danis Syble Di Girolamo Mr. Raymond Dispoto In loving memory of Dr. Jack G. Hutton, Jr.

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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Donohue Antoinette and William Dowling Patricia Hope Edmonds In memory of Edwin I. Hope

Melva M. Eidelberg Douglas W. Endicott Larry and Carol English Jim and Pati* Ericson Frances Daly Fergusson Donna L. Fisher Henry and Suzanne* Foster Joey Frye Jorgen* and Gudrun Graugaard Mr. and Mrs. Mike Groninger Donna Lynn Hecker Mrs. Ursula Heitmann Doug and Carolyn Ann Holder Mrs. John A. Howard Mr. Philip Hubbell Janet Whitney Huelster Frieda and Raymond Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Kaplan Roger and Kristin Kaufman Marlene Kitchell Mr. Waldron Kraemer and Ms. Joan Lovell Ernie Kretzmer In loving memory of Alisa Kretzmer

Mrs. Alice Lazarus Harry Leopold Richard A. Macken Dr. John Mahoney Virginia and Joseph Mallof Mr. Olaf Maly and Ms. Marita Stepe John Markham

Reg Irvine and Alan Marlor Drs. Louis and Rosanne Martorella Joan Mathews Louise Mazius Rosemary Albano Mazzanti, M.D. and Walter D. Mazzanti, M.D.* Claudia McCorkle Gabe and Linda Moretti Ms. Lana V. Mullen Ms. Karin Murphy Patrick and Kim Nettles Paul and Mary Neuhauser Mr. John Nigh Gene and Helene* Noble Terry and Valerie Osborne Helen Panoyan Peter and Suzy Phillipes Rose Marie Proietti O. Walter Renfftlen Mrs. Margaret Renner In memory of Ernst Renner

Kay* and Harold Ronson Laurie Rosin Mrs. Dorothy K. Rupp Dr. Henry S. Sauls Thomas J. Savage Gabriel and Valerie Schmergel Anne and Alex Scott Arthur Siciliano and B. Aline Blanchard Toby and Noel Siegel Jan and Elliot Silverman Robert L. Singer Laurie K. Smith and Dr. Gerald L. Shaikun

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sobel Janet Stern Solomon and Lewis D. Solomon Pat Starke In memory of John Starke

Joe and Nora Stephan Sid* and Bess Teitelbaum Mr. Ky L. Thompson and Ms. Margaret E. Melun Bill and Rebecca Tompkins John G.* & Anna Maria Troiano Ms. Cheryl D. Van Messel and E. Mr. Charles Bross Sheila Varady Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wadsworth Elton and Gordie White Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Wieczynski Eleanor Wilson Williams Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell Wiltshire Mrs. Edie Winston In loving memory of Herb Winston

Mrs. Joan H. Wood Don and Rachael Worthington Sandra and Gary Yakes Sharon C. Zimmerman

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arasota Opera recognizes and thanks the generous individuals who have made an endowment gift to Sarasota Opera. We also honor those who made a legacy provision that has been realized. To learn more about how you can support Sarasota Opera’s endowment now or with a planned gift, please contact Donor Relations Officer Stacy Ridenour at (941) 366-8450, ext. 246 or sridenour@sarasotaopera.org.

Edward Alley Carl Patton Anderson Dr. Leonard Apfelbach Harry and Harriet Bernbaum Joseph and Sheila Berner Joseph and Sylvia Bloom Bradenton Opera Guild Les and Carol Brualdi Raymond L. and Marlynn Buczynski Inge Burg and George Maltenfort Richard Cameron Glenn R. and Jean Carley John W. Carrier David and Edith Chaifetz Bonnie and William Chapman Sylvia Cohodas Even T. Collinsworth Bert and Mary Ellen Criste gSyble Di Girolamo Danuta Dorozynski Kathryn Dunlap Max Eisenbarth Joel and Ellen Fedder Lois Flagg for Brandenton Opera Guild Sally H. Foote Jean Lucille Frank Joey Frye

Joseph and Martha Glass Herbert and Rita Gold Mr. and Mrs. Mike Groninger Foster and Martha Harmon Perry and Rose Harten Casiana Hilton Mr. W. Paul Hoenle and Ms. Ursula Heitmann Marie Hoffberg Huisking Foundation Arlene and Henry Jacobs In honor of Jonas Kamlet Dr. Morris E. Katz Charles Kelsea Gunther and Ilse Kern Richard Kiegler and Ruthann Sturtevant-Kiegler Marvin Kowalewski, Ph.D Alisa and Ernest Kretzmer Alice Lazarus Catherine Wingate Levine Reg Irvine and Alan Marlor Joan Mathews James G. McDaniel Mrs. Catherine McNeary F. Warren O’Reilly Gordon C. and Harriet D. Paske Ellen V. Piers Roland B. Potter

Ila S. Preti Rich and Stacy Ridenour Camille A. Salls Sarasota Opera Guild Dr. Henry S. Sauls Beatrice Schafer William E. and Casiana Schmidt Jan Schmidt Ulla Searing Roselyn Sedlezky Mrs. Stuart R. Silver Arnold Simonsen and Ronda Montminy Don Smally David and Barbara Smith Elissa Soyka and Bud Borax Joe and Nora Stephan Theodore and Ann C. Tellstrom Bill and Rebecca Tompkins Alma Trainor Anna and Mildred Vlcek Mildred Weissman In memory of George Weissman

Mrs. Edie Winston In loving memory of Herb Winston

Joan H. Wood Sandra and Gary Yakes

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Corporate, Foundation & Public SUPPORT) ) ) ) ) ) Sarasota Opera’s Corporate, Foundation, and Public partners provide key support to our mission to entertain and enrich our community through the power of the human voice. To learn more about supporting Sarasota Opera through these programs, contact Corporate and Special Events Officer Michael Ayres at (941) 328-1312 or mayres@sarasotaopera.org

$250,000+:

The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation General Operating Support, Relief Fund Support

$100,000- $249,999:

Season Sponsor, Relief Fund Support

CARES Act Funding

$50,000- $99,999:

Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation Sarasota Opera Costume Studio Relief Fund Support Sarasota Youth Opera

Sarasota Opera’s 2021 Winter/ Spring Festival is made possible in part by Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax Revenues

$20,000- $ 49,999:

Teri A Hansen, President/CEO

Co-Producer, Relief Fund Support

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Season Producer

Sarasota Opera’s 2021 Winter/Spring Festival Season productions are made possible in part by State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture

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Corporate, Foundation & Public SUPPORT

$10,000- $19,999:

General Operating Support

Mary Whitaker Leary Fund of the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay General Operating Support

CARES Act Funding

Roberta Leventhal Sudakoff Foundation Sarasota Youth Opera

Sarasota Youth Opera

Lead Sponsor 2021 Opera Gala and Co-Producer Luncheon WP_Opera20_MECHprint.indd 1

$5,000- $9,999:

Sponsor 2021 Double Co-Producer Dinner

Sponsor 2021 Opera Gala Endowment

Sarasota Youth Opera

Sponsor 2021 Opera Gala

$2 ,500- $ 4,999: Me dia Sp on sor s: General Operating Support

Lead Sponsor Selby Gardens and Historic Spanish Point Concerts

Additional appreciation is extended to these restaurants and specialty food boutiques for their support of the Taste of Downtown virtual festival this year. ®

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Giving Challenge SUPPORTERS ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

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ne way individuals supported Sarasota Opera’s Relief Fund was through The Giving Challenge, made possible by Community Foundation of Sarasota County with further support provided by The Patterson Foundation. We gratefully acknowledge these supporters for their gifts during a time of great need. To contribute to the ongoing efforts of the Sarasota Opera Relief Fund, please contact Director of Development Scott Guinn at (941) 366-8450 ext. 416 or sguinn@sarasotaopera.org.

Relief Fund cash support and ticket donations from individuals are recognized in the annual fund lists of this program.

Anonymous (105) Stan and Alma Abshier Stephanie and Larry Acorn Ms. Cecile Adams Jerry and Sue Ellen Addicott John and Carol Adornetto Pam Akins and Barry Levinson Marco and Sonia Alberts Ms. Janette Albrecht Cecile Alexander In loving memory of Stu Alexander

Ms. Kathie Alexander Allegiant Private Advisors Edward Alley* Nanette and Tim Almeter Jay and Nancy Amberson Edward P. Andershock Mr. Scott Anderson Ron and Barb Archbold George and Pam Arfield Toni Armstrong Susan Ashcraft Stephen and Shari Ashman John and Denise Ayre Mr. Michael Ayres Sumner and Irene Bagby Ms. Rochelle Bard Alexandra Batsios Ms. Patricia Battipaglia Mr. and Mrs. Jerry G. Beck Ms. Marie Beck Jim Bennett Dee and Mike Bennett Ms. Katherine Benoit and Mr. John Brooks Joseph and Sheila Berner Donald H. and Barbara K. Bernstein Family Foundation David Bialosky and Carolyn Christian Jerry and Helga Bilik Anne and Christopher Bird Lon Black Lynn and Steve Blackledge Marilyn Blausten Terry and Eileen Blumenstein Mr. and Mrs. Judson Boedecker Dr. and Mrs. Michael R. Bommer Mr. Alexander Boyd Ricky Boyd

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Mrs. Susan Boyd Douglas Bracy and Marilyn Chapman Paul and Grace Brady Ms. Hanna Brammer Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brand Ms. Kathleen Brickell Murray Bring and Kay Delaney Sebastien and Katherine Brion Beverly and Ray Broth Julie Brown & Zachary Morowitz Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Brown Ann Browning Les and Carol Brualdi Robert and Alice Burd Janice and Tom Burne Kay Bush A. Scott Bushey James and Eileen Buzzard Mr. David Cahn Paul Cantor and Michelle Roy Ms. Elizabeth Cecchetti Amanda B. Chandler Bonnie & William Chapman Ms. Linda Chenoweth Mr. & Mrs. Jerald Chester Mr. David Chivas and Mr. Ronald Rice Bill Chorske and Elaine Gustafson Andre and Isabelle Christen Dennis Ciborowski and Meryl Gale Raffaele Cipriano Mr. and Mrs. C. John Clarke Nelson and Lilia Co Carol Cohen Ms. Linda J. Cohn Mr. Gary L. Cole Jr Ms. Robin Cole Juanita and Clyde Connell Ms. Jill Considine Ms. Anna Crabill Neal Crabill and Lynn Hulsey Michael Craig William and Ellen Cunningham Kathie and Peter Daley Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Daley Thomas and Elizabeth Dane Ms. Barbara Darcey Anne Terry Brennan Davis and Dan Jeremitsky James and Leila Day Richard DeGennaro

Richard Deininger Stephen & Susan Delman David E. Derr

In loving memory of Louise Derr

Syble Di Girolamo Sharon and Steve Dickman Jayne Dietsch and Marvin Kowalewski, Ph.D Joseph DiProspero and Elizabeth Fusco Peter and Debra Douglas Antoinette and William Dowling Mr. Christopher Downey Regina DuBois Mr. Robert Dulaney Joseph and Mary Dunne Libby Edwards Mr. Emil Efthimides Barbara Ehnes Melva M. Eidelberg Edward Ellis and Gail Schaeffer Elaine Krajenke Ellison Douglas W. Endicott Larry and Carol English Ms. Jane Epstein Mrs. Linda Erickson Ms. Jean Etsinger Eleanor Faber Steven Farris Frances D. Fergusson and John Bradbury James Ferrara Reid Farrell* Paul Figueroa Sandy Fink Mr. John Finkbohner Mrs. Kathleen A. Fisher and Mr. Chuck Angulo Ms. Sheila Foley Priscilla Carter Fort Hank and Melinda Foster Tim and Ellen Foster Dr. Leon and Mrs. Michelle Saia Fournet Herbert Fox and Janet Zinner Ralph and Nancy Friedland Lawrence and Elizabeth Gallick David Gammon Ms. Leslie T. Gardier Mr. and Mrs. John Gartner Ms. Carol Gaskin Mr. Howard Gatiss

Mauro Gennaretti Michael George Mrs. Judith Goldman Ms. Patricia Golemme Mr. David Gordon Dr. Walt and Dr. Janet Goulet Dr. and Mrs. Merrill H. Greenberger Scott Guinn and Jonathan Courtemanche Mr. Prentis R. Gunter Sr Nancy Guyer Ms. Suzanne Guyette Bernard and Sandra Hahnke Fr. Jeffrey Hamblin M.D. James and Sandra Hammer Mr. Jay Handelman Phoebe Harber* Mr. William Hatz Mr. Jeremy Hayes Ms. Margaret Hayes Maryanne and Ray Hazen Richard and Andrea Hearn Ursula Heitmann Ms. Jane Hellinghausen Mr. George Hemcher Ms. Elaine C. Herda Mr. Lawrence Herman Angel Hissom Mr. Henry Hocherman Allen and Stephanie Hochfelder Rick and Cheryl Hoffman Mrs. Cheryl L. Hogg Ph.D. Dr. Joseph Holt Dr. Alastair Hunter-Henderson and Dr. Noralyn Marshall Mr. Gill Ingman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Iovanna Mrs. M.H. Isherwood Alan and Eleanor Israel Mr. Oliver Janney Mr. and Mrs. Dale K. Jensen Frieda and Raymond Johnson Elizabeth M. Johnston Maureen Judy Mr. Howard T. Kaplan Roger and Kristin Kaufman Alfred and Allison Kellogg Thomas and Jacqueline Kell Mr. and Mrs. Patrick W. Kenny Richard Kiegler and Ruthann Sturtevant-Kiegler

) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Mr. Young Bok Kim Bill and Kiran Kimbell Robert and Mary Kinast Marlene Kitchell Sandra Y. Klapperich Mr. and Mrs. E. William Kobernusz Ms. Alison Koch Anne Koehler Mr. Kenneth T. Koehler Kenneth and Victoria Kolbe Beverly L. Koski Scott and Debby Kowit Mr. Waldron Kraemer and Ms. Joan Lovell Larry and Clarissa Kramer Ernie Kretzmer In loving memory of Alisa Kretzmer

Peter E. Kretzmer Dr. John Lagraff Mrs. Maneesha Lal Robert and Randelle Landman Mr. Robert J. Lange David and Lisa Lanhout Gilbert and Julie Leach Alain and Helene Lebleu Evan and Donna Lebson Lynn Lefebvre Ms. Lois R. Lewis Stephen and Elaine Lewis Mr. Terrance L. Lindemann Ms. Susan Lowy Travis Lucas David M. Luce and Jeanne C. Yeagle Ms. Delores Lustig Peter and Francesca MacBeth Ilse B. Mack James and Lorna Mack Richard A. Macken Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mallof Philip and Kimberley Mancini Mr. Robert S. Mandl Guy and Maria Mandler Ms. Sheera Margolies Peter and Linda Marion Ms. Gloria Markiewicz Arthur and Judith Marks Lou and Carolou Marquet Judith Marquis and Keith Nelson Martin Martel and Bonny F. Heet Drs. Louis and Rosanne Martorella Ellen and Henry Mason Joan Mathews Ms. Jacqueline May Ms. Mary Ann McCloskey Ms. Ann McConnachie Ms. Susan McConnell Claudia McCorkle

Giving Challenge SUPPORTERS

Ms. Jane McCormack Jamie and Meg McLane Todd Mechtensimer and Brenda Tamm Josh Mellits and Lauren Brodsky Mrs. Janis L. Meyer Mary J. Mitchell Eric Mohner Ronda Montminy In loving memory of Arnold Simonsen

Mr. Chad Morrison Maralyn and Raymond Morrissey Ms. Hester Mulak Lana V. Mullen Mary B. Nesbit Patrick and Kim Nettles Paul and Mary Neuhauser Stephen and Susan Neumer Jeff and Janice Newman Patrick and Mercedes Nicosia Mr. Daniel Noone Ms. Kate O’Connell John J. Olivo Mr. Donald Olsen Ms. Karen L. Olson Eric and Monaca Onstad Mr. Peter Orkiszewski Terry and Valerie Osborne Mr. Anand Pallegar Cherryl Palmer Anthony and Judith Pantano Laura and Fred W. Pardee, III Garo Partoyan and Beverly Meadows Mr. Michele Pasquini Ms. Lorelei Paster Peter and Mary Ann Pearson Ms. Bonnie Pedersen Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Peterson James and Sue Petrie Jay Plager and Lynne Pettigrew Ms. Laura Petty Suzy and Peter Phillipes Ms. Anrea Pilch Julie Planck and Charles Albers Dennis and Andrea Plautz Ms. Lynda Plunkett-Wright Mrs. Betty Polon Thomas and Jill Pozarek Mr. Stephen Preleski Barbara Price Dick and Margaret Prinstein William Putwen and Andrea Lucy-Putwen Susan and Harry Quillian Ms. Barbara Quinn Ernie and Maureen Ranft Terry and Susan Rawson

Ronald and Helen Rayevich Susan Rector and Karen Walters Ms. Christine Reed Gregory and Pat Reinhart Mrs. Margaret Renner In memory of Ernst Renner

Victoria L. Rich

In memory of Alexander Rich

Rich and Stacy Ridenour Audrey Robbins and Harry Leopold Mr. Ernest Roland Sandra and Richard Romley Mr. James P. Rooney, Jr. Laurie Rosin* Jerold and Lee Dougherty Ross Ms. Ruthellen Rubin Dr. Brent & Mrs. Ricki Rubin Ned and Lynn Rule Richard Russell and Cynthia Bydlinski Sandra and Steve Sabato Ms. Ellen Sakamoto Ms. Linda Sampson Ms. Barbara A. Sanders Anthony and Kathryn Sanzo Schimberg Group Mr. Samuel Schlievert Gabriel and Valerie Schmergel Mr. Peter P. Schneider Barbara Schroeder-Buck Mrs. Barbara Schwartz and Mr. Jerry Flum Richard and Julianne Schworm Anne and Alex Scott Randy Sharp and Jeffrey Blanchette Ms. Margaret Sheridan Ms. Linda Sherman Dr. Peter and Louise Shimkin Ms. Ann Shipley Arthur Siciliano and B. Aline Blanchard Toby and Noel Siegel Robin Silver, M.D. Randy and Jennifer Simms Mrs. Eva T. Slane Elizabeth Smith and Susan Ritchey Lionel and Elizabeth Smith Ms. Maria Smith Dominick and Gloria Solino Janet Stern Solomon & Lewis D. Solomon Elissa Soyka Maria Spelleri and Konstantinos Koutelias Thomas and Maureen Steiner Paul and Sharon Steinwachs Mr. J. A. Stout III Dr. and Mrs. Roger Stover Ms. Susan K. Straus

John Suhre and Carla Koeffler Jane S. Summerville Supe Family Erik and Lesley Svenson Ms. Sally Swift Ms. Virginia Tashian Fredricka Taubitz and Dennis Mtn. Griffin Ms. Sue Tharp Mr. Chris Therrien Robert and Camille Thinnes Ms. Kara Thompson Mr. Greg Thornburg Sondra J. Thorson Ms. Deborah Thurlow Dr. Gerd and Ms. Anita Till Arnold and Carolyn Tillman Bill and Rebecca Tompkins Jeffrey and Kathleen Troiano Cliff and Charlynn Tryon Dr. Martin Tucker Pamela Tudor Ms. Elizabeth van Riper Brad L. Vincent Don Von Steen Ann Waller and Len Solimene George Allison and Alan Watkins Ms. Jennifer Weinstein Ms. Emily Wells Robert and Barbara Wetzel Sharrene and Richard Wheeler Ms. Jo Ann Whitehead Dr. Larry Wickless and Carole Crosby Jarred Wilson and Mark Steinwachs Ms. Cathy A. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell Wiltshire Ms. Karen Wiltsie Ms. Cynthia Windsor David and Sharon Winkler Mr. and Mrs. William Witzgall Charles O. Wood III and Miriam M. Wood Joan H. Wood Miss Nicole K. Woodward Don and Rachael Worthington Mr. and Mrs. Cary F. Yelin Mary A. Zabin Ms. Jill Zakrzewski John and Sharon Zimmerman * deceased

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Youth Opera PROGRAM ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) hen closures began in March 2020, Sarasota Youth

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While SYO looks forward to meeting in person again when

Opera has developed virtual programming for

it is safe to do so, our singers have been enthusiastic about

its young singers. SYO quickly moved to Zoom

the virtual youth opera program this year. SYO member Ovid

for rehearsals at the beginning of the pandemic, and rebuilt

recounts his experience during the pandemic while reminiscing

summer camp to be fully virtual. Singers had a combination

on a past production, “Getting to be on stage for Brundibár last

of live classes in chorus, acting, and opera history with pre-

year was incredible. A lot of things are different this year, but

recorded project-based classes in costumes, props & sets, and

something that hasn’t changed is my passion for the Sarasota

wigs & makeup.

Youth Opera.”

From the success of summer camp, SYO was inspired to create a unique experience for the school year. Stage Director Martha Collins joins Maestro Jesse Martins and Maestro George Hemcher at weekly youth opera rehearsals teaching acting. Martha added, “Usually I only see SYO for the fall production and Summer Camp, but this year I have been so happy to be a part of the program year round.”

Maestro

Jesse

commented

on

the

challenges of online learning, “The methods that we rely on do not translate easily into the virtual world. At the same time, considering that kids are miles ahead when it comes to technology, we were able to develop a symbiotic process in which their know-how helped us capitalize on the possibilities.” All three staff members take smaller groups of singers and rotate their

Maestro George Hemcher

virtual rehearsals between chorus, Opera 101, and acting.

SYO has invited professionals who work in opera to talk in our Special Guest Series. Soprano Adelaide Boedecker, baritone Alexander Charles Boyd, costume designer Howard Tsvi Kaplan, stage director Mark Freiman, Executive Director Richard Russell, and Artistic Director Victor DeRenzi have been among some of the special guests who shared the story of their careers.

In these sessions SYO members can ask questions and learn more about the different professions involved in the art form.

Adelaide Boedecker, an SYO alumna, shared her experience as a special guest, “It was a pleasure to come full circle and talk with SYO members. I loved being able to discuss how pivotal a role SYO played in preparing me for the field of opera. It was a joy to give SYO members insight into what life as a professional opera singer looks like. The main aspect I enjoyed was witnessing the passion that SYO members have for opera and the arts. I’m so thankful that I was given the opportunity to talk with them!”

Maestro Jesse Martins

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Youth Opera CONTRIBUTORS

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arasota Opera has one of the most comprehensive youth opera programs in the country, giving local young people the opportunity to study all aspects of opera. Members are exposed to foreign languages, history, and culture, all while participating in a program that builds self-confidence through music education and development of theater skills. We gratefully acknowledge these donors who provide general program support and fund scholarships to those in need. To learn more about how you can contribute to this unique program, contact Individual Giving Officer Brenda Tamm at (941) 366-8450, ext. 250 or btamm@sarasotaopera.org. Gifts are current as of December 4, 2020.

Premier Patrons $5,000 + Les and Carol Brualdi Les and Carol Brualdi Summer Camp Scholarship Fund Ernie Kretzmer In loving memory of Alisa Kretzmer

Manatee Opera Guild The Park Foundation Sarasota Opera Guild William E. Schmidt Foundation Roberta Leventhal Sudakoff Foundation

Sponsors $1,000-4,999 Anonymous Stan and Alma Abshier Ruth Barker Ms. Katherine Benoit and Mr. John Brooks Lynn and Steve Blackledge Murray Bring and Kay Delaney Andre and Isabelle Christen Ms. Candace A. Crawshaw Syble Di Girolamo Frances D. Fergusson Joey Frye Gulf Coast Italian Culture Society Felicia and Andrew Hall Lakewood Ranch Community Fund of Manatee County Community Foundation Dr. Joseph and Esther Landin Memorial Fund Audrey Robbins and Harry Leopold Joy McIntyre

Mrs. Lorena Posligua and Mr. Andres Soriano Preti Family Fund Arthur Siciliano and B. Aline Blanchard Toby and Noel Siegel Paul and Sharon Steinwachs Bill and Rebecca Tompkins Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell Wiltshire

Co-Sponsors $500-$999 Anonymous Ms. Peggy C. Allen and Mr. Steven C. Dixon Sumner and Irene Bagby Mr. and Mrs. Don Lewis Gretchen Rimmer John H. and Terry M. Rixse Elida Silver Joan Suddarth

Scholarship Donors $250-$499 Diana S. Clagett

In loving memory of William A. Seagraves

Douglas W. Endicott Mrs. Shirley Fein Gerald Fickenscher and Wendy Babb Vlatka Ivanisevic The Alfred and Rosemary Iversen Family Foundation Elizabeth M. Johnston Joan S. Langbord Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mallof Mrs. Gloria B. Moss Mrs. Sharon Munden

Mary B. Nesbit Margaret Romanes Paul and Cheryl Runge Robin Silver, M.D. Dr. George J. Straschnov Mr. and Mrs. James L. Turner Joe and Sheila Varady Dr. Richard Wires

Program Donors $50-$249 Virginia L. Albanese Fred and Doris Albertelli Nannette Almeter Mr. and Mrs. Terry Blumenstein Nancy Bushnell and Vic Reiling Dr. and Ms. Octavio Choy Clay Conway Mrs. Antoinette M. Cunningham Mr. and Ms. Cal Curry Melodie Dickerson Sharon and Steve Dickman Jayne Dietsch and Marvin Kowalewski, Ph.D Eleanor Faber Mr. David Ferry In memory of Bobbie Russell

Leda Freedman Fund of Community Foundation of Sarasota County Dan Garde Bobby Garibaldi-Sanders Nancy Gold The Honorable Julio Gonzalez, M.D. and Gina Arabitg, M.D. Ann T. Gray Barbara Grossman Annelie Gustke Ms. Jennifer L. Herman

Ruth Herrman Mr. D. Anthony Jones Mr. Kylius Jones Roger and Kristin Kaufman Mr. Norman Krasne Peter E. Kretzmer Mr. James Kushner and Dr. Nova Myhill Ms. Lois R. Lewis Mary Lou Loughlin and Bob Ploussard Richard A. Macken Jesse Malgieri Louise Mazius Barby McKown Todd Mechtensimer and Brenda Tamm Mr. and Mrs. Jorge Mendez Lana V. Mullen Paul and Mary Neuhauser Judy and Jim O’Donnell Ms. Mary Ann Parker Dr. Diane Paxman Ms. Colette Penn Ms. Ana E. Peterson Suzy and Peter Phillipes C. Louis Putallaz Mr. Ivan Radovic Sandra and Richard Romley Jerold and Lee Dougherty Ross Dr. Thomas Schmidlin Ms. Karen Serrie Jan and Elliot Silverman Norma Minturn Stilwell Supe Family Anthony J. Vlahides Mr. and Mrs. Graeme Wheatley Drs. John and Jillian Woodilla Sandra and Gary Yakes

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n late September 2020, these supporters participated in the virtual Taste of Downtown fundraiser for Sarasota Youth Opera. We are incredibly grateful for their support! Participating restaurants are recognized in our corporate recognition section.

Charles Albers and Julie Planck Nanette and Tim Almeter Ronald and Barbara Archbold Michael Ayres Justine Baran Ms. Katherine Benoit and Mr. John Brooks Joan Binkow Steve and Lynn Blackledge Terry and Eileen Blumenstein Mr. and Mrs. Judson Boedecker Murray Bring and Kay Delaney Meredith Brown Stanley and Barbara Brown Aref and May Bsisu Becki Creighton James and Nancy Curtis Anthony DeFilippo

Syble Di Girolamo Carole Dubosky Meriwether Eisenhard Larry and Carol English Eleanor Faber Herbert Fox and Janet Zinner Carol Grogan Robert Heck Susan Hubbell Karen Kennedy Dr. Marsha Kindall-Smith and Dr. Hugh Smith Peter Kretzmer Terrance and Elvira Lindemann Richard Mace Margaret Maguire Louis and Rosanne Martorella Jan Mazzeo

Raymond and Maralyn Morrissey Lana Mullen Katherine Pestel James and Sue Petrie Lorena Posligua and Andres Soriano Barbara Price Ivan Radovic Margaret Renner Gretchen Rimmer Audrey Robbins and Harry Leopold Margaret Romanes Eileen Rosenzweig Jerold and Lee Ross Sue Rupp Richard Russell and Cynthia Bydlinski Jeri Sedlar

Arthur Siciliano and B. Aline Blanchard Janet and Lewis Solomon Maria Spelleri and Konstantinos Koutelias George Straschnov John Suhre and Carla Koeffler Fredricka Taubitz and Dennis Mtn. Griffin Jeffrey and Kathleen Troiano Lee Vickman Anthony Vlahides Ann Waller and Len Solimene Lawrence Weiss and Gaele Barthold Sharrene and Richard Wheeler Alicia Wickliffe and Vincent Zappacosta 62ND FESTIVAL SEASON

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GUILDS

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We invite you to explore our Opera Guilds—two groups of dedicated opera lovers who are committed to seeing opera thrive in our community. Both Guilds offer members and guests the opportunity to learn about the operas being performed during the season.

They also hold fundraisers and friendraisers in support of Sarasota Opera and the Youth Opera. For more information about the activities of the Sarasota Opera Guild and the Manatee Opera Guild, please visit our website at www.sarasotaopera.org/get-involved

President

1st Vice President 2nd Vice President VP-Communications VP-Special Events VP-Marketing VP-Membership VP-Volunteer Coordinator Recording Secretary Asst. Rec. Secretary Corresponding Secretary Treasurer Assistant Treasurer Parliamentarian Past President

Ann Waller Meryl Gale Pat Dodge Diane Efthimides Antoinette Dowling, Cathy Mariani Karin Murphy David Chivas Ann Gray Carol Von Allmen Joel Reznick Antonette Cunningham Cecile Adams Julie Planck Louis Martorella Antoinette Dowling

Above: MOG Stars of Tomorrow Concert; left: MOG Hyman Concert

President Rich DeGennaro First Vice President Jeanne Yeagle Second Vice President Terry Davis Recording & Corresponding Secretary Angela Korsmo Treasurer Maryann Hazen Assistant Treasurer Terry Davis The Manatee Opera Guild promotes knowledge and appreciation of opera to our community and raises funds for the opera through a variety of events, including: SOG Poinsettia Luncheon Costume Show

• Concerts on-stage at the Opera House

Sarasota Opera Guild supports the opera through a variety of events, including their:

• Stars of Tomorrow concert featuring Apprentice Artists of the Sarasota Opera

• Annual Poinsettia Luncheon, Sarasota’s premier December holiday event

• Talks and lectures about opera-related topics that are informative and entertaining

• Summer Salons, which highlight local musical talent

Each year the Manatee Opera Guild presents cash awards for deserving Sarasota Opera singers:

• Talks and lectures about opera-related topics that are informative and entertaining Each year the Sarasota Opera Guild presents four cash awards to deserving Apprentice Artists.

Membership is open to everyone. To join or visit a SOG meeting, please call David Chivas at (941) 408-0613.

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• Deane Allyn Award goes to an outstanding singer in the Youth Opera • Helen Jepson Dellera Award is awarded to an outstanding Studio Artist

All are welcome! To join or visit a MOG meeting, please contact Jeanne Yeagle at (941) 755-7426.

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Opera VOLUNTEERS

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arasota Opera is proud of its robust tradition of Volunteers.

Each season more than 200 opera lovers volunteer their time and skills to Sarasota Opera, helping to bring this great art form to our community.

Their hard work and generosity keeps the beauty and passion of opera in Sarasota alive. We applaud each of our Volunteers from drivers to stitchers, ushers to administrative helpers, production assistants to supernumeraries—and thank each one for their unique contribution to this organization.

Sarasota Opera Volunteers Cecile Alexander Chuck Angulo Marie Beck Ingrid Bookbinder Dennis Bowman Joan Campbell Suzanne Christner Judy Cottone Ruth Danielle Joe Danna Ginny Dellutri John Dickie Sharon Dickman Steve Dickman Deborah Dunham Martha Ferrera Kathleen Fisher Bob Francescone Roseann Gaglio

(as of December 1, 2020)

Bobby Garibaldi-Sanders Suzanne Gladfelter Mary Grimalskaia Carol Hagglund Merle Heiden Susan Hetzler Jan Housinger Mimi Housinger Anita James Veronika Jamieson Candace Kammerer Elina Klingsmith James Klingsmith Etta Kolombatovich Clarissa Kramer Larry Kramer Mary Kukainis Martha Leguizamon Bill Leland

Terry Leland Samson Levine Telma Levinson Olaf Maly Gloria Markiewicz Ken Marsh Maureen Matthews Mary May Linda Mayberry Louise Mazius Mary Lou McFate Jeannetta Mouncey Carolyn Nathan Eileen Olive John Olivo Karen Olson Adrianne Petillo Sherie Philpott David Preves

Patti Preves Laurie Roshfeld Ellen Sakamoto Jo Ann Sanford Rosemarie Sanson Paul Sellers Phyllis Sellers Janet Solomon Mary Sowinski Jutta Terry Barbara Totaro Joan Verhulst Barbara Waisburd David Waisburd Alicia Wickliffe Jack Woodilla Greg Wright Lynda Wright Vincent Zappacosta

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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF RICHARD RUSSELL Executive Director Assistant to the Executive Director Nancy J. Guyer

Administration Administrative Assistant Irek Sipowicz-Hicks

Development Director of Development Scott Guinn Corporate and Special Events Officer Michael Ayres Donor Relations Officer Stacy Ridenour

Development Operations Officer Elizabeth Valkanas

Marketing Coordinator Anna Eger

Education

Communications Coordinator Lana Mullen

Youth Opera Music Director Jesse Martins

Patron Services

Youth Opera Coordinator George Hemcher

Director of Patron Services Susan Ashcraft

Finance

Assistant Manager of Patron Services Travis Rogers

Director of Finance Kenneth Tarasi

Opera STAFF Facilities Operations Director of Facilities Operations Jeremie Guglielmi Director of Theater Operations Jim Reid House Manager/Volunteer Coordinator Jo Ann Whitehead Assistant House Managers Melissa Eeftens, Drew Deininger

Box Office Supervisor David Sorrells

House Engineer Eden Francois

Patron Services Representatives Kay Bush, Riccardo Didlick, Ashley Erickson, Kary Erickson, Kanani Kekahuna-Manu, Maureen Martin, Anita Palladino

Facilities Service Staff Scott Bowers, Mary Garth

Costumes & Wardrobe

Stage Management

Carpentry

Resident Costume Designer Howard Tsvi Kaplan

Master Carpenter Earl “Dixie” Schmidt

Assistant to the Costume Designer B. G. FitzGerald

Production Stage Manager & Stage Manager—L’inganno felice & Dido and Aeneas Francesca MacBeth

Draper Elisabeth Roskos

Stage Manager—La serva padrona Robert Klein

First Hand/Stitcher Kay Torralva

Stage Manager—Il signor Bruschino Kendra Green

Carpenters Armando Cristiani Secundino Esqueda John Walther

Accounts Payable Manager Angela Dabbert Accounts Receivable Manager John Young

Marketing Director of Marketing Carlos Vicente

Individual Giving Officer Brenda Tamm

ARTISTIC STAFF VICTOR DERENZI Artistic Director Artistic Administrator Marco Nisticò Company Manager Carolyn Hupalowsky Orchestra Personnel Manager & Contractor Gregg Koyle Music Administrator Jesse Martins

TECHNICAL STAFF Director of Production Scott Keclik Production Assistant Natalie Love Costume Rental Administrator Jami Smith

Head Wardrobe Ruth Clark Assistant Head Wardrobe Lili Cristiani Dressers Naida Mederios, Cindy Wells, Gina Carden, Fred Werling

Lighting Resident Lighting Designer Ken Yunker Assistant Lighting Designer Michael Pasquini

Assistant Stage Managers Lauren Wickett, Natalie Love

Hair & Make-up Hair & Make-up Designer Kellen M. Eason Hair & Make-up Assistant Candace Leyland Hair & Make-up Staff Alejandra Padilla-Flores

Flyman Alex Wallenda

Electrics Master Electrician Michael Pasquini Assistant Master Electrician Alex Wood Head Audio Joseph Reynolds

Properties Props Coordinator Alexandria Flynn Props Master Garrett H. Wilson Props Crew Seth Berry

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