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To help cap a $40 million campaign, the Sarasota Opera has acquired a preeminent costume collection. It opens ample opportunities.
This costume for Elisabeth in Verdi’s “Don Carlos” was designed by Suzanne Mess, principal costume designer with the Canadian Opera Company. It has been used by the Arizona Opera, the Hawaii Opera Theatre and the Sarasota Opera.
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Right: Howard Tsvi Kaplan has been Sarasota Opera’s resident designer for the past 22 seasons. Left: The costume for Pamira in Rossini’s “The Siege of Corinth” was designed by Kaplan for the Baltimore Opera Company.
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ntricately sewn and beaded costumes — imbued with a historic past — hang on the racks and mannequins at the Sarasota Opera, ready to dress the singers this season (and for decades to come). “This is very exciting,” designer Howard Tsvi Kaplan says, sifting through the exquisite gowns and suits that make up the opera’s newly acquired $2 million costume collection. “We can do so much with these. So many possibilities. It’s just wonderful.” This recently obtained wardrobe comes from the Toronto, Canada-based company Malabar Ltd. and is part of the opera’s nearly complete $40 million comprehensive campaign. Securing the costume collection was a feat that will ultimately save the opera about $100,000 in annual costume costs, generate rental revenue and make the organization the leading costume provider to opera companies in North America. “When we were up at Malabar moving the collection, it was so nice to discover new things that I had never seen there,” says Kaplan, who has been the Sarasota Opera’s resident costume designer for the past 22 seasons. “I looked through the clothes and
thought: ‘This will be great for our youth opera. This will be great for this or that production.’” The collection consists of costumes for more than 130 performances, including 30,000-plus individual pieces. The items have been worn by such legends as Luciano Pavarotti, Beverly Sills and Stephanie Sundine. Malabar has been a leading independent provider of costumes to opera companies in North America since the late 1950s, and Kaplan has always had close ties to its owner, Luigi Speca. “We are so conscientious about wanting to preserve the collection; it’s as if we’re storing museum pieces,” Kaplan says. “We’re going to be using them, but we’re also going to be taking care of them.”
To house this inventory, the opera is building a new climate-controlled warehouse; it will consolidate the opera’s costumes as well as its props, sets and scenery. Presently, the opera stores much of its stock in a warehouse on Tallevast Road. (Overflow is in off-site trailers.) The opera has a contract on a site in the Manasota Industrial Park with plans to build a 50,000-squarefoot space. The design and construction cost estimate is between $2 million and $3 million, which is not included in the current fundraising effort. As for the overall $40 million fundraising campaign, which quietly began in 2014, $36.6 million has already been raised. The money is designed to position
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The Canadian Opera Company’s principal costume designer, Suzanne Mess, created this dress for the title character in Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut.”
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the opera for the future through an increase in annual giving and growth of its endowment. More than $3 million has been raised to support capital projects, including the 2016-built Steinwachs Artist Residences. The opera’s endowment has doubled to $9 million, and an additional $17 million has been generated in annual support. Through the Ernie and Alisa Kretzmer Legacy Challenge, more than $10 million in legacy pledges have been made to the endowment. To launch the final phase of the campaign and the costume project, longtime opera supporters Paul and Sharon Steinwachs have pledged a challenge grant of $500,000, contingent upon the opera raising its own $500,000
by Dec. 31. To date, $250,000 of that goal has been met. “The endowment growth and the artist residences will have long-term positive effects for the company,” Executive Director Richard Russell says. “Now with the costume acquisition, we have contained costs for the future and created an avenue for future earned revenue, helping to create a stable funding base.”
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Sarasota Opera, founded in 1960, is entering its 61st season (beginning Nov. 1 with “Rigoletto” and ending March 22 with “La Wally”), and it has garnered international attention with its Masterworks Revival Series and the Verdi Cycle. The opera also maintains a commitment to education through “Explorations in Opera” performances for local schools
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and the industry-leading Sarasota Youth Opera program. Kaplan, who is based in New York, has designed costumes for more than 85 of the opera’s productions, including “The Barber of Seville,” “The Crucible” and “Of Mice and Men.” He often heads to downtown Manhattan to shop when brainstorming new costume builds or seeking unique finds to bring back to Florida. When he is in Sarasota, he visits Boca Bargoons and other area fabric stores to support the local business community. The process of creating, storing and preserving the costumes is an absolute team effort. “During season, there are about 14 people working there,” Kaplan says, alluding to the opera’s
on-site costume workshop. “We make an average of approximately 400 costumes every season.” These staff members help execute his expert vision, which has been honed over four decades. Prior to his work with the opera, Kaplan spent 12 years as the principal designer for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College. He has also designed for Opera San Antonio and was a resident designer for both Alley Theatre and Asolo Repertory Theatre. “I’ve been doing this for almost 40 years,” Kaplan says. “I always wanted to do costumes and clothing, and it’s very rewarding. I love working with the Sarasota Opera, and this costume collection is just going to be wonderful for our productions.”
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cus Cowboys, One Night Rodeo and Reverend Barry & The Funk. The festival continues 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. ‘THE SALON II: THE ALLINCLUSIVE EXHIBITION’ OPENING RECEPTION 6 p.m. at SPAACES, 2087 Princeton St. Free Call 374-3492. Visual arts nonprofit SPAACES, which focuses on supporting local artists, kicks off its 2019-20 season with its second annual group exhibition. The show will feature a variety of media and subject matters that celebrates equality, inclusivity and affordability in the context of contemporary art. The exhibit will be open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 7-9. ‘RIGOLETTO’ 7:30 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave. From $19 Call 328-1300. Giuseppe Verdi’s opera tragedy is a tale of a lustful Duke; his court jester, Rigoletto, a protective father; and Rigoletto’s daughter, who discovers that love isn’t always true. Runs through Nov. 17. ‘GOOD PEOPLE’ 7:30 p.m. at Pinkerton Stage, Venice Theatre, 140 Tampa Ave. W., Venice $15-$28 Call 488-1115. Boston’s unforgiving Southie district is not Mister Rogers’ neighborhood, and most folks live paycheck to paycheck. When Margie
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programs, featuring the variations and all five sonatas for cello and piano. A second performance will be 3 p.m. Sunday.
SUNDAY ‘AMERICAN PRIDE’ 3 p.m. at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 3131 61st St. $5 Call 907-0935.
SATURDAY ‘MIXED NUTS’ STAND-UP 5 and 7:30 p.m. at the Sarasota Classic Car Museum event center, 5500 N. Tamiami Trail $22 Call 355-6228. This one’s for all you baby boomers and boomers trapped in millennials’ bodies out there. Florida Comedy Network brings five “experienced” comedians to Sarasota for the first time to share the funny parts of life, love and Florida. Tickets include the first drink, and a cash bar and snacks will be provided. ZLATOMIR FUNG WITH ANGIE ZHANG 7:30 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater, The Ringling, 5401 Bay Shore Road $25-$45 Call 306-1202. Cellist and Juilliard undergrad Zlatomir Fung, 19, already holds several awards, such as first prizes at the 2018 Schoenfeld International String Competition and the 2017 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. This performance with pianist Angie Zhang will honor Beethoven’s 250th anniversary of his birthday with two distinct all-Beethoven
In need of something relaxing to do on a Sunday afternoon? (No, naps don’t count.) Check out the 2019-20 season opening of Suncoast Concert Band, a local performance group featuring retired professional musicians and band directors alongside engineers, teachers and performers from various other professions and all walks of life united by their love of concert music.
DON’T MISS ‘NEIL BERG’S 50 YEARS OF ROCK & ROLL: PART III’ History lessons are significantly more interesting when rock music is involved. Join this cast of rock stars and Broadway stars as composer Neil Berg tells the story of the most important 50 years of (mostly American, with a couple Abbey Road walkers thrown in) music history, from the birth of rock ‘n’ roll in the late 1940s to glory years of the early ’80s. Sing along to top hits from icons including Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Janis Joplin, Stevie Wonder and Fleetwood Mac
MONDAY SARASOTA OPERA HOUSE TOUR 10:30 a.m. at Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave. $12 Call 328-1300. Every Monday during opera season, visit Sarasota Opera House for a tour of the historic building — including the backstage area. The tour includes fascinating stories about the opera and the opera house itself.
IF YOU GO When: 8 p.m. Friday Where: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail Tickets: $52-$74.50 Info: Call 953-3368.
ROY ORBISON & BUDDY HOLLY: ‘THE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL DREAM TOUR’ 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail $44.99-$87.79 Call 953-3368.
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WEDNESDAY CASA PATAS FLAMENCO: RAIZ DE 4 7:30 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater, The Ringling, 5401 Bay Shore Road $25-$35; students $10 Call 360-7399. Flamenco is the harmony of song, dance, guitar and percussion that takes audiences on a journey of emotions. Dancers Rafael Peral and Marisa Adame dove into the primitive roots of flamenco to create this performance out of admiration for the art. A second performance will be Thursday, Nov. 7. ‘BRIGHT STAR’ 8 p.m. at Gompertz Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, 1242 N. Palm Ave. $29-$49 Call 366-9000. Just back from the World War II battlefields, a young writer named Billy pitches his stories to the prestigious Asheville Southern Journal. Alice, the editor, rejects his writing but feels an inexplicable connection with the writer. A tangle of lies, love and loss follows. Steve Martin’s bittersweet musical comedy brilliantly traces the fault lines dividing love, family and creativity. Runs through Jan. 3.
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ohn Lennon said “war is over if you want it,” but it’s not that easy. Our species has been fighting since the dawn of time. Back in 441 B.C., Sophocles’ “Antigone” confronted the cost of carnage. FSU/Asolo Conservatory’s next production transposes the tragedy to the 21st century. A cast of second-year acting students will bring Seamus Heaney’s lyrical adaptation to life. But “lyrical” doesn’t mean pretty. The city of Thebes is now celebrating a victory in the Middle East. The civil war might be over, but the military madness is still taking lives. Director Greg Leaming shares his thoughts on Sophocles’ tragedy and why it is as sadly relevant as ever. What’s the heart of “Antigone”? The real heart is the collision between individual conscience and the rule of law. Every civilization faces that conflict — and Sophocles makes it personal. That’s the reason his play is still relevant after 2,500 years. What’s the conflict of conscience in this play? Antigone’s brother, Polyneic-
es, died on the wrong side of a civil war. She wants to give him a decent burial, but he’s been marked as a traitor, and a new law makes burying a traitor a capital offense. If Antigone performs her family duty, she has to break the law. If King Creon upholds the law, he has to put Antigone to death. How should a culture respond? How should an individual respond? There are no easy answers. [This play is] about being emotionally engaged with [the] characters. That’s why you’re so moved by the consequences they face. You want them to succeed and know that they can’t. It’s a tragedy. Expect no happy ending. Right. As director, the real challenge is making the audience think: “Maybe this time it’ll turn out differently.” In a funny way, that’s the secret of directing tragedies. You might know the ending, but while you’re experiencing the play, I want you to think that anything could happen. How have rehearsals been going with the second-year student cast? It’s really been a journey — and I don’t mean a walk in the park. This is a gut-wrenching play,
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tors, which sets the calamity in motion. Antigone is courageous; she’s determined to do her duty, whatever the cost. But King Creon is also doing his duty. He’s a flawed human being, like everyone in power. He has trouble listening to women and can’t benefit from their moral perspective until it’s too late. So, Creon makes bad decisions. But he’s not the bad guy, and his ethical dilemma is really the main focus.
Are Sophocles’ characters pawns of fate? Or the victims of bad decisions? Yes, no and all of the above. To really answer that, … you really have to put “Antigone” in the context of war. At the start of the play, Thebes is celebrating a recent victory in war. That war led to certain laws — including the law against burying trai-
Would you call this an antiwar play? Absolutely, especially in Seamus Heaney’s excellent, poetic translation. But it’s not just anti-war. He’s really focused on the war machine — not the war itself, but the collateral damage. The blind decisions, the stupidity, the ruined lives. The war may be over, but the damage never ends.
IF YOU GO ‘ANTIGONE’ When: Oct. 30 to Nov. 17 Where: FSU Center for the Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail Tickets: $32 Info: Call 351-8000, or visit AsoloRep.org/conservatory.
and the students have to get into it on a gut level. They all really have. Naire Poole is amazing as Antigone, and Christopher Hayhurst has been outstanding as Creon. But with Sophocles, there are really no minor characters.
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and stages within stages. Real or unreal, Director Michael Newton-Brown keeps it light as a soap bubble. Gilbert’s Matt is winning as a clueless, callow lad in love who wises up in the School of Hard Knocks. Devine is divine as Luisa — graceful, delicate, flighty and lighter-than-air. Fisher’s cape-twirling El Gallo is the most interesting man in the musical. He’s the villain, but not exactly. (His dirty deeds are meant for good.) He’s human, but maybe not. (He seems to have magic powers). Eichorn and Sarazen create a nice comic rhythm as the two dads. Bob Fahey and David Russell are equally hilarious as two washedup actors. Kay Siebold’s wistful “Mute” does a bit of mime personifying the wordless wall and dispensing props when needed. The musical’s imitation of life doesn’t try too hard. Reality aside, it aims for your heart without ignoring your head. Alan Corey’s musical direction makes the most of Schmidt’s heartstring-plucking tunes. Yes, there are plenty of weepers, but there’s more. “The Fantasticks” is relentlessly artificial. They’d have called it post-modern if it had come out in 1965. In 2019, you can still call it entertaining.
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Opera by Giuseppe Verdi November 1, 3, 6, 12, 14, 17 A protective father. A lecherous Duke. A naive woman discovers that love isn’t always true.
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A successful tribute The production celebrated Ricardo Graziano’s 10 years at the Sarasota Ballet with three of his works. ANNA DEARING DANCE CRITIC
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en years ago, Ricardo Graziano joined the Sarasota Ballet. In 2011, he choreographed his first ballet for the company, and in 2014, Director Iain Webb made him resident choreographer. This past weekend, the Sarasota Ballet opened its 29th season with a tribute to Graziano through the reprise of three of his works. “Graziano, Retrospective” was performed Oct. 25-27 at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts. “Shostakovich Suite” was a fitting way to open the evening because it was the first that Graziano choreographed for the Sarasota Ballet. The stage was simply set with beautiful chandeliers and Aaron Muhl’s bright lighting design. The large cast, 18 women in varying shades of pink tutus and nine men, was an opportunity to showcase some of the
company’s newest talent. The entire cast was well rehearsed and full of spirit. Technique was clean, and footwork was crisp and in unison, even when the choreography was blindingly quick. Principal couples were performed by Asia Bui and Filippo Valmorbida, Katelyn May and Luke Schaufuss, and Ryoko Sadoshima and Yuri Marques. Sadoshima’s stunning lines are always a showstopper, and she and Bui were a perfect pair for the pique turn sequence in the finale. May was neat and precise in her solo sections and was partnered nicely by Schaufuss, who, in his debut as principal dancer, did not disappoint. Another newcomer standout was soloist Marijana Dominis. Next on the bill was “En Las Calles de Murcia.” First performed and last seen in March 2015, the ballet features six couples who perform grounded steps with a Spanish flare. The sensual pas de deux between Danielle Brown and Richard House fully captured the mood of the music by Santiago de Murcia. Brown, along with Kate Honea, Amy Wood and Elizabeth Sykes, are seasoned in Graziano’s style and fully embraced the movement.
Ivan Duarte stood out among the men and during his pas de trois with Sykes and Dominis. Another highlight was Honea’s joyful romp with the men. Closing out the performance was “In a State of Weightlessness,” Graziano’s most celebrated work. After its premier at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in August 2015, the ballet quickly became a favorite. The five couples enter and exit the stage and perform a sequence of pas de deuxs. Each brought a unique quality and created the most breathtaking shapes through the fluid, almost magical transitions. The minimal costumes allow you to focus on the movement, which brilliantly guided us through the Philip Glass music. Throughout the evening, there was an amazing energy both on stage and in the seats. Perhaps it was the pride and passion for Graziano’s success beaming from the dancers and the audience alike. Maybe it was the excitement that the ballet season has just kicked off. Maybe it was both. Nonetheless, I’m anxious to see what the Sarasota Ballet has in store for us and to see Webb and the dancers raise the bar yet again this year.
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