2021-22 Season

Welcome to Sarasota Opera’s 2021-22 Season

Rossini’s Puccini’s Donizetti’s Bizet’s Verdi’s The Silken Tosca The Daughter The Pearl Attila Ladder of the Regiment Fishers

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Welcome to Our Season

elcome back to Sarasota Opera to enjoy an exciting musical W adventure, featuring world-class opera productions, special events and concerts. The 2021-22 Season also marks the 40th Season of Sarasota Opera Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, Victor DeRenzi. Maestro DeRenzi is a Knight of the Italian Republic and the only conductor in the world to have performed all the works of Giuseppe Verdi. The last year has been challenging for us all. We are thrilled to be able to welcome our community of opera lovers back to the Sarasota Opera House, where we can once again be together to enjoy the excitement of the human voice and live opera! The Silken Ladder (La scala di seta) FIRST TIME AT THE OPERA? Music by Gioachino Rossini / Words by Giuseppe Maria Foppa Dress comfortably and be yourself. We want everyone to feel at home in our theater. Appropriate dress can be anything from jeans and khakis to gowns and tuxedos. However Rossini’s The Silken Ladder is a spirited one-act comedy that spins a seductive story of a you dress, at Sarasota Opera you give yourself permission to be fabulous! secret husband and would-be lovers who scale a silken ladder into and out of a lady’s room. Real-time English translations are projected above the stage so you can follow along even if the opera is in a language you do not speak. You will receive a program book with cast FRIDAY OCTOBER 29 7:30 PM information, as well as synopsis and background information for all operas. For suggested reading, recordings, and other information, go to SarasotaOpera.org. SUNDAY OCTOBER 31 1:30 PM

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 3 7:30 PM YOUR HEALTH AND SAFETY ARE IMPORTANT TO US Giulia Germano Hanna Brammer Sean Anderson TUESDAY NOVEMBER 9 7:30 PM As we return to a full-scale opera production, please know that we have your health and safety, as well as those of our staff and artists in mind. Our company of artists THURSDAY NOVEMBER 11 6:00 PM has been fully vaccinated and will observe strict health protocols. For your comfort, our air conditioning system has been upgraded with bipolar ionization technology SATURDAY NOVEMBER 13 1:30 PM to eliminate airborne pathogens. There are numerous hand-sanitizing dispensers throughout the Opera House. Conductor Lighting Designer Dorvil Blansac Victor DeRenzi Ken Yunker To give you the most flexibility and to allow you to buy tickets with confidence, we Christopher Bozeka Alexander Boyd are suspending our usual refund policies this season and will allow refunds of any Stage Director Hair & Make-Up tickets up until 24 hours before the scheduled performance. Stephanie Sundine Designer Kellen Eason We are continually reviewing health and safety guidelines with our medical advisors Costume Designer and will communicate those based on prevailing conditions. Most importantly, we Howard Tsvi Kaplan believe that a fully vaccinated audience will make the return to the Opera House safest for our patrons, our artists, and our staff, and encourage everyone who is Lucilla Dormont Samuel Schlievert able to be vaccinated. Maria Miller

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Due to the challenges of auditioning during COVID, casts are not complete as we go to press. But we are delighted that many of your favorite artists are slated to return: Stephen Gaertner (Nabucco) will return as Scarpia in Tosca, William Davenport (La bohème) will dazzle you with his nine high Cs in The Daughter of the Regiment, Young Bok Kim will reprise the role of Attila which he sang with us in 2007, withMatthew Vickers (Manon Lescaut) and Rochelle Bard (Nabucco) filling out the cast, andHanna Brammer (Roméo et Juliette) will once again charm you as Leila in The Pearl Fishers. Check our website SarasotaOpera.org regularly for updated casting information. Tosca Music by Giacomo Puccini Poetry by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Set in Rome, Tosca’s jealousy plays into the hands of the lecherous The Daughter chief of police, Baron Scarpia. An escaped political prisoner seeks of the Regiment the help of his friend, the painter (La Fille du régiment) Mario Cavaradossi, the lover of the famous diva Floria Tosca. In an attempt to recapture the fugitive, Music by Gaetano Donizetti Scarpia plants a seed of suspicion Poetry by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges andJean-François Bayard in Tosca and sets a dreadful trap. Travel to the Tyrol during the Napoleonic Wars in Donizetti’sThe Daughter of the Regiment. In this story a love for Marie, a girl raised by a French regiment, will lead the young Tonio to SATURDAY FEBRUARY 12 7:00 PM unexpected lengths in this colorful comedy. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 16 7:30 PM

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 20 1:30 PM SATURDAY FEBRUARY 19 7:30 PM

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 22 7:30 PM WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 23 7:30 PM

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 24 7:30 PM SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26 1:30 PM

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 27 1:30 PM TUESDAY MARCH 1 7:30 PM

FRIDAY MARCH 11 7:30 PM THURSDAY MARCH 3 7:30 PM

SATURDAY MARCH 19 7:30 PM SUNDAY MARCH 6 1:30 PM FRIDAY MARCH 18 7:30 PM Conductor Lighting Designer Victor DeRenzi Ken Yunker Stage Director Hair & Make-Up Conductor Costume Designer Hair & Make-Up Designer Stephanie Sundine Designer Jesse Martins Howard Tsvi Kaplan Kellen Eason Kellen Eason Costume Designer Stage Director Lighting Designer Howard Tsvi Kaplan Mark Freiman Ken Yunker

Photos by Rod Millington

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SUNDAY FEBRUARY 20 1:30 PM SATURDAY FEBRUARY 19 7:30 PM

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 22 7:30 PM WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 23 7:30 PM

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 24 7:30 PM SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26 1:30 PM

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 27 1:30 PM TUESDAY MARCH 1 7:30 PM

FRIDAY MARCH 11 7:30 PM THURSDAY MARCH 3 7:30 PM

Photos by Rod Millington

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The Pearl Fishers Attila (Les Pêcheurs de perles)

Music by Georges Bizet / Words by Eugéne Cormon and Michel Carré Music by Giuseppe Verdi Words by Temistocle Solera Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers is set in legendary Ceylon. Longtime friends Nadir and Zurga are reunited, but their friendship falters when they share the same forbidden love for the Verdi’s Attila begins as Attila the priestess Leïla—a love they swore to renounce. Hun has conquered most of Western Europe and is about to take Rome itself. But, he is brought SATURDAY MARCH 5 7:30 PM to his knees by his love for a female warrior, Odabella. TUESDAY MARCH 8 7:30 PM

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Conductor Lighting Designer TUESDAY MARCH 22 1:30 PM Marcello Cormio Ken Yunker Stage Director Hair & Make-Up Conductor Lighting Designer Robert Neu Designer Victor DeRenzi Ken Yunker Kellen Eason Costume Designer Stage Director Hair & Make-Up Howard Tsvi Kaplan Martha Collins Designer Kellen Eason Costume Designer Production Sponsor Howard Tsvi Kaplan Ernie Kretzmer, in loving memory of Alisa Kretzmer

Photos by Rod Millington Photos by Debra Hesser

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The Pearl Fishers Attila (Les Pêcheurs de perles)

Photos by Rod Millington Photos by Debra Hesser

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31 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Silken Ladder Moonlight & Melodies The Silken Ladder 1:30 pm Dinner 6:00 pm 7:30 pm

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 The Silken Ladder The Silken Ladder The Silken Ladder 7:30 pm 6:00 pm 1:30 pm

FEBRUA RY 2022 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Tosca 7:00 pm

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Tosca The Daughter 7:30 pm of the Regiment 7:30 pm

20 21 Opera House Tour 22 23 24 25 26 Tosca Tosca The Daughter Tosca The Daughter 10:30 am 1:30 pm 7:30 pm of the Regiment 7:30 pm of the Regiment Moonlight & Melodies 7:30 pm 1:30 pm Dinner 6:00 pm 27 28 Tosca Opera House Tour 1:30 pm 10:30 am

MARCH 2022 1 2 3 4 5 The Daughter of the The Daughter of the The Pearl Fishers Regiment 7:30 pm Regiment 7:30 pm 7:30 pm

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 The Daughter Opera House Tour The Pearl Fishers The Pearl Fishers Apprentice Artists Attila of the Regiment 10:30 am 7:30 pm 7:30 pm at Noon 12:00 pm 7:30 pm 1:30 pm Tosca 7:30 pm 13 14 15 16 17 18 Apprentice Artists 19 The Pearl Fishers Opera House Tour Attila The Pearl Fishers Attila at Noon 12:00 pm The Pearl Fishers 1:30 pm 1:30 pm 10:30 am 7:30 pm 7:30 pm 7:30 pm Covers at 3 3:00 pm Tosca 7:30 pm The Daughter of the Regiment 7:30 pm 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 The Opera Gala: Attila 1:30 pm Opera House Tour Attila Celebrating Maestro Youth Opera 10:30 am 1:30 pm DeRenzi’s 40th Season Concert 7:30 pm 5:00 pm

Opera Lovers Week is March 16-20. (See shaded dates on calendar.) *Held at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

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31 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Silken Ladder Moonlight & Melodies The Silken Ladder 1:30 pm Dinner 6:00 pm 7:30 pm

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 The Silken Ladder The Silken Ladder The Silken Ladder 7:30 pm 6:00 pm 1:30 pm

FEBRUA RY 2022 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Tosca 7:00 pm

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Tosca The Daughter 7:30 pm of the Regiment 7:30 pm

MARCH 2022 1 2 3 4 5 The Daughter of the The Daughter of the The Pearl Fishers Regiment 7:30 pm Regiment 7:30 pm 7:30 pm

Opera Lovers Week is March 16-20. (See shaded dates on calendar.) *Held at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

8 SARASOTAOPERA.ORG (941) 328-1300 (941) 328-1300 SARASOTAOPERA.ORG 9 CONCERTS, PACKAGES & TOURS SPECIAL EVENTS & OPERA CLUB Apprentice & Covers at Three Curtain Raiser Dinner Studio Artists Concerts March 18 at 3 pm Michael’s on the Bay, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens The Lee & Bob Peterson Great Room Hear the Studio Artists perform scenes October 27, 2021 at 6:00 pm | Tickets: $195 per person Tickets: $5 per concert from the mainstage operas they are Welcome back! Join your fellow Sarasota Opera lovers Hear the Apprentice and Studio Artists covering (understudying). as we celebrate the start of the 2021-22 Season. The evening begins with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres perform timeless operatic arias, duets, and Youth Opera Concert ensembles in hour-long concerts. amid the lush landscape of the Marie Selby Botanical Sarasota Youth Opera with the Sarasota Gardens, followed by a three-course dinner and exciting Apprentice Artists at Noon Opera Apprentice Artists and Orchestra performances by our principal artists from the fall production of Rossini’sThe Silken Ladder. March 11 at 12 noon March 20, 2022 at 7:30 pm Moonlight & Melodies Dinner Series March 18 at 12 noon Donna Wolf Steigerwaldt Courtyard, Sarasota Opera House November 1, 2021 & February 21, 2022 at 6:00 pm | Tickets: $175 per person/per dinner TOWN Club (Tuesday Opera Women’s Network) This year Sarasota Opera welcomes our community into the Donna Wolf Steigerwaldt Courtyard for an immersive themed dinner series that highlights composers from the The Silken Ladder - November 9, 2021 | Tosca - February 22, 2022 season. As we come together to share our awe for the exquisite art these composers created, The Daughter of the Regiment - March 1, 2022 | The Pearl Fishers - March 8, 2022 enjoy curated cocktails and food prepared by the best of Sarasota’s chefs in a setting that Attila - March 15, 2022 will transport you to a different location each evening. Make your reservations now! We invite you to join us for the 4th season of TOWN Club—a community of women who The Opera Gala: come together in the love of opera. The program features short introductions to operas, and opportunities to mix and mingle with other members. Celebrating Maestro DeRenzi’s 40th Season Sarasota Opera House | Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 5:00 pm Join us for an extraordinary evening as we celebrate Victor DeRenzi’s 40th Season Student Tickets as Artistic Director. The event includes a lively reception, a celebration concert in the If you have a current school ID, you can William E. Schmidt Opera Theatre, followed by an elegant dinner under the tent on get rush tickets for just $10 (cash only) at Pineapple Avenue. the lobby box office, 30 minutes before a performance. Students can also see an The Simonsen & Montminy Opera Club unlimited number of performances for just Make the most of your Sarasota Opera experience. Our members-only second floor $25 by purchasing a Student Season Pass. lounge is a place where you can relax, have a drink, and meet other opera fans before Call (941) 328-1300 for more information performances and during intermissions. about Student and Teacher tickets. Opera Lovers Week - Join Simonsen & Montminy Opera Club today for a new way to enjoy your March 16-20, 2022 time at Sarasota Opera. Membership information is available on our website at The ultimate opera immersion experience SarasotaOpera.org or call the Development Office at (941) 366-8450, ext. 250. —during this week, you can see all four Sarasota Opera winter productions in as few as three days. (See performance calendar on pages 8 and 9.) Opera House Tours Tour the historic Sarasota Opera House including access to backstage areas —see what happens behind the scenes. Mondays at 10:30 am starting in February 2022. Tickets: $12 per person. Email Travis Rogers at [email protected] for groups of 10 or more.

10 SARASOTAOPERA.ORG (941) 328-1300 (941) 328-1300 SARASOTAOPERA.ORG 11 CONCERTS, PACKAGES & TOURS SPECIAL EVENTS & OPERA CLUB Apprentice & Covers at Three Curtain Raiser Dinner Studio Artists Concerts March 18 at 3 pm Michael’s on the Bay, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens The Lee & Bob Peterson Great Room Hear the Studio Artists perform scenes October 27, 2021 at 6:00 pm | Tickets: $195 per person Tickets: $5 per concert from the mainstage operas they are Welcome back! Join your fellow Sarasota Opera lovers Hear the Apprentice and Studio Artists covering (understudying). as we celebrate the start of the 2021-22 Season. The evening begins with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres perform timeless operatic arias, duets, and Youth Opera Concert ensembles in hour-long concerts. amid the lush landscape of the Marie Selby Botanical Sarasota Youth Opera with the Sarasota Gardens, followed by a three-course dinner and exciting Apprentice Artists at Noon Opera Apprentice Artists and Orchestra performances by our principal artists from the fall production of Rossini’sThe Silken Ladder. March 11 at 12 noon March 20, 2022 at 7:30 pm Moonlight & Melodies Dinner Series March 18 at 12 noon Donna Wolf Steigerwaldt Courtyard, Sarasota Opera House November 1, 2021 & February 21, 2022 at 6:00 pm | Tickets: $175 per person/per dinner TOWN Club (Tuesday Opera Women’s Network) This year Sarasota Opera welcomes our community into the Donna Wolf Steigerwaldt Courtyard for an immersive themed dinner series that highlights composers from the The Silken Ladder - November 9, 2021 | Tosca - February 22, 2022 season. As we come together to share our awe for the exquisite art these composers created, The Daughter of the Regiment - March 1, 2022 | The Pearl Fishers - March 8, 2022 enjoy curated cocktails and food prepared by the best of Sarasota’s chefs in a setting that Attila - March 15, 2022 will transport you to a different location each evening. Make your reservations now! We invite you to join us for the 4th season of TOWN Club—a community of women who The Opera Gala: come together in the love of opera. The program features short introductions to operas, and opportunities to mix and mingle with other members. Celebrating Maestro DeRenzi’s 40th Season Sarasota Opera House | Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 5:00 pm Join us for an extraordinary evening as we celebrate Victor DeRenzi’s 40th Season Student Tickets as Artistic Director. The event includes a lively reception, a celebration concert in the If you have a current school ID, you can William E. Schmidt Opera Theatre, followed by an elegant dinner under the tent on get rush tickets for just $10 (cash only) at Pineapple Avenue. the lobby box office, 30 minutes before a performance. Students can also see an The Simonsen & Montminy Opera Club unlimited number of performances for just Make the most of your Sarasota Opera experience. Our members-only second floor $25 by purchasing a Student Season Pass. lounge is a place where you can relax, have a drink, and meet other opera fans before Call (941) 328-1300 for more information performances and during intermissions. about Student and Teacher tickets. Opera Lovers Week - Join Simonsen & Montminy Opera Club today for a new way to enjoy your March 16-20, 2022 time at Sarasota Opera. Membership information is available on our website at The ultimate opera immersion experience SarasotaOpera.org or call the Development Office at (941) 366-8450, ext. 250. —during this week, you can see all four Sarasota Opera winter productions in as few as three days. (See performance calendar on pages 8 and 9.) Opera House Tours Tour the historic Sarasota Opera House including access to backstage areas —see what happens behind the scenes. Mondays at 10:30 am starting in February 2022. Tickets: $12 per person. Email Travis Rogers at [email protected] for groups of 10 or more.

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