On April 1st, Sarasota Opera concluded the Winter Opera Festival with the annual Opera Gala: Festa Napoletana!

Thank you to all of those who attended, and to sponsors, Scene Magazine and Gulf Coast Community Foundation, and event partners, Pier22/Grove and Flowers by Fudgie 👏

For the final time in our Winter Opera Festival, this incredible cast of Don Giovanni will take the stage tonight at 7:30! Congrats 👏 to everyone involved!

After tonight, there is only one performance remaining in the Winter Opera Festival: Ernani by Verdi, tomorrow at 1:30 PM.

As part of the annual SOA Gala wrapping up the Winter Opera Festival, the Celebration Concert will take place on April 1st at 6:30 pm!🎉Come listen to our Artists perform music by Neapolitan composers that will dance through your head all night!👏
Tix $25: bit.ly/3K5TcOx

'Verdi's Ernani tells the story of love and passion for power, but it is also about honor and virtues' ⚔️

There are still 2 chances left to see these incredible singers - and you do not want to miss it.

TODAY, March 22 at 7:30 PM
March 26th at 1:30 PM

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Thank you to the series sponsors of this season’s Moonlight & Melodies Dinners. Last night’s final dinner was a fun (and chilly!) event! We are very grateful to these sponsors and all the guests who attended this season’s dinners. Thank you!
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'Lisa Chavez brings strength to Thérèse while also expressing her fears about the outcome of the revolution. The caramel tones of her voice with expressive nuances carry us from situational anxiety to reminiscences of love & back again to sheer panic.' bit.ly/3nbeWjf

We are now in our final week of the 2023 Winter Opera Festival!🎉 This season has been full of excitement, which continues tomorrow with a Madama Butterfly matinee.

Swipe to see the schedule of remaining performances for the season!🔥

After decades of not being heard in the United States, the Opening Night of Thérèse was a success! Congratulations 👏 to all involved in making this rarely heard work such a fantastic premiere at Sarasota Opera.

Thérèse will have 4 more performances through March 25th 🇫🇷

Bravo to all involved in the opening of Ernani this weekend! The performance marked Maestro DeRenzi's 400th performance of a Verdi Opera, also bringing Ernani back to Sarasota Opera after 26 years. What an exciting night! ⚔️🏰

When Maestro DeRenzi raises his baton for a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Ernani tomorrow, it will mark his four hundredth performance of a Verdi opera. 

Read more about Maestro, his time here in Sarasota, and Verdi at this link bit.ly/3JwKjxq 🇮🇹

Have you learned about the story of Don Giovanni? Hear more about the storyline of the opera and why it is such a dramatic, yet comedic masterpiece from our cast members! ⚔️

#sarasotaopera #dongiovanni #mozart #operalovers

In honor of the 6th performance of Butterfly this afternoon, enjoy this snippet of our Butterfly, Raquel González, singing 'Un bel dì, vedremo' from Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly!

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In one of Verdi's greatest early works, the opera Ernani follows a bandit on his pursuit of his true love, Elvira, who will be played by soprano Aviva Fortunata.

Read more about Aviva's portrayal of Elvira at this link! 👉bit.ly/3SOVaG3

Orchestra Dress #2 for Don Giovanni was a success yesterday! This opera opens tomorrow night, complete with our incredible singers, an amazing orchestra, beautiful sets, and more 🔥🎶

Tickets can be found at SarasotaOpera.org

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