Jesse Martins will conduct and Collins will direct.įor ticket information for the season’s productions: 94 įollow Jay Handelman on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Surrena appeared in 2020 as Romeo in “Romeo and Juliet,” and Anderson starred in last season’s “The Silken Ladder.” Louis Lohraseb will make his Sarasota Opera debut as conductor for the production, which will be staged by Katherine Carter, who directed “The Pearl Fishers.”Īlso this fall, the Sarasota Youth Opera will present a revival of its production of Dean Burry’s “The Secret World of Og,” on Nov. Chavez will be joined by tenor Andrew Surrena as her lover, Armand, and baritone Sean Anderson as her husband. The season’s final production is the Sarasota premiere of Jules Massenet’s rarely heard “Therese,” featuring Chavez in the title role of a woman who is torn between her husband and her lover during the French Revolution. Sarasota Orchestra season: Music director’s death leads to changes in music schedule Sarasota Opera season: Company plans a U.S. Artistic Director Victor DeRenzi will lead the Sarasota Orchestra in the performances and Stephanie Sundine is the stage director.Īrts Newsletter: Sign up to receive the latest news on the Sarasota area arts scene every Monday The aunt is sung by Lisa Chavez who has had a number of roles in recent seasons.

The elder daughter is sung by soprano Brenna Markey in her Sarasota debut. Geronimo plans to buy his way into society by marrying his eldest daughter to an aristocrat (sung by baritone Filippo Fontana), who actually prefers Geronimo’s younger daughter, sung by Hanna Brammer, last heard in “The Pearl Fishers” earlier this year. premiere of Richard Strauss’ comedy “The Secret Marriage,” about a social-climbing father named Geronimo, sung by bass-baritone Stefano de Peppo, most recently seen in “The Elixir of Love” and “Maid to Mistress.” The company will launch the season in October with the U.S. Some singers who have been thrilling Sarasota Opera audiences for the last few seasons will be back in major roles in the company’s five fall and winter mainstage productions.

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