Arthur Bosarge Named Artistic Administrator At Sarasota Opera
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 23, 2025
Sarasota Opera has appointed Arthur Bosarge as its new Artistic Administrator. Bosarge has been a key member of the company's music staff since 2022, most recently serving as Chorus Master and Director of the Apprentice Artists Program.
See 2025 Sarasota Opera Productions for Free This Spring at The Bay
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 1, 2025
Although Sarasota Opera's Winter Festival has ended, area residents will have the opportunity this spring to view recorded performances of three operas from this year's season for free at The Bay park, the blue-and-green gathering place in downtown Sarasota!
STIFFELIO Will Open at Sarasota Opera
by Stephi Wild - Mar 11, 2025
Last seen in Sarasota in 2005, Verdi's opera about infidelity and forgiveness, Stiffelio, will open this month. Written just before Rigoletto, this long-neglected, emotionally charged work is now recognized as an important opera by Verdi.
Sarasota Opera Names New Board Members
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 29, 2025
Victor DeRenzi, Sarasota Opera's artistic director and Richard Russell, general director, have announced the addition of six new members to the organization's Board of Trustees — David Bialosky, Joseph Mallof, Sue Neumann, Alastair Hunter-Henderson, Tamara Jacobs, and Thomas Garden.
Sarasota Opera Reveals Casting for Winter Opera Festival
by Stephi Wild - Aug 20, 2024
Casting has been announced for Sarasota Opera’s 2025 Winter Opera Festival. The season will open on Saturday, February 15, and will feature Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, and Giuseppe Verdi's Stiffelio.
Tickets Now on Sale For Sarasota Opera's Fall Verdi Concert
by Stephi Wild - Aug 6, 2024
Sarasota Opera is world-renowned for its Verdi Cycle. Between 1989 and 2016, the company performed every note that Giuseppe Verdi wrote. It is in that spirit that Sarasota Opera will launch its 2024-2025 season with its fall concert, The Music of Giuseppe Verdi.