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Sarasota Opera Announces 2013-2014 Season; Tickets on Sale, 8/1

by Christina Mancuso — July 26, 2013

Single tickets will go on sale exclusively ONLINE at www.

Sarasota Opera Appoints Stacy Ridenour as Director of Development

by BWW News Desk — May 31, 2013

Sarasota Opera's Executive Director Richard Russell has announced that the company has appointed Stacy Ridenour as its new Director of Development in an executive search process guided by Arts Consulting Group.

Verdi's JERUSALEM and More Set for Sarasota Opera's 55th Season

by BWW News Desk — May 6, 2013

Sarasota Opera has announced its 2013 - 2014 Fall and Winter programming which will mark the company's 55th consecutive season of performing grand opera on the Florida gulf coast.

2013 Sarasota Youth Opera Camp Set for Sarasota Opera House, 6/10-28

by BWW News Desk — April 9, 2013

Enrollment is now open for young people ages 8 -18 for Sarasota Youth Opera's 2013 Summer Camp to be held June 10 - June 28, 2013.

Tenor Arnold Rawls to Sing the Role of Calaf in Tomorrow's TURANDOT for Sarasota Opera

by Kelsey Denette — March 18, 2013

Executive Director Richard Russell and Artistic Director Victor DeRenzi have announced that tenor Arnold Rawls will return to Sarasota Opera to sing the role of Calaf in Sarasota Opera's production of Turandot for one performance on Tuesday, March 19th at 1:30pm.

Tenor Heath Huberg Opens the Baltimore Orioles' 2013 Spring Training Season Today

by BWW News Desk — February 23, 2013

A great Sarasota baseball tradition continues as Sarasota Opera will help open the 2013 Baltimore Oriole's Spring Training Season with the singing of the National Anthem today, February 23rd, at the opening game against the Minnesota Twins.

Tenor Heath Huberg to Open the Baltimore Orioles' 2013 Spring Training Season, 2/23

by BWW News Desk — February 19, 2013

A great Sarasota baseball tradition continues as Sarasota Opera will help open the 2013 Baltimore Oriole's Spring Training Season with the singing of the National Anthem on Saturday, February 23rd, at the opening game against the Minnesota Twins.

Michael Hendrick Joins Sarasota Opera's OF MICE AND MEN

by Kelsey Denette — February 11, 2013

Sarasota Opera Prepares for 2013 Winter Festival, 2/9

by Kelsey Denette — January 11, 2013

The 2013 Sarasota Opera Winter Festival will open with the Sarasota Opera premiere of Giacomo Puccini's vocally extravagant final opera Turandot on Saturday, February 9, 2013, which features some of the composers most glorious music including the famous tenor aria "Nessun Dorma" (None shall sleep).

Sarasota Opera to Present Panel: Meet the Artists of LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND, 11/7

by Sierra Fox — November 6, 2012

On Wednesday, November 7, from 5:00 - 6:00pm, Sarasota Opera will host a special 'Meet the Artists' panel discussion focusing on the creation of Sarasota Opera's upcoming world premiere of Little Nemo in Slumberland at the Sarasota Opera House.

Sarasota Opera Celebrates National Opera Week, Now thru Nov 4

by BWW News Desk — October 26, 2012

Sarasota Opera joins opera organizations nationwide to celebrate NATIONAL OPERA WEEK (October 26 - November 4), coordinated by OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, with support of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Ringling College and Sarasota Opera to Host Panel Discussion on New Opera Little Nemo in Slumberland, 10/27

by Kelsey Denette — October 25, 2012

Saturday, October 27, from 4:30pm - 5:30pm, Ringling College and Sarasota Opera will host a panel discussion on the works of Windsor McCay and the creation of the new opera Little Nemo in Slumberland at the Selby Gallery located on the campus of the Ringling College of Art and Design.

Sarasota Opera Appoints Richard Russell as New Executive Director

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