Bizets Carmen an der Sarasota Opera, Sarasota,Florida
Februar 11,14,19,22,24, Maerz 4(matinee),8,11,16,20(matinee),24
Unser heutiges Opern-Interview :
Fredrika Brillembourg
Liebe Freunde der Deutschen Funksendung,
In unserer heutigen Sendung praesentieren wir Ihnen ein Gespraech, das Susanne Nielsen mit Carmendarstellerin, Mezzo-Sopranistin Fredrika Brillembourg fuehrte. Die Saenerin, die viele jahre in Bremen engagiert war und nun Berlin ihre Heimat nennt, sprach mit Deutsche Funksendung ueber ihre Karriere, ueber die Rolle der Carmen in Bizets beruehmter oper und ueber operninszenierungen verschiedenster Art, von der traditionellen Inszenierung an der Sarasota Opera, die ihre Mutter als die Allerschoenste bezeichnet hat, bis zu ihrer ersten Carmen, die in ausgefallenen Kostuemen die typische zeitgenoessische Deutsche Buehneninszenierungen charakterisiert.
Wir bedanken uns bei Fredrika Brillembourg fuer dieses Gespraech und auch die schoenen Mezzoklaenge, die sie fuer uns einflocht und die Sie unbedingt in diese schoene Auffuehrung locken sollten! Die weiteren Auffuehrungen gehen noch bis Ende des Monats, zum 24. Maerz in Sarasota, wie auch die weiteren drei Opern der Saison, Lucia di Lamermoor, Otello, und Vanessa.
Frau Brillembourg tritt im kommenden Sommer wieder bei den Brengenzer Sommerfestspielen auf. Bitte schauen Sie sich die fantastischen Szenenbilder der letzten Festspiele auf der Website
http://www.fredrikabrillembourg.com/ an, auf die sie in unserem Gespraech ebenfalls Bezug nimmt und hoeren Sie unser Interview im Audioteil der Sendung an. Lesen (und hoeren) Sie die Opernbesprechung der Opernpremiere Carmen in unserer letzten Sendung vom 19. Februar 2012.
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Heritage Day 2012: March 25th!
The 20th Heritage Day event of the United German-American Society of Florida will take place on Sunday, March 25, 2012, at the Wyndham Resort in Orlando.Doors will open at 11:00 a.m. with the event ending at 6 p.m.Dinner will be served starting at 11:30; the planned entertainment, including the Parade of Flags will commence at 1 p.m. Manny Daum & Co and Alex Meixner will provide the musical entertainment for your dancing pleasure.
The Florida Schuhplattler groups will also present individual and combined dances.
Various vendors will be on hand with items from Germany and other European countries. The admittance ticket will be the key to someone winning two free tickets to Germany provided by AIR BERLIN, one of our generous sponsors of our many past Heritage Day events.
Come out and enjoy German Gemuetlichkeit, food and camaraderie.
If you would like to join our list of sponsors, event advertisers and vendors to promote your company and/or products please go to www.ugasflorida.org for further details.
For tickets and information contact: Charlotte Kappel, 813-634-6662 or on email at cmk13@tampabay.rr.com.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Feiern Sie jedes Wochenende in der German American Society Pinellas:
Eat , drink, dance and "schunkel"! Every Saturday night the German American Society rolls back the clock to a by-gone era. You'll delight to the music of a live band. Listen , sing along, and dance to favorite German and American tunes of the last century.
Doors open at 6 pm for dinner, snacks or just coffee and Kuchen. Dancing starts at 7:30 pm. There's a plentyful supply of German Beers, Wines and Schnaps at the full service bar.Join the fun with great music, German food and drink at an authentic German Dance hall. Come for German heritage, memories, Gemuetlichkeit and friendship.
Dirndls and Lederhosen are always encouraged.
Located at 8098 66th street in Pinellas Park, north of Park Boulevard and just South of 82nd Avenue. For information google German American Society of Pinellas County.
President of the Cultural Center Susanne Nielsen with President of the German American Society Pinellas Anne Boortz
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Hoeren Sie das Wort zum Sonntag, gesprochen von Pastor Stiller von der Deutschen Gemeinde der Grace Lutheran Church in Clearwater.
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Unser Operninterview
Fredrika Brillembourg als Carmen
in der 2012 Produktion der Bizet Oper in Sarasota , Florida
Hier ein Auszug aus der Biografie dieser vielseitigen Kuenstlerin, die Sie in Deutschland und auch Westflorida erleben koennen. Lesen Sie auf ihrer website folgendes: "Für ihre farbenreich leuchtende Stimme geschätzt, hat sich Fredrika Brillembourg einen Namen durch ihre ungewöhnliche Vielseitigkeit in Partien gemacht, die von Carmen über Brangäne bis hin zu Ligetis Mescalina reichen. "Fredrika Brillembourgs Stimme hat ein eindrucksvolles, samtiges Timbre; sowohl stimmlich als auch darstellerisch verleiht die Sängerin ihrer Partie eine großartige Präsenz." (Le Soir, Brüssel).
Zu den jüngsten Debüts der Künstlerin zählen: Amneris in AIDA an der Staatsoper Stuttgart (musikalische Ltg. Manfred Honneck), Adalgisa in NORMA an der Kroatischen Nationaloper Zagreb, Klementia in Paul Hindemiths SANCTA SUSANNA mit dem American Symphony Orchestra beim Festival Bard SummerScape 2010, 1. Norn und Flosshilde in der konzertanten Aufführung GÖTTERDAMMERUNG mit der Washington National Opera im Kennedy Center, sowie Jitsuko Honda in der japanischen Premiere von Toshio Hosokawas Oper HANJO in der Suntory Hall, Tokio - einer Inszenierung, die anschließend beim 3. Internationalen Milano-Torino-Festival (MiTo Settembre) aufgeführt wurde.
Von 1995 bis 2001, als Mitglied des Bremer Ensembles, verkörperte Fredrika Brillembourg alle maßgeblichen Partien ihres Fachs und wurde, erstmalig in der Theatergeschichte, sowohl mit dem Kurt-Hübner-Preis als auch dem Preis der Bremer Volksbühne ausgezeichnet. Es folgten Engagements an bedeutende Spielstätten wie das Internationale Festival d‘Aix-en-Provence, das Théâtre royal de la Monnaie in Brüssel, die De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam, das Grand Théâtre de Genève, das Megaron Athen, die Opéra de Lyon, die Brooklyn Academy of Music, die New York City Opera, die Seattle Opera, das Teatro de la Fenice in Venedig, die Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Teatro Sao Carlos, Lisbon, die Komische Oper Berlin, das Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania und die Semperoper Dresden.
Fredrika Brillembourg trat mit einer Reihe renommierter Orchester auf, darunter das Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, das City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, das MusikFabrik Köln und das Mahler Chamber Orchestra und präsentierte ein breites Repertoire, das unter anderem Werke wie Mahlers KINDERTOTENLIEDER, Elgars SEA PICTURES, Verdis MESSA DA REQUIEM und Bachs PASSIONEN beinhaltete. Sie sang unter der musikalischen Leitung von Antonio Pappano, Ingo Metzmacher, Sir Jeffrey Tate, Sakari Oramo, Kazushi Ono, Mark Albrecht, Daniel Harding und Placido Domingo und arbeitete mit namhaften Regisseuren wie Christof Loy, Willy Decker, Robert Carsen, Stephen Wadsworth, Martin Kusej und Jonathan Miller.
Auf CD ist Fredrika Brillembourg als Suzuki in Puccinis MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Naxos), in Solo-Arien (Berliner Symphoniker, Musikalische Ltg. Eduardo Marturet), in Bachs HOHE MESSE IN H MOLL(Stuttgarter Kammerorchester), in Stravinskys LES NOCES (mit Sylvain Cambreling), sowie auf DVD und CD in einem Live-Mitschnitt des VERDI REQUIEM (Youth Orchestra of the Americas, Musikalische Ltg.: Placido Domingo) zu hören."
In diesem Jahr koennen Sie Fredrika Brillembourg wieder bei den Bregenzer Festspielen 2012 und in der Titelrolle in Bizets CARMEN an der Oper von Sarasota erleben. In unserem Kulturspiegel hoeren Sie heute unser Interview mit Fredrika Brillembourg.
Susanne Nielsen im Gespraech mit Opernsaegerin Fredrika Brillembourg
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Bill's Minute in German Cultural History
In 1791, we see the birth ofCarl Czerny in Vienna, Austria. Czerny was a pianist, teacher and composer. His pedagogical works are still widely used in piano instruction today. He composed over 1000 works.
In 1842, we see the birth of Joseph Viktor Widmann inn the Austrian /Empire. Widmann spent his career in Switzerland where he was the literary editor of then Bern newspaper, Der Bund. He himself wrote many popular travel books.
in 1857 we see the birth of Heinrich Hertz in Hamburg, Germany. Hertz, a physicist, discovered how to produce, send and receive radio waves. The radio frequency measurerment "hertz" is named for him.
And in 1866 we see the birth of August Von Wassermann in Bamburg, Germany. Wassermann was a bacteriologist who discovered the blood serum test for syphilis, known as the Wasserman test.
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KULTUR - NEWS AUS WEST FLORIDA:
Das Bay Area Renaissance Festival hat begonnen (bis 1.4.2012, 10-18:00 uhr), jedes Wochenende ein anderes Fest, mit dabei die Landsknechte ( wir sprechen mit Akzent, aber leider kein Deutsch), vorletztes Wochenende : 31/1.4."German Invasion" mit Longbow Wettbewerb und German Bierfest! bayarearenaissancefest.com, 813-983-0111.
Cultural Center for German Language: Besuch Dali Museum, 11:00, 3.3.2012, Infos und Programme: 813-254-5088
Ausstellung Ruth Eckerd Hall: Maerz bis Mai 2012: Susanne Nielsen und 11 weitere Kuenstler stellen jeweils 5-8 Werke aus. Werke von Susanne Nielsen sind aus ihrem "Frauen und Magnolien" Bilderzyklus, der die Frauenrolle in der Werbung der 1950er Jahre in deutschen Zeitschriften mit der vielschichtigen Bedeutung der Magnolienbluete des US Suedens paart. Besucher der REH Veranstaltungen koennen die Galerie besuchen.
Wagner Society: 1x monatl.Programme und infos: schreiben Sie uns, wir leiten es weiter.
KINOKINOKINO
MOSI: Flying Monsters: When Dinosaurs walked the Earth and Monsters ruled the skies, flyingmonsters-movie.com, dieser Film ist fuer junge besucher lehrreich und im Rund des MOSImax theaters unweit des Renaissancefests ein zusaetzliches Vergnuegen.
A Separation (Eine Trennung) ist ein hervorragender neue Iranischer Film, der die Konsequenzen einer trennung zweier modern gesinnter aber im Netz traditioneller Kultur gefangener Eheleute beschreibt. Welche Konsequenzen erfolgen, zeigt diese gut erzaehlte und glaubhafte Geschichte, wobei sich der Regisseur auf die Psychologie der Handlung (ohne Gewalt) konzentriert. OSCAR FOR BEST FOREIGN FILM
Act of Valor wurde mit echten Navy Seals und echter Munition gedreht, wobei sich der Regisseur so ausdrueckte, dass man dabei als Filmemacher sehr aufmerksam und vorsichtig verhalten musste, er aber diese beiden Aspekte fuer unumlaesslich in diesem Filmprojekt hielt. Dass aber echte Soldaten zwar "hart", aber wie in fruehen Schwarzeneggerfilmen eher hoelzern wirken, macht denen zu schaffen, die diese trainierten Soldaten im Zusammenspiel mit vorwiegend guten (Fernseh)Schauspielern auf der Leinwand erleben.
Wanderlust: Seichte Komoedie, die sowohl eine Era (Hippies) Schauspieler dieser Era, wie der hierbei leider viel zu kurz kommende Alan Alda und eine gut in Schuss gebliebene Jennifer Aniston, auch nicht retten kann.
Nachlese zum Opernkonzert zum Abschied Maestro Coppolas (18.,19.2.2012)
Judi Lisi, Praesidentin des Straz Center for the Performing Arts, die Opera Tampa gruendete und seitdem Maestro Anton Coppola mit der musikalischen Leitung betraute, verabschiedete den nun 95jaehrigen Maestro, indem sie sein Leben musikalisch Revue passieren liess. Maestro Coppola, der viel Beifall erhielt, leitete auch hierbei ein kleines Orchester,waehrend viele seiner Opernkuenstler, die er in den Jahren seiner Leitung in Tampa in Opern brachte und auch mit der selbst komponierten Oper Sacco und Vanzetti Arien aus diesen Opern sangen, viele letzte Szenen, die er zu seinem eigenen Abschied ausgesucht hatte. Es war ein gelungener Ausklang einer langen Karriere. Musik bleibt weiterhin im Zentrum seines Lebens, denn so der ( auch Deutsch sprechenede) Maestro, "ich habe sonst nichts gelernt." Zum Abschluss der Saison dirigiert der Onkel Frances Ford Coppolas und Grossonkel Nicolas Cages noch die Oper AIDA im April fuer www.operatampa.org.
Opera Sarasota - Premiere Lucia di Lammermoor
Kathleen Kim in der Hauptrolle von Lucia di Lammermoor
Auch bei der zweiten Premiere der Sarasota Opernsaison am 18.Februar war das Publikum begeistert, besonders von der Stimme der Hauptfigur, Lucia Di Lammermoor, die von Kathleen Kim, deren klare praezise Sopranstimme alle Erwartungen noch uebertraf, mit vielen BRAVA Stimmen gelobt wurde! Nach einer zweimaligen Zeit als Aprentice Artist und zwei Jahre spaeter Studio Artist an der Sarasota Oper, hat Kathleen Kim nun mehrere Engagements an der New Yorker Metropolitain Oper auch dort ein Weltpublikum begeistert. Ihr Debut als Lucia Di Lammermoor an der Sarasota Oper wird sicherlich zu vielen weiteren Reprisen dieser Rolle fuehren, beweist sie doch von der ersten bis letzten Note ihren Status als Saengerin von Weltklasse! Ihr zur Seite stehen eine Gruppe ebenso ausgezeichneter Hauptdarsteller, wie besonders Lee Poulis ( bis 2011 an der Bonner Oper engagiert und in der Rolle des Don Giovanni in Sarasotas Opernauffuehrung 2011 debutierte) in der Rolle des Lord Ashton, Joshua Kohl als Ravenswood und Bass-Bariton Young-Bok Kim als Lucias Lehrmeister.
Wer eine Weltstimme der Zukunft begegnen moechte, der darf diese Donizettioper auf keinen Fall versaeumen.
Susanne und produzent Bill Davidson bei der Premiere von Lucia di Lammermoor
Wer sich vor der Vorstellung in Sarasotas Innenstadt ein Abendessen goennen moechte, der kann gleich neben dem Opernhaus und auch um die Ecke in der belebten Mainstreet zahlreiche kleine schicke Restaurants finden, die alle auf die Opernabende eingestellt sind. Von elegant bis preiswert und dennoch huebsch gibt es drinnen und draussen Essgelegenheiten fuer den kleinen und grossen Appetit.
Wer bereits mittags nach Sarasota kommt, der kann ebenso noch einen Ausflug ins schoene Ringling Museum etwa zehn Minuten Autofahrt von der Innenstadt entfernt am Tamiami Blvd machen. Dort sind gleich drei Museen und ein Palast im venizianischen Stil in einem herrlichen Park mit Banyan Baeumen und Mabel Ringlings bluehenden Rosengarten.
Ob Zirkusmuseum, Tibbles Learning Center, Cad'Zan oder Museum angefuellt mit Kunstschaetzen von der Renaissance bis zur Moderne (im Moment eine Sonderausstellung der auf Rubens beruhenden grafischen Werke), hier kann man viele Stunden verbringen. ringling.org
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OPERA - ORCHESTRA :
SARASOTA, ST. PETERSBURG & TAMPA
CarmenMusic by Georges Bizet
Sung in French with English supertitles
11 Performances: February 11, 14, 19m, 22, 24, March 4m, 8, 11, 16, 20, 24
The 2012 Winter Opera Festival opens on February 11, 2012 with the opéra-comique version of Bizet’s fiery Carmen with the original spoken dialogue. Opera’s most famous femme fatale, Carmen tells the electrifying story of the free-spirited gypsy and how she uses the love of an entranced soldier for her own gain resulting in jealousy and murder. Known for her “velvety timbre” and “magnificent presence, both as a singer and as an actress”, Mezzo-Soprano Fredrika Brillembourg will make her Sarasota Opera debut in the title role. Not seen in Sarasota since 1995, tenor Antonio Nagore will return to the Sarasota Opera stage as the obsessive, love stricken Don José. Danielle Walker, last heard as Don Elvira in last Season’s Don Giovanni, sings Micaëla and Carlos Monzón portrays the toreador Escamillo. Carmen will be performed in French with English supertitles and will run for 11 performances from February 11 through March 24, 2012
Lucia di LammermoorMusic by Gaetano Donizetti
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
9 Performances: February 18, 21, 23, 26m, March 2, 7, 9m, 17m, 23
Deceit leads to murder which leads to madness in Donizetti’s musically and dramatically exhilarating masterpiece Lucia di Lammermoor. Rising opera star, Soprano Kathleen Kim, returns to Sarasota Opera to make her role debut as Lucia. Ms. Kim was an Apprentice Artist at Sarasota Opera in 2002 and returned as a Studio Artist in 2005. During the 2010-2011 Season, Ms. Kim appeared as Madame Mao in the Metropolitan Opera’s premiere of Nixon in China and reprised her acclaimed portrayal of Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos also at the Metropolitan Opera. In addition, Ms. Kim’s 2010-2011 Season included appearances as The Queen of the Night from Die Zauberflöte at the Bavarian State Opera, Oscar in Un Ballo in Maschera at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Poppea in Agrippina at the Boston Lyric Opera.
“I can’t even describe how excited I am to go back to sing my role debut of Lucia at Sarasota Opera”, says Ms. Kim. “Lucia has been one of my dream roles since I was a student. Sarasota Opera performed Lucia di Lammermoor when I was an Apprentice Artist at Sarasota Opera in 2002 and of course I sang in the chorus. I remember dreaming of singing the title role at every performance. Sarasota Opera is a very special place for me because it was my first Apprentice Artist program after graduation. During my time there I learned so much that schools can’t teach – the experience of live theater and being a performer. Because of my familiarity with the rehearsal process and the number of performances they do, I knew Sarasota Opera would be the perfect place for me to do my first Lucia. I am so glad I waited!”
Ms. Kim has been heralded by Opera News as “spectacular”, by the Chicago Sun-Times as “a revelation”, and the Chicago Tribune noted that Ms. Kim “nailed her stratospheric coloratura aria with a precise, penetrating soprano.”
Ms. Kim will be joined on stage by Lee Poulis, last seasons villainous Don Giovanni, as Lucia’s spiteful brother, Enrico. In addition, Joshua Kohl returns, seen last season as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, as Edgardo and Young-Bok Kim, who was Colline in last season’s La bohème, returns as Raimondo, Lucia’s tutor. Stage Director, Brian Robertson, who directed the 2005 Sarasota Opera production of Stiffelio, returns to direct and Sarasota Opera favorite Maestro Anthony Barrese will conduct. Sung in Italian with English supertitles, Lucia di Lammermoor runs from February 18 – March 24, 2012.
Otello
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Sarasota Opera Premiere
7 Performances: March 3, 6, 11m, 14, 17, 22, 25m
For the first time on the Sarasota Opera stage, Maestro Victor DeRenzi, celebrating his 30th year as Artistic Director, will lead the cast and orchestra in Verdi’s masterpiece Otello which will mark Sarasota Opera’s final five years of the Verdi Cycle ending in 2016. Verdi’s tour-de-force is the tale of passionate love undermind by the vindictive scheming of Iago, Otello’s ensign, throwing Otello into a murderous rage against his innocent wife, Desdemona. Rafael Dávila will return to bring his robust and beautiful full lyric tenor voice to the stage in his portrayal of the title role, and Maria D’Amato, last season’s heartbreaking Mimi in La bohème, will portray the deceived yet endlessly faithful Desdemona. Otello will be performed in Italian with English supertitles and will run from March 3 through March 25, 2012.
Vanessa
Music by Samuel Barber
Sung in English with English supertitles
Sarasota Opera Premiere
March 10, 13, 15, 18m, 21, 24
**Free pre-performance introductions 45 minutes before curtain in Felding Hall
Rounding out the 2012 Winter Season will be Samuel Barber’s Vanessa as a continuation of the new American Classics series. An opera of lyrical and intense beauty, Vanessa weaves a story of lies, secrets and evasion between an aging aunt, dreaming of love’s return, and her niece Erika, who waits for love to come. Kara Shay Thomson, who brought down the house in 2009 as Tosca, returns to sing the title role. Making their Sarasota Opera debut, rising star, mezzo-soprano Audrey Babcock, will assume the role as her niece Erika and tenor Scott Piper will sing the role of Anatol, the love interest of both women. The creative team responsible for the success of last year’s production of The Crucible will return to build Vanessa from the ground up right here in Sarasota including Scenic Designer Michael Schweikardt, Costume Designer Howard Tsvi Kaplan, Lighting Designer Ken Yunker and Wigs and Make-Up Designer Georgianna Eberhard. David Neely returns to conduct and Michael Unger returns to direct. Vanessa will be sung in English with supertitles projected above the screen and will run from March 10 through March 24, 2012.
Maestro DeRenzi’s 30th Season Gala March 25, 2012
The 2011-2012 Season marks Maestro DeRenzi’s 30th season as Artistic Director of Sarasota Opera. This monumental achievement will be celebrated with a gala celebration and concert featuring Sarasota Opera Artists, Sarasota Youth Opera and the Sarasota Opera Orchestra which will close out the 2011-2012 Season. A gala dinner will begin at 5pm in the Peterson Great Room of the Sarasota Opera House followed by Maestro’s 30th Season Concert at 7pm. Dessert and tributes will resume in the Peterson Great Room following the concert.
ABOUT SARASOTA OPERA
Based in Florida’s beautiful Gulf Coast, Sarasota Opera is approaching its 53rd consecutive season. In 1960, the company began presenting chamber-sized repertoire in the historic 320-seat Asolo Theater on the grounds of Sarasota’s Ringling Museum of Art. Recognizing the need for a theater more conducive to opera, the company purchased the former A.B. Edwards Theater in downtown Sarasota in 1979 and first performing in it in 1984 as the Sarasota Opera House. The theater has just undergone a $20-million renovation and rehabilitation enhancing audience amenities, while updating the technical facilities including increasing the size of the orchestra pit. The theater, which reopened in March 2008, has been called “one of America’s finest venues for opera” by Musical America.
Since 1983 the company has been under the artistic leadership of Victor DeRenzi. Since then the company has garnered international attention with its Masterwork Revivals Series, which presents neglected works of artistic merit, as well as the Verdi Cycle producing the complete works of Giuseppe Verdi. Recognizing the importance of training, Maestro DeRenzi founded the Apprentice Artist and Studio Artist programs. Sarasota Opera also maintains a commitment to education through its Invitation to Opera performances for local schools and the unique Sarasota Youth Opera program.
The 2011-2012 Season featured Puccini’s Madama Butterfly in the fall. The 2012 Winter Festival will include Bizet’s Carmen (opéra-comique version with spoken dialogue), Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Verdi’s Otello, and Barber’s Vanessa. Subscriptions are on sale by calling (941) 328-1300 or visiting the Sarasota Opera Box Office. Single tickets went on sale August 1st online (www.sarasotaopera.org) and September 1st in the Box Office.
Sarasota Opera is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Programs are supported in part by an award the Tourist Development Tax through the Board of County Commissioners, the Tourist Development Council and the Sarasota County Arts Council. Additional funding is provided by the City of Sarasota and the County of Sarasota.
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St. Petersburg Opera : Samson and Delilah
Premiere: Friday, Mar 2, 2012 07:30 pm
Where: The Palladium Theater - St. Petersburg
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Tenor Jon Morrell im Operninterview Kommende Woche
Passion and sexual desire collide with politics and religion in this most popular grand opera by Camille Saint-Saëns.
Based on the Biblical story from the Book of Judges, Hebrew leader Samson is seduced by Dalila, a vengeful spurned Philistine. Dalila's seduction arias are star vehicles, as is Samson’s rousing call to the Hebrews to rise up against their oppressors. The orchestra and dancers get the spotlight in the Bacchanale, a third act extravaganza in which the Philistines indulge in wild merriment before Samson ultimately proves that they are terrible architects and builders.
Sung in French with English surtitles.
Tickets available online or by calling (727) 823-2040.
$64.50, $49.50, $34.50, $21.50
Mark Sforzini, Artistic Director & Conductor
Eric Davis, Stage Director
T. J. Ecenia, Scenic Design
Michelle Manchess Moore, Costume Design
Keith Arsenault, Lighting Design
Cheryl Lee, Choreographer
Cast:
Samson: Jon Morrell
Delilah: Holly Sorensen
High Priest of Dagon: Anthony Zoeller
Abimelech: Benjamin LeClair
Old Hebrew: Fred Furnari
VORSCHAU: Hoeren Sie in der Sendung am kommenden Wochenende unser Interview mit Samson: Jon Morrell im Audioteil unserer Sendung.
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Vorschau: www.operatampa.org AIDA am 20,22, April 2012, 813-229-STAR.
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Lucia di LammermoorMusic by Gaetano Donizetti
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
9 Performances: February 18, 21, 23, 26m, March 2, 7, 9m, 17m, 23
Deceit leads to murder which leads to madness in Donizetti’s musically and dramatically exhilarating masterpiece Lucia di Lammermoor. Rising opera star, Soprano Kathleen Kim, returns to Sarasota Opera to make her role debut as Lucia. Ms. Kim was an Apprentice Artist at Sarasota Opera in 2002 and returned as a Studio Artist in 2005. During the 2010-2011 Season, Ms. Kim appeared as Madame Mao in the Metropolitan Opera’s premiere of Nixon in China and reprised her acclaimed portrayal of Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos also at the Metropolitan Opera. In addition, Ms. Kim’s 2010-2011 Season included appearances as The Queen of the Night from Die Zauberflöte at the Bavarian State Opera, Oscar in Un Ballo in Maschera at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Poppea in Agrippina at the Boston Lyric Opera.
“I can’t even describe how excited I am to go back to sing my role debut of Lucia at Sarasota Opera”, says Ms. Kim. “Lucia has been one of my dream roles since I was a student. Sarasota Opera performed Lucia di Lammermoor when I was an Apprentice Artist at Sarasota Opera in 2002 and of course I sang in the chorus. I remember dreaming of singing the title role at every performance. Sarasota Opera is a very special place for me because it was my first Apprentice Artist program after graduation. During my time there I learned so much that schools can’t teach – the experience of live theater and being a performer. Because of my familiarity with the rehearsal process and the number of performances they do, I knew Sarasota Opera would be the perfect place for me to do my first Lucia. I am so glad I waited!”
Ms. Kim has been heralded by Opera News as “spectacular”, by the Chicago Sun-Times as “a revelation”, and the Chicago Tribune noted that Ms. Kim “nailed her stratospheric coloratura aria with a precise, penetrating soprano.”
Ms. Kim will be joined on stage by Lee Poulis, last seasons villainous Don Giovanni, as Lucia’s spiteful brother, Enrico. In addition, Joshua Kohl returns, seen last season as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, as Edgardo and Young-Bok Kim, who was Colline in last season’s La bohème, returns as Raimondo, Lucia’s tutor. Stage Director, Brian Robertson, who directed the 2005 Sarasota Opera production of Stiffelio, returns to direct and Sarasota Opera favorite Maestro Anthony Barrese will conduct. Sung in Italian with English supertitles, Lucia di Lammermoor runs from February 18 – March 24, 2012.
Otello
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Sarasota Opera Premiere
7 Performances: March 3, 6, 11m, 14, 17, 22, 25m
For the first time on the Sarasota Opera stage, Maestro Victor DeRenzi, celebrating his 30th year as Artistic Director, will lead the cast and orchestra in Verdi’s masterpiece Otello which will mark Sarasota Opera’s final five years of the Verdi Cycle ending in 2016. Verdi’s tour-de-force is the tale of passionate love undermind by the vindictive scheming of Iago, Otello’s ensign, throwing Otello into a murderous rage against his innocent wife, Desdemona. Rafael Dávila will return to bring his robust and beautiful full lyric tenor voice to the stage in his portrayal of the title role, and Maria D’Amato, last season’s heartbreaking Mimi in La bohème, will portray the deceived yet endlessly faithful Desdemona. Otello will be performed in Italian with English supertitles and will run from March 3 through March 25, 2012.
Vanessa
Music by Samuel Barber
Sung in English with English supertitles
Sarasota Opera Premiere
March 10, 13, 15, 18m, 21, 24
**Free pre-performance introductions 45 minutes before curtain in Felding Hall
Rounding out the 2012 Winter Season will be Samuel Barber’s Vanessa as a continuation of the new American Classics series. An opera of lyrical and intense beauty, Vanessa weaves a story of lies, secrets and evasion between an aging aunt, dreaming of love’s return, and her niece Erika, who waits for love to come. Kara Shay Thomson, who brought down the house in 2009 as Tosca, returns to sing the title role. Making their Sarasota Opera debut, rising star, mezzo-soprano Audrey Babcock, will assume the role as her niece Erika and tenor Scott Piper will sing the role of Anatol, the love interest of both women. The creative team responsible for the success of last year’s production of The Crucible will return to build Vanessa from the ground up right here in Sarasota including Scenic Designer Michael Schweikardt, Costume Designer Howard Tsvi Kaplan, Lighting Designer Ken Yunker and Wigs and Make-Up Designer Georgianna Eberhard. David Neely returns to conduct and Michael Unger returns to direct. Vanessa will be sung in English with supertitles projected above the screen and will run from March 10 through March 24, 2012.
Maestro DeRenzi’s 30th Season Gala March 25, 2012
The 2011-2012 Season marks Maestro DeRenzi’s 30th season as Artistic Director of Sarasota Opera. This monumental achievement will be celebrated with a gala celebration and concert featuring Sarasota Opera Artists, Sarasota Youth Opera and the Sarasota Opera Orchestra which will close out the 2011-2012 Season. A gala dinner will begin at 5pm in the Peterson Great Room of the Sarasota Opera House followed by Maestro’s 30th Season Concert at 7pm. Dessert and tributes will resume in the Peterson Great Room following the concert.
ABOUT SARASOTA OPERA
Based in Florida’s beautiful Gulf Coast, Sarasota Opera is approaching its 53rd consecutive season. In 1960, the company began presenting chamber-sized repertoire in the historic 320-seat Asolo Theater on the grounds of Sarasota’s Ringling Museum of Art. Recognizing the need for a theater more conducive to opera, the company purchased the former A.B. Edwards Theater in downtown Sarasota in 1979 and first performing in it in 1984 as the Sarasota Opera House. The theater has just undergone a $20-million renovation and rehabilitation enhancing audience amenities, while updating the technical facilities including increasing the size of the orchestra pit. The theater, which reopened in March 2008, has been called “one of America’s finest venues for opera” by Musical America.
Since 1983 the company has been under the artistic leadership of Victor DeRenzi. Since then the company has garnered international attention with its Masterwork Revivals Series, which presents neglected works of artistic merit, as well as the Verdi Cycle producing the complete works of Giuseppe Verdi. Recognizing the importance of training, Maestro DeRenzi founded the Apprentice Artist and Studio Artist programs. Sarasota Opera also maintains a commitment to education through its Invitation to Opera performances for local schools and the unique Sarasota Youth Opera program.
The 2011-2012 Season featured Puccini’s Madama Butterfly in the fall. The 2012 Winter Festival will include Bizet’s Carmen (opéra-comique version with spoken dialogue), Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Verdi’s Otello, and Barber’s Vanessa. Subscriptions are on sale by calling (941) 328-1300 or visiting the Sarasota Opera Box Office. Single tickets went on sale August 1st online (www.sarasotaopera.org) and September 1st in the Box Office.
Sarasota Opera is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Programs are supported in part by an award the Tourist Development Tax through the Board of County Commissioners, the Tourist Development Council and the Sarasota County Arts Council. Additional funding is provided by the City of Sarasota and the County of Sarasota.
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St. Petersburg Opera : Samson and Delilah
Premiere: Friday, Mar 2, 2012 07:30 pm
Where: The Palladium Theater - St. Petersburg
Passion and sexual desire collide with politics and religion in this most popular grand opera by Camille Saint-Saëns.
Based on the Biblical story from the Book of Judges, Hebrew leader Samson is seduced by Dalila, a vengeful spurned Philistine. Dalila's seduction arias are star vehicles, as is Samson’s rousing call to the Hebrews to rise up against their oppressors. The orchestra and dancers get the spotlight in the Bacchanale, a third act extravaganza in which the Philistines indulge in wild merriment before Samson ultimately proves that they are terrible architects and builders.
Sung in French with English surtitles.
Tickets available online or by calling (727) 823-2040.
$64.50, $49.50, $34.50, $21.50
Mark Sforzini, Artistic Director & Conductor
Eric Davis, Stage Director
T. J. Ecenia, Scenic Design
Michelle Manchess Moore, Costume Design
Keith Arsenault, Lighting Design
Cheryl Lee, Choreographer
Cast:
Samson: Jon Morrell
Delilah: Holly Sorensen
High Priest of Dagon: Anthony Zoeller
Abimelech: Benjamin LeClair
Old Hebrew: Fred Furnari
VORSCHAU: Hoeren Sie in der Sendung am kommenden Wochenende unser Interview mit Samson: Jon Morrell im Audioteil unserer Sendung.
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Fruehlingsstimmen:
Florida Orchestra Masterworks Serie: www.floridaorchestra.org
Coffee Concerts
Viennese Delights
FLORIDA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES IN MARCH
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – February 15, 2012 – Under the leadership of Music Director Stefan Sanderling, The Florida Orchestra will offer a variety of performances next month, including “Rock on Broadway,” featuring music from some of the best rock musicals of our time.
March 8: Viennese Delights – Coffee Series
This matinee concert features Strauss Jr's Tritsch Tratsch Polka, Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro Overture, Lehar's The Merry Widow Overture. Guests will be treated to complimentary coffee and Krispy Kreme doughnuts as well as a pre-concert conversation one hour before the performance. Conducted by Stuart Malina.
Show time: Thurs, March 8 at 11am, Progress Energy Center for the Arts, Mahaffey Theater
Tickets: $24, $29, $34, $42
March 9, 10 and 11: Rock on Broadway – Raymond James Pop Series
It’s a rockin’ night on the Great White Way with peace, love and electric guitars…featuring music from the best rock musicals of the 70s, 80s and 90s: Rent, Chess, Hair, Little Shop of Horrors, Jesus Christ Superstar, Tommy, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Godspell. Conducted by Stuart Malina.
Show times: Fri, March 9 at 8pm, David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, Carol Morsani Hall; Sat, March 10 at 8pm, Progress Energy Center for the Arts, Mahaffey Theater; Sun, March 11 at 7:30pm, Ruth Eckerd Hall
Tickets: $15, $30, $45
March 14: An Intimate Collaboration
The orchestra and The Studio@620 continue their third season of “An Intimate Collaboration” series of entertaining and seriously fun happenings on Wednesday evenings, which include elements connected by a common theme. This night, the series continues with "Spring for It" prior to Voices of Spring. It begins at 7 pm at The Studio@620. Reservations are accepted by phone at 727-895-6620, as seating is limited. A suggested donation of $10 is payable at the door. The Studio@620 is located at 620 First Ave. South, St. Petersburg 33701.
March 16, 17 and 18: Voices of Spring – Tampa Bay Times Masterworks Series
Embrace the promise of springtime, the spirit of renewal and the carefree days of warmer weather with Copland’s Appalachian Spring, Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and Schumann’s Symphony No. 1, “Spring.” Conducted by Stefan Sanderling with soprano Indra Thomas. Includes a pre-concert talk about the music and the composers in the concert hall beginning one hour prior to curtain.
Show times: Fri, March 16 at 10am, Progress Energy Center for the Arts, Mahaffey Theater; Sat, March 17 at 8pm, Progress Energy Center for the Arts, Mahaffey Theater; Sun, March 18 at 7:30pm, Ruth Eckerd Hall
Tickets: $15, $30, $45
Tickets to all performances are on sale at 800-662-7286 and online at www.floridaorchestra.org.
Become a fan of The Florida Orchestra on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FloridaOrchestra; or
follow them on Twitter at www.twitter.com/FlaOrchestra.
Florida Orchestra Masterworks Serie: www.floridaorchestra.org
Coffee Concerts
Viennese Delights
FLORIDA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES IN MARCH
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – February 15, 2012 – Under the leadership of Music Director Stefan Sanderling, The Florida Orchestra will offer a variety of performances next month, including “Rock on Broadway,” featuring music from some of the best rock musicals of our time.
March 8: Viennese Delights – Coffee Series
This matinee concert features Strauss Jr's Tritsch Tratsch Polka, Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro Overture, Lehar's The Merry Widow Overture. Guests will be treated to complimentary coffee and Krispy Kreme doughnuts as well as a pre-concert conversation one hour before the performance. Conducted by Stuart Malina.
Show time: Thurs, March 8 at 11am, Progress Energy Center for the Arts, Mahaffey Theater
Tickets: $24, $29, $34, $42
March 9, 10 and 11: Rock on Broadway – Raymond James Pop Series
It’s a rockin’ night on the Great White Way with peace, love and electric guitars…featuring music from the best rock musicals of the 70s, 80s and 90s: Rent, Chess, Hair, Little Shop of Horrors, Jesus Christ Superstar, Tommy, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Godspell. Conducted by Stuart Malina.
Show times: Fri, March 9 at 8pm, David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, Carol Morsani Hall; Sat, March 10 at 8pm, Progress Energy Center for the Arts, Mahaffey Theater; Sun, March 11 at 7:30pm, Ruth Eckerd Hall
Tickets: $15, $30, $45
March 14: An Intimate Collaboration
The orchestra and The Studio@620 continue their third season of “An Intimate Collaboration” series of entertaining and seriously fun happenings on Wednesday evenings, which include elements connected by a common theme. This night, the series continues with "Spring for It" prior to Voices of Spring. It begins at 7 pm at The Studio@620. Reservations are accepted by phone at 727-895-6620, as seating is limited. A suggested donation of $10 is payable at the door. The Studio@620 is located at 620 First Ave. South, St. Petersburg 33701.
March 16, 17 and 18: Voices of Spring – Tampa Bay Times Masterworks Series
Embrace the promise of springtime, the spirit of renewal and the carefree days of warmer weather with Copland’s Appalachian Spring, Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and Schumann’s Symphony No. 1, “Spring.” Conducted by Stefan Sanderling with soprano Indra Thomas. Includes a pre-concert talk about the music and the composers in the concert hall beginning one hour prior to curtain.
Show times: Fri, March 16 at 10am, Progress Energy Center for the Arts, Mahaffey Theater; Sat, March 17 at 8pm, Progress Energy Center for the Arts, Mahaffey Theater; Sun, March 18 at 7:30pm, Ruth Eckerd Hall
Tickets: $15, $30, $45
Tickets to all performances are on sale at 800-662-7286 and online at www.floridaorchestra.org.
Become a fan of The Florida Orchestra on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FloridaOrchestra; or
follow them on Twitter at www.twitter.com/FlaOrchestra.
About The Florida Orchestra
Performing nearly 100 concerts annually in the tri-city area of Tampa, Clearwater, and St. Petersburg, The Florida Orchestra is recognized as Tampa Bay's leading performing arts institution, one of the leading professional symphony orchestras in Florida, and one of the most vibrant orchestras in the United States. With live performances including the Tampa Bay Times Masterworks, Raymond James Pops, Coffee Concerts, Progress Energy Morning Masterworks, as well as Youth Concerts and Free Pops in the Park Concerts, The Florida Orchestra offers a vast scope of concerts each year. The mission of The Florida Orchestra is to enrich the life of the Tampa Bay area as it inspires, entertains and educates a wide and diverse audience with the unique experience of live symphonic music, ensuring that future generations will continue to enjoy this legacy that so magnificently celebrates the human spirit.
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Paris Opera Garnier
St.Petersburg Opera bringt Ihnen Samson und Delilah am 2,4,6.4.2012 im Paladium Theater in St. Petersburg. Hoeren Sie unser Interview mit Samson (John M. am kommenden Sonntag. Karten jetzt schon unbedingt kaufen! Nur drei Auffuehrungen, 2,4,6. Maerz,2012
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