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German American Society Florida: www.ugasflorida.org
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.
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The German American Social Club of New Port Richey
This week: PECIAL GUEST: MANNI DAUM!
The German American Social Club of new Port Richey welcomes you to their monthly dinner dances!
Every third Wednesday of the month, mark your calendars for this festive occasion in the elegant atmosphere of the Polish Pulasky Association’s Club house on Darlington Road just off US 19 North in Holiday, Florida.
Jeden dritten Dienstag im Monat laedt Sie der German American Social Club of New Port Richey ein, mit Ihnen den nachmittag und Abend in den festlichen Raeumen der Polnischen Polaski Gesellschaftshaus zu verbringen.
Dress code varies, from festive to folklore or casual.
Doors open at 3:30 pm, Salad bar opens at 4:00 pm and dinner buffet opens at 5:00 pm with dancing beginning at 6:00 pm. There is always a live band and some wonderful raffle prizes at the end of the evening.
For reservations please call Christine Tetro at 727-938-7603. Auf Wiedersehen im Deutsch Amerikanischen Social Club von New Port Richey!Their next event will be February 15th, Fasching (come in Costume)!
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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.
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Das Rote Haus am Rhein
Liebe Freunde,Von seiner Liebe zu Kuenstlern wie Vogler und auch Carl Larson, wurde dieses Haus am Rhein eine Homage an das "Haus an der Sonne" und zum Gesamtkunstwerk, jedoch im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert zeitgerecht, ein Bauwerk auf naturfreundlicher oekologischer Grundlage.
Unser Interview fand in der Zeit statt als beide Gestalter nach acht Jahren ein erstes Resumee ziehen konnten und noch viele Traeume, wie Christines eigenes Atelier, in der Zukunft lagen und beide weiterhin fleissig mit der Planung beschaeftigt waren.
Ich hatte die grosse Freude, diese beiden Kuenstler und ihr Projekt zu begleiten wofuer ich mich sehr, wie auch fuer unser Gespraech hierzu bedanken moechte.
Ich bedanke mich nochmals bei dem Ehepaar Dieter Weber und Christine Schmidt dafuer, dass sie mir ueber die Jahre Einblicke in ihr Leben und in die Entstehung ihres gemeinsamen Kunstwerkes, das rote Hauses am Rhein.
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THE GERMAN DELI IN LARGO
Mal wieder Zeit, Ihre deutschen Waren aufzustocken?
Dann nichts wie hin zur German Deli in Largo.
Dort bekommen Sie frischgemachte deutsche Wurstwaren,
Fleischsalat, Kartoffesalat, und vieles mehr aus eigener Herstellung,
gefrorene hausgemachte Gerichte wie Kartoffel-oder Gulaschsuppe,
Roulladen, Sauerbraten und vieles mehr!
Verschiedene Sorten frisches knusprige Brot, Brötchen
und allerlei Kuchen: Bienenstich,Pflaumen, Mohn-, Apfelkuchen und
zur Kroenung: Schwarzwaelder Kirschtorte.
Fuellen Sie den Einkaufskorb mit Deutschen Getraenken,
Zeitschriften, sowie ausgewaehlte Esswaren aus ganz Europa.
Jeden Freitag und Samstag warmer Leberkaese, Brezeln, Laugenbroetchen und –stangen.
The German Deli in Largo, 1995 East Bay Drive, zwischen Highland Avenue und Keene Road, Dienstag bis Freitags 10 bis 17 uhr ,
samstags jetzt 10 bis 16 uhr. Und ab sofort gibts an huebschen Tischen ab 11uhr lunch!www.thegermandeli.net, your German butchery and deli in Largo!
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Vanessa
Es ist ein eigenwilliger Stoff, den Samuel Barber fuer seine Oper Vanessa waehlte, die Geschichte einer Liebe, die verjaehrt, und sich eine Generation weiter scheinbar neu entfacht. Ist es Liebe , fragt man sich? ist es die Sucht nach Macht und reichtum, Adelstitel und Passion, die der Sohn des verstorbenen Liebhabers dazu treibt, sich in Vanessas Leben einzubringen? Passion findet der neue Mann sofort in der Nichte Vanessas, aber man fragt sich wie in diesem fast wie in einem Dickensroman anmutendem Gefuege von menschen und Gefuehlen, man soviele Geheimnisse bewahren kann. Hier fehlt die Dramatik der ganz grossen Geschichten, ob Liebe, Verzweiflung, oder Tod.
Barber dringt selbst mit grossen Stimmen wie sie Kara Shay Thomson zweifellos hervorragend als Vanessa zum Vortrag bringt, nicht wirklich zu seinem Publikum durch. Auch die Nichte, von Audrey Babcock gesungen, beruehrt uns nicht genug.
Wunderbar leicht spielt und singt Thomas Potter den alten Arzt, der beschwipst eine Szene traegt. Anatol, der junge Liebhaber von Nichte und Tante wird von Scott Piper mit lyrischer Tenorstimme bestens dargestellt. Wie die Damen, so ist es auch fuer das Publikum schwer ihn als Opportunisten zu identifizieren.
Das Buehnebild bringt uns in die Zeit um 1900 , in der diese Oper von 1958 spielt.
Es ist eine Oper, die zu sehen sich lohnt, wenn man sie in der Tradition der neueren amerikanischen Oper des 20. Jahrhunderts einordnet, schoen in vielen Aspekten, man denkt an die Melancholie des Nordens, mir fehlt insbesondere der Dickensche Hochzeitskuchen aus "Great Expectations", hier geht es elegant zu, in Handlung, Stimmen und gefuehlen.
Damit sind nun alle Opern dieser Saison noch bis Ende Maerz zu erleben. Die neue Saison beginnt im Herbst, schauen Sie bei http://www.sarasotaopera.org/ nach Karten fuer diese und Abonnements fuer das kommende Jahr. Eine von der Oper in Auftrag gegebene Kinderoper heisst Little Nemo in Slumberland und basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Comic von 1900. Ein kleiner Junge traeumt und traeumt und wacht am Ende jedes Abenteuers wieder auf.
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Ich darf mich von Ihnen verabschieden und sagen Tschuess, Ciao und Bye Bye.
Ihre Susanne Nielsen
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BILL"S Minute in German Cultural History:
In 1759, we see the passing of composer Georg Handel.
In 1789, we see the birth of Georg Ohm. Ohm was a physicist. He discovered Ohm's law.
In electricity, resistance in a circuit is named for him.
in 1883, we see the passing of Karl Marx in London, England.
In 1898, we see the death of Johann Balmer in Switzerland. Balmer developed the formula basic to the development of atomic theory and developed the field of atomic spectroscopy.
And in 1979, the European currency, the Euro, takes affect in Germay.
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KULTUR KALENDER in West Florida DIESE WOCHE!
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.
KINOKINOKINO
Eine Woche lang wird diese Dokumentation von Wim Wenders zur Karriere der Choreografin und Taenzerin Pina Bausch gezeigt: Ihre Arbeitsweise wird anhand vier ihrer wichtigen Ballets ( Cafe Mueller, usw.) und Portraits ihrer Taenzer gezeigt. Pina, die kuerzlich starb hat mit ihrer Arbeitsweise das Tiefste und beste an Emotionen und Faehikeiten in ihrem Wuppertaler Tamz Theater manifestiert. Gegen die Kulisse dieser stadt mit ihrer einzigartigen Schwebebahn , durch Sand und Steine , auf minimalistischen Buehnen ist der Film ein gelungenes Zeit- und Kuenstlerportrait.
Freitag bis Donnerstag: 19:30, Sa,So 14:30, 17:00, 19:30
Friends with Kids
Ein kluger und trotzdem amuesanter Film zum Leben mit Kindern und wie sich Paare damit arrangieren. Zwei beste Freunde (gespielt von Adam Scott, Jennifer West) entschliessen sich ein Kind zu bekommen ohne den Stress und Sorge um die schlechten Ehen ihrer Freunde nachzuahmen. Dass auch in einer offenen Beziehung ein Kind die Welt veraendert und, dass man sich vielleicht miteinander verbindet, wenn man ein solch grosses gemeinsames Unterfangen beginnt, ist das, was der Beobachter sich von Herzen wuenscht, gwspannt darf man hierzu diesen Film verfolgen. Es lohnt sich!
John Carter
Fuer die Freunde solcher epischen Fantasiewelten wie StarWars gibt es endlich einen neuen Helden, John carter, der scheinbar direkt aus der Sherlock Holms era weit, weit in die Zukunft und ferne Welten katapultiert wird. Ueber zwei Stunden und fesselnd, folgen wir John Carter zu seiner schoenen Prinzessin auf einen neuen Planeten und bis hin zu einem sehr erstaunlichen Ende dieser Geschichte.
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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.
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EVENTS und AUSSTELLUNGEN
Strawberry Festival (www.strawberryfestival.com) in Plant City
ist DER Ort , an dem man diese Woche noch von saftigen wirklich reiffen Erdbeeren bis hin zu Country Musik viel Spass mit der ganzen Familie haben kann. Nicht vergessen, die vielen landwirtschaftlichen Ausstellungen anzuschauen und jede Menge Strawberry Shortcake zu essen. March 9-19!
Fotomuseum zieht in Neues Gebaeude: Ecke Ashley und Hillsboro river in Tampas innenstadt
Black and White Gala eroeffnet das Gebaeude mit der Ausstellung der Werke der Andy Warholstiftung, fmopa.org
Weltklasse Jazz
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra unter der Leitung von Trompeter Wynton Marsalis: strazcenter.org in Tampa
Sunday in the Park (with George)
Im Plant Park ist an diesem Sonntag ab 10:30 ein grosses Picknick vor dem herrlichen Viktorianischen Plant Hall gebauede unter den schattigen Baeumen. Bringen Sie einen grossen esskorb und eine decke, machen Sie einen Rundgang durchs Museum ( Eintritt), und geniessen Sie das schoene Wetter! 401 W Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, (813-254-1891)
Romare Bearden Ausstellung im Tampa Museum of Art:
Diese Ausstellung bringt die exzellenten Bilder-Collagen eines der ganz grossen Kuenstler des 20 Jahrhunderts nach west Florida. Bearden, der aus Charlston stammte, aber im New York der Harlem Renaissance der 30er und 40er Jahre des 20. Jahrhunderts als einer der bedeutenden Kuenstler der schwarzen Kunstszene mit seinen farbenpraechtigen und gut beobachtenden Szenen des Lebens besonders seiner Heimat im Sueden bekannt wurde, ist beachtenswert. Diese Ausstellung muss man sehen!
Das MFA, St. Petersburg Museum of fine arts zeigt weiterhin die Ancient Egypt Art and Magic Ausstellung der 100 Objekte der Fondation Gandur pour l"Art, die aus Genf, Schweiz hier gezeigt wird. www.fine-arts.org
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OPERA - ORCHESTRA :
SARASOTA, ST. PETERSBURG und TAMPA
Susanne und Produzent Bill Davidson bei der Sarasota Premiere von Vanessa mit dabei
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.
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.
Vorschau: www.operatampa.org AIDA am 20,22, April 2012, 813-229-STAR.
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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
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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