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It was the sound of the applause from a crowd of roughly 200 people scattered around the auditorium. No matter how enthusiastic they might have been, 200 people can’t sound like the much larger crowds that usually keep the Opera House filled each season.
But to DeRenzi and other company members, that socially distanced audience produced a most joyful sound.
Though he tends to look at his job “through the eyes of conducting, for me it was just great that we were all together making music. There were people in the theater for the first time in a year and we were able to bring the community together, the performers, our crews and the audience.”
The show goes on at The Sarasota Opera House
Sarasota Opera House By Justin Hobbs | February 20, 2021 at 9:22 AM EST - Updated February 20 at 10:45 AM
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on many businesses, but at The Sarasota Opera House the show goes on as they kick off their 2021 Winter Opera Festival. The staff has spent many months designing a very safe experience for their audience, artists, crew and staff.
Carlos Vicente, The Director of Marketing, spoke about the extra precautions that they are taking for their visitors and stated, “For our audience, we started with a new touchless ticketing process, where you can buy tickets online and have them on your phone. When you arrive at the opera house, we require temperature checks and masks for everyone. Our theater usually holds over 1000 people, but we are limiting ticket sales to a maximum of 250 per performance, so the seats are very well spaced. We’ve redesigned the traffic flow inside