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Sarasota Opera plans a grand return next season

Sarasota Opera plans a grand return next season Having just completed a full season of indoor performances – something no other company in the country did during the coronavirus pandemic – leaders of Sarasota Opera are looking forward to a return to something that better resembles normal next year. The company produced four small-scale, limited-cast, fully staged one-act operas, most of them rarely seen works, between February and April for its 62nd season. Audiences were limited to about 250 people in the 1,100-seat theater, but the company video recorded the productions and offered them for home streaming to stay connected with audiences who were not ready to attend in person.

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Review: Sarasota Opera presents rarely seen Il signor Bruschino

It would be the greatest compliment to DeRenzi to note that the performance continued without a hitch. Under the direction of assistant conductor Geoffrey Loff, making his Sarasota debut this season, the orchestra sounded as polished as usual with notable solos from both English and French horns.  The singers, most of whom are veterans of Sarasota Opera seasons past, carry out their roles with consummate skill pointing to the fact that the largest share of work for both conductor and stage director is done prior to the first performance. Stephanie Sundine has always shown great skill directing large farces and plenty of action on stage. The small cast of “Bruschino” has its own challenges twisting and turning around the deception plotted by lovers Florville (Christopher Bozeka) and Sofia (Hanna Brammer).

Sarasota Opera returns with live performances of two rarely seen works

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.”

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