Sarasota Opera Single Tickets for the 2011-2012 Season Now on Sale in the Box Office
Summary
All performances at the Sarasota Opera House at 61 N. Pineapple Avenue, Sarasota, FL Madama Butterfly Music by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Sung in Italian with English supertitles 6 Performances: October 28, 30m, November 2, 5m, 9m, 15 Carmen (original opéra-comique version) Music by Georges Bizet Words by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy Sung in French with English supertitles 11 Performances: February 11, 14, 19m, 22, 24, March 4m, 8, 11, 16, 20, 24 Lucia di Lammermoor Music by Gaetano Donizetti Poetry by Salvadore Cammarano Sung in Italian with English supertitles 9 Performances: February 18, 21, 23, 26m, March 2, 7, 9m, 17m, 23 Otello Music by Giuseppe Verdi Verses by Arrigo Boito Sung in Italian with English supertitles Sarasota Opera Premiere 7 Performances: March 3, 6, 11m, 14, 17, 22, 25m Vanessa Music by Samuel Barber Libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti 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 About Sarasota Opera Based in Florida’s beautiful Gulf Coast, 2011-2012 will mark Sarasota Opera’s 53rd season.Visit in-person at 61 N. Pineapple Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236, in the building next to the Opera House, entrance under the green awning, or go online to www.sarasotaopera.org.### Sarasota, FL, September 04, 2011 --( PR.com )-- The 2011 Fall season will offer Puccini’s tragic love story Madama Butterfly which runs from October 28 through November 15, 2011.Performances of this beautiful Sarasota Opera production, last seen in 2007, will begin at 1:30 p.m. for weekend and weekday matinees and 8 p.m. for evening performances.The 2012 Winter Festival will bring the original opéra-comique version of Bizet’s fiery Carmen with the spoken dialogue, Donizetti’s tragic Lucia di Lammermoor, the Sarasota Opera premiere of Verdi’s masterpiece Otello, and Samuel Barber’s intensely beautiful Vanessa, a continuation of the new American Classics series.Visit in-person at 61 N. Pineapple Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236, in the building next to the Opera House, entrance under the green awning, or go online to www.sarasotaopera.org.