Sarasota Opera Expands Summer Movie Series In 2018
By: A.A. Cristi Apr. 04, 2018
Sarasota Opera is pleased to announce the line-up for the 2018 season of "HD at the Opera House" and "Classic Movies at the Opera House". This weekly series of filmed performances has allowed Sarasota Opera to expand its programming from the fall and winter season to year-around. The 2018 "HD at the Opera House" series will open on Sunday, May 20th and run through September 30th and will include presentations of Ballet and Theater from some of the world's most famous venues and companies including the Royal Opera House; Teatro alla Scala in Milan; Royal Shakespeare Company; Vienna State Opera; and the Royal Ballet. Each presentation will begin at 1:30pm.
The "Classic Movies at the Opera House", which debuted in 2017, will occur twice monthly starting Thursday, June 7, and will include timeless films designed to be enjoyed on the big screen in the elegance of the Opera House. Each presentation will begin at 7:30pm.
"The popularity of this series has increased each season," says Executive Director Richard Russell. "We look forward to expanding our programming with another season of exciting selections that will appeal and intrigue arts lovers across the board."
HD at the Opera House
Select presentations will be preceded by a 15 minute welcome and pre-show introduction.
La bohème
Production from the Royal Opera
Sunday, May 20th at 1:30pm
Anna Bolena
Production from the Vienna State Opera
Starring Anna Netrebko and Elina Garanca
Sunday, May 27th at 1:30pm
Twelfth Night
Production from Royal Shakespeare Company
Sunday, June 3rd at 1:30pm
Eugene Onegin
Production from Salzburg Festival
Conducted by Daniel Barenboim; Starring Peter Mattei
Sunday, June 10th at 1:30pm
Lohengrin
Production from the Semper Oper, Dresden
Starring Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczala
Sunday, June 17th at 1:30pm
Alice in Wonderland (Ballet)
Production from the Royal Ballet, London
Sunday, June 24th at 1:30pm
La gazza ladra
Gioachino Rossini
Production from Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Conducted by Riccardo Chailly
Sunday, July 1st at 1:30pm
Tosca
Production from Royal Opera, London
Sunday, July 8th at 1:30pm
Andrea Chénier
Production from the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Starring Anna Netrebko and conducted by Riccardo Chailly
Sunday, July 15th at 1:30pm
Swan Lake (Ballet)
Production from the Royal Ballet, London
Sunday, July 22nd at 1:30pm
Gala des Étoiles (Ballet)
Production from the Teatro alla scala, Milan
Sunday, July 29th at 1:30pm
Roméo et Juliette
Production from the Gran Teatre del Liceu
Starring Aida Garifullina and Saimir Pirgu
Sunday, August 5th at 1:30pm
Romeo and Juliet
Williams Shakespeare
Production from the Royal Shakespeare Company
Sunday, August 12th at 1:30pm
Rigoletto
Production from the Royal Opera, London
Sunday, August 19th at 1:30pm
Don Quixote (Ballet)
Production from the Vienna State Opera
Sunday, August 26th at 1:30 p.m.
The Queen of Spades
Production from the Dutch National Opera
Starring Alexey Markov and Larissa Diadkova
Sunday, September 9th at 1:30pm
Le Corsaire (Ballet)
Production from the Vienna State Opera House
September 16th at 1:30pm
Don Carlo
Production from the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Starring Julianna di Giacomo and Roberto Aronica
Sunday, September 23rd at 1:30pm
Don Pasquale
Production from the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Starring Ambrogio Maestri and Rosa Feola
Sunday, September 30th at 1:30pm
Tickets are $18 for current Sarasota Opera subscribers (a 10% discount) and $20 for single ticket buyers. All seating is general admission. Information and tickets can be found online at www.sarasotaopera.org or by calling (941) 328-1300. You can also visit the Sarasota Opera Box Office at 61 N. Pineapple Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236.
Sarasota Opera Subscribers who wish to receive the 10% discount of HD at the Opera House tickets must contact the Sarasota Opera Box Office at (941) 328-1300 directly.
Classic Movies at the Opera House
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Thursday, June 7th at 7:30pm
Sarasota Opera House
$10
A tornado whisks young Kansas native Dorothy and her dog Toto away to the magical land of Oz, where they befriend a Scarecrow, a Tin Man and a Cowardly Lion on their journey to confront the Wicked Witch of the West and visit the wonderful Wizard of Oz. (101 minutes)
Starring: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Margaret Hamilton
All About Eve (1950)
Thursday, June 21st at 7:30pm
Sarasota Opera House
$10
A story of theatrical ambition, deception, and hypocrisy. The legendary Bette Davis, in her greatest role, plays a powerful, aging actress, at the apex of her career, who does battle with a calculating newcomer.
Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Marilyn Monroe
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Thursday, July 5th at 7:30pm
Sarasota Opera House
$10
A Civil War epic about life in the South before, during and after the war centers on a spoiled young woman and her obsession with a man in love with someone else. The film won eight Oscars.
Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard, Hattie McDaniel
King Creole (1958)
Thursday, July 19th at 7:30pm
Sarasota Opera House
$10
Elvis Presley as a singer mixed up with gangsters. Elvis performed at the Sarasota Opera House, then the Florida Theater, in 1956.
Starring: Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Dolores Hart, Dean Jagger, Walter Matthau
North by Northwest (1959)
Thursday, August 2nd at 7:30pm
Sarasota Opera House
$10
An ad exec pursues---and is pursued by---foreign spies, from New York to the top of Mount Rushmore in this monumental Hitchcock classic highlighted by the famed crop-duster sequence.
Starring: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Leo G. Carroll, Jessie Royce Landis
Rio Bravo (1959)*
Thursday, August 16th at 7:30pm
Sarasota Opera House
$10
In 1860s Texas, a sheriff and his three deputies try to keep a murderous thug jailed long enough for the U.S. marshal to arrive on the scene.
Starring: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan
*On August 18, 2018, Sarasota Opera House Presents will present Ricky Nelson Remembered starring Mr. Nelson's twin sons Matthew and Gunnar Nelson. See below for more information.
Sabrina (1954)
Thursday, September 6th at 7:30pm
Sarasota Opera House
$10
A chauffer's daughter falls in love with the estate playboy, who views her as a kid...until she returns from two years in Paris a sophisticated woman.
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, Humphrey Bogart, John Williams, Walter Hampden
The Great Caruso (1951)
Thursday, September 20th at 7:30pm
Sarasota Opera House
$10
This biopic traces Naples-born Caruso's ascension from adolescent choir singer to the uppermost ranks of the opera world.
Starring: Mario Lanza, Ann Blyth, Carl Benton Reid, Dorothy Kirsten, Richard Hageman
Sarasota Opera was awarded grants in 2014 from the William and Marie Selby Foundation and the Gulf Coast Community Foundation to purchase film projection equipment for the Opera House, and an additional "Building Opera Audiences" grant from Opera America to support marketing.
Sarasota Opera House Presents:
Sarasota Opera recently announced its launch of a new program this spring with a series of summer concerts entitled Sarasota Opera House PRESENTS. This series will bring Sarasota audiences musical performances of American standards, jazz, rock, bluegrass, country, and more.
Sarasota Opera will debut this new series on Friday, May 4, at 7:30pm with the one and only Tony Danza who will offer an unforgettable evening with his cabaret show entitled Standards & Stories. Combining timeless music with wit, charm, storytelling, and a dash of soft shoe and ukulele performances, Danza is accompanied by his talented four-piece band. Danza performs a selection of his favorite standards from the Great American Songbook, as well as selections from the hit Broadway musical Honeymoon in Vegas (which he also starred in), while interweaving stories about his life and personal connection to the music.
On Saturday, August 18th, Sarasota Opera House PRESENTS will present Ricky Nelson Remembered starring Mr. Nelson's twin sons, Matthew and Gunnar Nelson. Show and ticket information is forthcoming.
Subscriptions for the 2018/19 Sarasota Opera Festival Season are now available for purchase online at www.sarasotaopera.org, by phone at (941) 328-1300 or in person at the Sarasota Opera Box Office. Subscriptions purchased before Sunday, April 15th will receive a 15% discount off the total ticket price. Single tickets go on-sale exclusively online Wednesday, August 1, 2018 and in the box office Tuesday, September 4, 2018.
ABOUT SARASOTA OPERA
Based on Florida's beautiful Gulf Coast, Sarasota Opera recently completed its internationally acclaimed Verdi Cycle making it the only company in the world to have performed every work of Giuseppe Verdi.
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 and administrative leadership of Executive Director Richard Russell since 2012. 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.
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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