Conductor

Victor DeRenzi

Stage Director

Alexia Kolias

Scenic Designer

Peter Dean Beck

Costume Designer

Helen E. Rodgers

Lighting Designer

Donald Edmund Thomas

Wigs And Make-Up Designer

Dennis Bergevin And Jeffrey Frank

Chorus Preparation

Gary Kudo

Assistant Conductor

Susan Miller Hult

Opera Titles

Aria Productions

English Translation

Ray Chesin

 

New Production Created By Sarasota Opera

 

 

Cast

 

Mina

Phyllis Treigle

Aroldo

John Absalom

Briano

Frank Curtis

Egberto

John Brandstetter

Godvino

Scot Horst

Enrico

Edwin C. Griffith**

Elena

Marie Plette**

**Apprentice Artist

 

The Florida Orchestra
Chorus: Sarasota Opera Apprentice and Studio Artists

 

 

Reviews

 

 

“Sarasota Opera Company’s Aroldo production is a winner.”
—Virginia Page, Bradenton Herald

 

“The Sarasota Opera production is handsome. Excellent sets, authentic costuming, intelligent staging and plenty of action make this revival worth seeing and hearing.”
—Florence Fisher, Sarasota Herald Tribune

 

“A full-blooded account of Verdi’s score.”
—Charles Osborne, Opera Magazine

 

(Photos: Sarasota Opera)