Conductor

Victor DeRenzi

Stage Director

Darko Tresnjak

Scenic Designer

David P. Gordon

Costume Designer

Howard Tsvi Kaplan

Lighting Designer

Barry Steele

Wigs And Make-Up Designer

Elsen Associates

Chorus Preparation

Elizabeth Hastings

Assistant Conductor

John Di Costanzo

 

Choreographer

Christopher Fleming

Surtitle Supplier

Words For Music

Surtitle Translator

Victor DeRenzi

 

New Production Created By Sarasota Opera

 

 

Cast

 

Violetta Valéry

Suzanne Balaes

Flora Bervoix

Svetlana Furdui

Annina

Kathryn Moore*

Alfredo Germont

Paul Hartfield

Giorgio Germont, his father

David Templeton

Gastone, Viscount of Letorieres

Georges Nolen*

Barone Douphol

Stephen Eisenhard

Marquis D’Obigny

Vito DeFilippo*

Doctor Grenvil

Shawn Roy

Giuseppe, Violetta's servant

Dennis Delgado**

A Messenger

Isaac Miller**

Dancers

Nina Rauch, Beth Beasley

 

* Studio Artist

** Apprentice Artist

 

Sarasota Opera Orchestra
Chorus: Sarasota Opera Apprentices

 

 

Reviews

 

 

“The voices of the whole company are strong—as is the acting.”
—Cari Johnson, Sarasota Arts

 

“Rousing Traviata opens opera season… sumptuous opening night.”
—Florence Fisher, Sarasota Herald Tribune

 

“A superlative production, a fresh look at a welcome favorite.”
—Herman Baar, The Longboat Observer

 

“A gloriously glamorous production of Verdi’s La traviata”
—Kenneth Blount, Venice Gondolier