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Sarasota Opera presents Mozart's opera about a man who claims to be the world's greatest lover and pays a steep price for how he treats others.

Although their names and backgrounds contain historical allusions, the four main protagonists in Puccini's searing Tosca are fictional. Nevertheless, Cesare Angelotti, Mario Cavaradossi, Floria Tosca, and Baron Scarpia will be

A lot of familiar names will be singing on stage for the Sarasota Opera season, which includes some rarely heard pieces a few perennial favorites

Sarasota Opera's Victor DeRenzi is celebrating four decades as the artistic director and principal conductor.

There are only three – the strong-willed servant, Serpina; the badgered old master, Uberto; and the mute manservant, Vespone.   Ample recitative drives the bickering and narrative between Stefano de Peppo’s Uberto and Anna Mandina’s lofty-minded Serpina. The musical highlights are found in their respective arias and duets. De Peppo captures the contrast of Uberto’s gruff complaints and submissive resignation to his servant-mistress first in “Sempre in contrasti,” where he talks a good game of standing up to Serpina’s constant arguments. Supremely confident and sure of voice, D...