September 2019 Bel Canto - Sarasota Opera
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We begin our first full year as the Manatee Opera Guild. Let’s all work together to recruit new members as befits our new, geographically-expanded name! A big Thank You to Maryanne Hazen who followed through with our decision to change our name to Manatee Opera Guild. Over the summer, Maryanne was in contact with our bankers, Sarasota Opera Association and the state of Florida to legalize our name change. She skillfully navigated all the steps and cut through the red tape. We appreciate her efforts. Another big thank you to Jean Roberts who will be taking over the job of luncheon reservations/hospitality as of October. Jean has already finalized the menu choices for the year. Thanks to all the others who volunteered to step up with this responsibility. We will keep you in mind for other jobs like this one as the year progresses. I am happy to report that Cathy Beard is on the road to recovery. Good news! I hope everyone enjoyed their summer. The lucky ones were somewhere cooler and drier, but we year- rounders were able to catch some time, between raindrops, at the golf course, the pool and at the blissfully red-tide free beaches. A lack of red-tide this year is good news for the Opera too, both in terms of attendance and singers’ voices. We are looking forward to another year of great opera, great meetings, and fun-filled MOG events! You will find a full roster of our meetings and events in this newsletter, so hang onto it until the new directory comes out in October. Our September meeting will feature a presentation by the always charming and oh-so-talented leaders of the Sarasota Youth Opera, the only youth opera company in the nation to present a fully-staged opera for young voices each year. This year’s offering is Brundibár, an opera written to be performed by children in the Theresienstadt concentration camp during World War II. In it, children fight against and defeat a tyrant. The Sarasota Opera version features a prologue and epilogue written by Jesse Martins and Martha Collins, and poignantly voices the concerns of today’s young people. Check out the new Sarasota Opera website. It is gorgeous, and the Guilds are highlighted much more attractively. There’s even a lovely picture of four of our happy members. If it looks like we’re having fun, it’s because we are! I am looking forward to seeing you all for more fun in a couple of weeks. LUNCHEON RESERVATION FORM SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 Name _________________________________________________________________________ Number attending Phone Number _____ __________________________________________________ Please send your reservation and check made out to MOG to: Eileen Witzgall, 632 Estuary Drive, Bradenton, FL 34209 Phone: 447-0484 Email: [email protected] Deadline for reservations: Friday, September 13 Menu: A Fall Luncheon Salad with Grilled Chicken, sautéed fennel, cherry tomatoes, crumbled feta cheese, kalamata olives, toasted walnuts, red onion and artichoke hearts dressed in a basil vinaigrette. Fresh baked bread with butter. Cheesecake for dessert. A Chefs Choice vegetarian entree is also available. Please indicate your choice when making reservation. Bel Canto Newsletter of the September 2019 Luncheon Pricing: $20.00 per person
Transcript of September 2019 Bel Canto - Sarasota Opera
We begin our first full year as the Manatee Opera Guild. Let’s all work together to recruit new members as befits our new, geographically-expanded name!
A big Thank You to Maryanne Hazen who followed through with our decision to change our name to Manatee Opera Guild. Over the summer, Maryanne was in contact with our bankers, Sarasota Opera Association and the state of Florida to legalize our name change. She skillfully navigated all the steps and cut through the red tape. We appreciate her efforts.
Another big thank you to Jean Roberts who will be taking over the job of luncheon reservations/hospitality as of October. Jean has already finalized the menu choices for the year. Thanks to all the others who volunteered to step up with this responsibility. We will keep you in mind for other jobs like this one as the year progresses. I am happy to report that Cathy Beard is on the road to recovery. Good news!
I hope everyone enjoyed their summer. The lucky ones were somewhere cooler and drier, but we year-rounders were able to catch some time, between raindrops, at the golf course, the pool and at the blissfully red-tide free beaches. A lack of red-tide this year is good news for the Opera too, both in terms of attendance and singers’ voices.
We are looking forward to another year of great opera, great meetings, and fun-filled MOG events! You will find a full roster of our meetings and events in this newsletter, so hang onto it until the new directory comes out in October.
Our September meeting will feature a presentation by the always charming and oh-so-talented leaders of the Sarasota Youth Opera, the only youth opera company in the nation to present a fully-staged opera for young voices each year. This year’s offering is Brundibár, an opera written to be performed by children in the Theresienstadt concentration camp during World War II. In it, children fight against and defeat a tyrant. The Sarasota Opera version features a prologue and epilogue written by Jesse Martins and Martha Collins, and poignantly voices the concerns of today’s young people.
Check out the new Sarasota Opera website. It is gorgeous, and the Guilds are highlighted much more attractively. There’s even a lovely picture of four of our happy members. If it looks like we’re having fun, it’s because we are! I am looking forward to seeing you all for more fun in a couple of weeks.
LUNCHEON RESERVATION FORM SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
Name _________________________________________________________________________
Number attending Phone Number _____ __________________________________________________
Please send your reservation and check made out to MOG to: Eileen Witzgall, 632 Estuary Drive, Bradenton, FL 34209 Phone: 447-0484 Email: [email protected]
Deadline for reservations: Friday, September 13
Menu: A Fall Luncheon Salad with Grilled Chicken, sautéed fennel, cherry tomatoes, crumbled feta cheese, kalamata olives, toasted walnuts, red onion and artichoke hearts dressed in a basil vinaigrette. Fresh baked bread with butter. Cheesecake for dessert. A Chefs Choice vegetarian entree is also available. Please indicate your choice when making reservation.
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Newsletter of the September 2019
Luncheon Pricing: $20.00 per person
TRIBUTES
Congratulations to Angela Korsmo on the birth of her Granddaughter Michaela Grace in June. From Sheila and Joe Varady
Our sincere condolences to Juanita Connell on the passing of her dear husband Clyde. Members of Manatee Opera Guild
Best wishes for a speedy recovery to both Cathy Beard and Cathy Knobel. Hope you each will soon return to excellent health. Manatee Opera Guild Board
OPERA-TUNITIES AT SARASOTA OPERA
September 21, 2019, 1 PM
A Taste of Downtown
Now in its sixth year, this established Sarasota tradition will bring you to Sarasota Opera House, where your favorite downtown restaurants will be showcasing their tasty dishes paired with fine wines and assorted beers. Proceeds from this event benefit the Sarasota Youth Opera, who will perform during the event. Come mix & mingle, sample tasty bites, and have a drink with us to celebrate the end of summer in Sarasota! Tickets: $75 per person
HD at the Opera House
September 8, 2019, 1:30 PM The Nutcracker, Ballet Film
September 22, 2019, 1:30 PM La traviata, Opera Film
October 6, 2019, 1:30 PM La Bayadère
Understanding Opera
Understand opera like never before with Executive Director Richard Russell and Director of Artistic Administration Greg Trupiano as they present these 4 fun-fact filled talks in the fall. Four Thursdays at 5:pm.
Tickets: $25 per person, $75 for all talks
October 17, 2019, 5PM Things Change
October 24, 2019, 5PM Ensembles in Opera
October 31, 2019, 5:00PM Walt Whitman and the Opera
November 7, 2019, 5PM At the Opera withRichard and Greg
BLUE HEADERS WILL TAKE YOU TO THE SARASOTA OPERA BOX OFFICE IF VIEWING ON YOUR COMPUTER
MOG CALENDAR FOR 2019-2020
Special Events: See full details elsewhere in this issue.
November 4 On-Stage with Giuseppina Ciarla
November 9 Saint’s Luncheon honoring Chuck Elzer
February 2 Stars of Tomorrow Concert
March 4 Fashion Show
March 18 Spring Awards Luncheon
Membership Meetings, 3rd Wednesday of Month IMG Academies Golf and Country Club 4350 El Conquistador Parkway, Bradenton 34210
10 AM Coffee and Conversation
10:30 AM Meeting
11:00 AM Entertainment
Meetings are free for newcomers and guests
Dates:
September 18
October 16
November 20
December 11 (Second Wednesday)
January 15
February 19
March 18
April 15
Preludes — Introductions to this season’s Operas Westminster Towers — Lifelong Learning Center 1533 4th Avenue West, Bradenton, 34205 9:30 Coffee, pastries and conversation 10:00 Presentation $5.00 at the door
Dates:
October 25 Rigoletto
November 22 La Bohème
December 13 Roméo et Juliette
January 17 L’elisir d’amore (Elixir of Love)
February 21 La Wally
Board Meetings — Manatee Community Foundation 2820 Manatee Avenue W, Bradenton 34205 10 AM September 11, October 9, November 13, December 4
The Manatee Opera Guild presents: Giuseppina Ciarla
On-Stage at Sarasota Opera Monday,
November 4, 2019
5:00 pm Cocktails – Selby Lobby
6:00 pm Concert – On Stage
7:00 pm Champagne After-Glow
Manatee Opera Guild’s 2019 concert offers you the unique experience of sitting on stage at Sarasota Opera with Italian-born harpist Giuseppina Ciarla. Ms. Ciarla has been Principal harpist with the Sarasota Opera orchestra since 2002 and Principal harpist with the orchestra of Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Italy since 2010. She is equally at home as a so lo i s t and chamber mus ic i an . He r performance venues include the Lincoln Center in New York, the Italian Embassy in Washington, DC. the Prague Symphony, Orchestra of Slovacchia, the International Jazz and Pop Harp Festival in Monterey, California and the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy among many others. Ms. Ciarla’ performances have been described as “hearty and colorful . . . enchanting and infectious”. Ms. Ciarla’s intimate on-stage performance will include conversations about the harp and her career. It will feature opera and art songs as well as jazz and pop solos and her own eclectic arrangements in which she will sing along.
Admission: $45—limited seating available Patron Admission: $65 To purchase tickets: Visit the Sarasota Opera Box Office 61 N. Pineapple, Sarasota, FL 34236 Call (941) 328-1300
Click sarasotaopera.org to make reservations online.
Our Favorite Principal Artists
After subscribing to Sarasota Opera for the past 19 years, I have a list of my favorite principal artists — those performers who appear on stage often, taking on another major role and performing it beautifully. Do you have your own list? I bet you do.
Can you remember these memorable performances? After each of the following principals, there is a list of 5 roles. The artist named appeared in four of them, but there is one listed that we didn’t hear the artist sing at Sarasota Opera. Can you pick it out?
A prize awaits the first MOG member who can correctly identify each of the unsung roles. Get out your old program books!
Marco Nisticò: a. Manfredo b. Rigoletto c. Francesco Foscari d. Rodrigue e. Don Pasquale
Kara Shay Thompson: a. Floria Tosca b. Vanessa c. Santuzza d. Violetta e. Leonore
Young Bok Kim: a. Sarastro b. Oroveso c. Mephistophes d. The Bonze e. Basilio
Sean Anderson: a. Gugliemo b. von Eisenstein c. Papageno d. Escamillo e. John Proctor
Rafael Dávila: a. Don Giovanni b. Otello c. Cavaradossi d. Duke of Mantua e.Turiddu
Maria D’Amato: a. Mimì b. Pamina c. Thibault d. Aida e. Desdemona
Manatee Opera Guild of the Sarasota Opera Association P.O. Box 9271 Bradenton, FL 34206-9271
