2025 Winter Opera Festival

Date & Time Sat 02/15/2025 - Sat 03/29/2025

Venue Sarasota Opera House
Sarasota, FL 34236 GET DIRECTIONS

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2025 Winter Opera Festival
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CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
By Pietro Mascagni
Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci

PAGLIACCI
By Ruggero Leoncavallo
Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci
February 15 - March 29, 2025 (Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci will be presented as a double bill)
Two operas, two betrayed husbands, two tragic ends. In Cavalleria rusticana the calm of a Sicilian Easter morning is broken by a betrayed lover who sets off a chain of events culminating in violent tragedy. In true theatrical tradition Pagliacci’s clown tries to go on with the show, but his real-life humiliation and despair lead to a grim climax. The violent passions and raw emotions of these two works changed the direction of Italian opera forever.

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
By Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Cesare Sterbini
February 22 – March 29, 2025
Determined to win the heart of the beautiful Rosina, Count Almaviva enlists the help of Figaro, the barber of Seville, to steal her away from her guardian, Dr. Bartolo. Hilarious complications ensue to some of opera’s most delightful music. The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini, is one of the most beloved comedic works in the operatic repertory.

THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
March 8 – 28, 2025
Continuing the story of The Barber of Seville, Count Almaviva’s eye has now wandered and his current objective is Susanna, Figaro’s fiancée. The distressed couple, along with Rosina (now the Countess Almaviva) conspire to reveal the count’s lechery, despite the many obstacles thrown in their way. Mozart’s musical genius, along with Lorenzo DaPonte’s witty libretto make The Marriage of Figaro one of opera’s masterpieces.

STIFFELIO
By Giuseppe Verdi
Poetry by Francesco Maria Piave
March 15 – 30, 2025
A Protestant minister returns from a mission abroad to be confronted by his wife’s infidelity. Stiffelio faces his wife’s transgression, battling his all-too human emotions with his religious faith. Written just before Rigoletto, this long neglected, emotionally charged work is now recognized as an important opera by the great Giuseppe Verdi.