Victor DeRenzi, Artistic Director
Richard Russell, Executive Director
The 2018 winter Opera festival
Puccini’s Manon
Lescaut PLAYING THROUGH MARCH 23
puccini’s first great success
opens the winter festival
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Charlene Gordon of Crystal Beach hosted
a reception in the Plant Hall Grand Salon in
Tampa to introduce our area’s arts leaders
to David Gudelunas, the new dean of the
College of Arts and Letters of the University
of Tampa, where Charlene is a member of
the board of fellows. At UT, David will head
up the art, communications, English and
writing, languages and linguistics, music,
philosophy, religion, speech, theater and dance
departments.
Geoff Simon is moderating the
University of Tampa’s Sykes Hall of
Fame Speaker Series at the university’s
Vaughn Center. The first event featured
John Gainor, the former CEO of
International Dairy Queen and Nick
Friedman, the president and cofounder
of College Hunks Hauling
Junk & Moving. To learn more about
the series, call Whitney Vance at
(813) 257-3782.
Aaron Fodiman, publisher/editor
of Tampa Bay Magazine, was the guest
invocator for the Dunedin Council of
Organizations’ December breakfast
at the Dunedin Golf Club, which was
sponsored by Lynn Smeraldo, partner
and financial advisor of Genesis Wealth
Advisor Group in Dunedin.
Morgan Snyder is the event and
marketing coordinator for The Arc
Tampa Bay Foundation in Clearwater.
Community Dental Clinic board
president Steve Heller announced
that Pamela Iusi is the new executive
director and Sheila Jasper is the new
clinical coordinator of the dental clinic
in Clearwater.
Paid for in part by Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax revenues. Sponsored in
part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the
Florida Council on Arts and Culture.
Bizet’s carmen PLAYING THROUGH MARCH 24
fate united them, and fate will
tear their lives apart
bellini’s norma PLAYING THROUGH MARCH 24
a struggle between love and
duty in ancient times
d’albert’s tiefland PLAYING THROUGH MARCH 25
a young woman’s journey from
oppression to freedom
All operas performed in the original language with English translations projected above the stage.