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By JOHN FLEMING, Times Performing Arts Critic
© St. Petersburg Times
published February 6, 2003
Opera singers strut on Sarasota stage
[Photo by Deb Hasser]
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Catherine Murphy and Todd Thomas, as Lady Macbeth and Macbeth, star in Verdi's first foray into putting Shakespeare to music, in the Sarasota Opera season curtain raiser. There will be 10 performances of the standard version of Macbeth, the product of Verdi's 1865 revision, opening Saturday and running through March 30. The company also performs the original version of the opera (from 1847) on March 28 and April 2.
The season also includes Strauss' Die Fledermaus in 10 performances Feb. 15-March 30, Montemezzi's L'amore dei tre re (The Love of Three Kings) in eight performances March 1-29 and Bizet's Les Pecheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) in seven performances March 8-29. Performances are at the Sarasota Opera House, 61 N Pineapple Ave. Tickets: $17-$82. (941) 366-8450 or www.sarasotaopera.org.
-- JOHN FLEMING, Times performing arts critic
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