Sarasota Opera

This week features ballet and opera performances, plus a film on the music of the Strauss family

Tom Hall

This week, Sarasota Ballet performs “Romeo & Juliet;” Sarasota Opera House closes its 2024-2025 season with seven opera performances plus its Salute to the Stars; Gulfshore Opera performs Rusalka with the Florida Philharmonic; and Opera Naples screens the second of four Spring Film Series movies.

Arts & Culture

Eight performances of five different operas at Sarasota Opera House the week of March 17

Tom Hall

This week, only Sarasota Opera House is conducting performances. It is staging eight performances of five separate operas between Tuesday and Sunday afternoon.

Gulfshore Ballet closes out Opera Naples Festival Under the Stars with two performances of Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty" ballet on March 15.

Arts & Culture

Here's what's at the opera and ballet in Southwest Florida the week of March 10

Tom Hall

Opera Naples Festival Under the Stars closes on Saturday, March 15, with two performances of Tchaikovsky’s "Sleeping Beauty" performed by Gulfshore Ballet in the Wang Opera Center. Gulfshore Opera offers a “Taste of Opera” on Thursday at the Naples Sailing & Yacht Club. And the Sarasota Opera House will perform five different operas over the course of the week.

Poster for Luciano Pavarotti Foundation Pavarotti Voices Concert on opening night of Opera Naples Festival Under the Stars

Arts & Culture

Ballet and opera performances abound in Southwest Florida during the week of Feb. 24

Tom Hall

This week in Southwest Florida, Opera Naples and the Luciano Pavarotti Foundation will produce the 5th Annual Festival Under the Stars in Cambier Park, the Sarasota Opera House will perform three different operas, and Sarasota Ballet will present six performances by the acclaimed Mark Morris Dance Group.