Sarasota Youth Opera is Now Enrolling!

Sarasota Youth Opera is recruiting members for our fall season. We hope you'll be excited about us after you see our video! If you have any questions about Youth Opera, call Ms. Kate Gigliotti at (941) 366-8450, ext. 545.


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As part of its ongoing support of programs for youth, Publix Super Markets Charities recently awarded Sarasota Youth Opera with a $7,500 grant. Here, Shannon Patten, Manager of Media and Community Relations, Lakeland Division (third from left) presents a facsimile check to (l-r): Susan T. Danis, Sarasota Opera Executive Director; Kate Gigliotti, Youth Opera Coordinator; and Michael Wittenburg, Youth Opera Music Director. This award will help sustain Sarasota Opera's commitment to community outreach and eduction projects that engage young people's creativity through exposure to opera. Publix has been supporting Youth Opera programs for the past five years, most recently by providing funds to help produce the May 2010 performances of Judith Weir's The Black Spider. Grant money also enabled Sarasota Opera to provide tickets to dozens of school children, most of whom would not otherwise have the opportunity to attend the performance. Sarasota Youth Opera is the most comprehensive program in the United States to introduce young singers, ages 8 and up, to opera. Everyone who wants to participate is accepted, regardless of skill level. Tuition assistance is available.

Youth Opera member attends a Met performance in the park

Campbell Thomas, a Youth Opera member who was in the Prep Chorus last year, and her sisters recently saw and heard the Metropolitan Opera's Opera in the Park series at Brooklyn Bridge Park in New York City. It was an amazing night. By the time the concert began, every spot in the park was full of opera fans! Campbell had a blast!

Youth Opera Members are having fun this summer!

Alex Koutelias, who has been a member of Sarasota Youth Opera for several years, spent his summer out west. Here he is seen hiking old Spanish trail through Spanish missions outside of Pecos, New Mexico. Alex has also appeared in several mainstage season productions as a super. Hope you're having fun out there, Alex! We look forward to welcoming you back to Youth Opera in the fall.