Sarasota Opera Review

Very lovely building, nice that they have preserved such a beautiful place.

Wonderful presentation of the magic flute. One other good experience was the valet parking.

The reason I loved going to Opera is with my friends and having fun with it. Acting, singing, you name it! It's a blast!

Best venue for authentic live opera in Southwest Florida.

It doesn't get much better then to be in small City and have an opera company as good as the best. The first thing I did on coming here was volunteer to be a usher.
I'm always been exhilarated by the quality of the singers the production the choice of shows are so good I can even stay awake for 4 hours..
The audience knows their Opera and they are the best judges. This is not a tourist attraction, although out of towners who have never been to an opera are going to be excited. This Opera is for the serious Opera lover. Don't believe me, Splurge the money and remember it for the rest of your life.
For those of you who wince at the divide brought about by price, there are tickets at the top for $19. It sounds just as good up there.

Wonderful experience watching the Cuban Ballet. Incredible Talent

The Opera House is an historic gem! Unfortunately Opera is performed the "old fashioned" way. The cast doesn't sing to each other and they don't act. They stand in place and sing to the audience perhaps expecting that the song will communicate who they are singing to and about what. And , the cast doesn't seem aware that they are living in an age of voice amplification. Quiet emotions can be communicated quietly.

This place was breathtaking. I felt like I was at a Opera House in a Big City. This place was Beautiful. The staff was was also very helpful and happy.
P.S. If anyone is planning to attend the Sarasota Opera House in the future. There is absolutely truly not a bad set in this beautiful place.

What a cool place. Place resembles an Italian house of the 1700s

I went to see Marriage of Figaro. It was absolutely amazing. The actual Opera House is beautiful and everyone that works there is very friendly and professional. The cast in the actual opera was amazing and this opera house has a screen that gives subtitles so you can understand what the characters are saying.

Wonderful experience with helpful staff and amazing show.

Beautiful old theater. Really great Christmas show.

Great place to see an opera or watch a film.Very comfortable leg room& good size chairs.Easy to park near by & free.The interior lobby is bright & welcoming.The theatre is a good size & well appointed.

What a beautiful setting for my grandsons high school graduation. We were very proud and the opera house was gorgeous and s.

Beautiful and comfortable place. Saw the nutcracker. It was really nice. Good light, good sound!

World Class Music: Julliard String Quartet.
Beautiful venue

Renovated, excellent acoustics, good sight lines, but parking is a challenge.

Saw a performance of the Sarasota Ballet. Excellent performance by the troupe and the orchestra. Very entertaining evening.

I love the Sarasota Opera!
The costumes, scenery, artistic direction and interpretation, wonderful orchestra and of course the beautiful voices!

Nice building. Good sightlines. Seat rows are a bit tight to each other for getting past people. Comfortable chairs.

Open House was fun. Free food, free performances. Beautiful old building.

I am big opera lover, and had visited numerous opera houses around the world. What I like about this one the most, beside always great selection and high quality is their exceptional stage and costume designs! As a visual artist I truly enjoy that if you would capture any moment of any opera it would look like a beutiful painting with perfect colors and composition.

This is a jewel in Sarasota. We have enjoyed every performance we've attended over several years. There is a charm about this small theater. The acoustics are great and all seats have excellent sight lines.

Great opera performances in a charming, old world theater.

Pleasure watching my first Ballet. My sister-in-law was principle and I was impressed. The building is very classic and great seats everywhere. Parking was a little stressful. I parked in the whole foods parking ramp

Wonderful old opera house. Excellent opera productions.

A jewel of Sarasota offering its resident access to great performances.

Beautiful place! We had our annual concert there .it was awesome

I love this place, no matter what I see/hear there, I always manage to escape the day to day craziness.

Incredibly beautiful venue for ballet performances. The fact that it is in the historic downtown Sarasota area means you get plenty of dinner options within walking distance as well.

The Russian Ballet Nutcracker was beautiful this year.

We just saw one of the best performances of Beethoven's Fifth at the Opera House. It's the start of the season here in Sarasota! Bravo Bravo

Fabulous Sarasota Music Festival concert. These students are amazing!

This is an Sarasota Opera House and well worth a visit. I attended a concert there, but you can also do a tour. The sound and sight lines were excellent. There are lifts and escalators, and the whole thing worked very efficiently. Not much choice in the way of food, but there is a restaurant and a sort of deli

Saw the Ditchfield family Christmas concert here. Perfect setting for the holidays. Beautiful building.

A beautiful experience all the way around. Incredible building, great performances, helpful staff. Would definitely go again and will recommend the experience to friends in a heartbeat. FIVE STARS.

Fabulous Christmas show. The Ditchfield family singers were the best. Such harmony!

Beautiful historic theatre, home to an incredibly fine opera company for a community of this size. A resource Sarasota can be proud of.

Very nice venue. Attended Rosfest, great weekend of music !

We (my 12 year old daughter &I) Love the Sarasota Opera house!

Comfortable seats with good legroom.
Nice historic building. Saw the Sarasota Orchestra perform Beethoven's fifth. Good acoustics allowed the orchestra to really shine. Thoroughly enjoyable experience.

We just come out from the Sarasota Opera House for IL Barbiere Di Siviglia,beautiful show.

How lucky were we to be in Sarasota for the opera season ! Even luckier to see and hear the seldom performed Verdi opera 'Jerusalem'.

What a lovely production and a marvellous cast and orchestra. We hope that we can see it again if the company decide to keep it in their repetoire.

The opera season was well worth the trip from Brighton, UK.

RoSFest was great, and the Sarasota Opera House was a fine venue for it. Unfortunately, it's not well suited to setting up vendor stands in the lobby area, but it wasn't built for that!

Black Nativity was excellent. Enjoyed every minute of it. Fabulous voices.

We watched a performance of Turandot at Sarasota Opera House and everything about the evening was remarkable. Everyone, from the gentlemen that take care of parking our cars to the singers and orchestra, exhibits competence. The performance was splendid and we plan to go back for the next season, overcoming the 90+ minutes drive inconvenience.

Intimate space for a great performance of "Carmen."

A very comfortable and cosy theater with excellent acoustics

Fabulous performance offered by Artist Series Concert of Sarasota. Piano Grande was beautiful and FUN. Kudos to Joe Holt and the whole troop of "piano hands"!

Beautiful opera house! Great show with a wonderful cast. Will definitely be back.

A small opera house compared with the MET in New York City, but the performances are wonderful.