SARASOTA – The Sarasota Opera House will open its season with a ‘Happy deception’
“As a tenor I’m used to getting to kiss the soprano at the end, and there is none of that this time.. the sacrifices we have to make,” said Christopher Bozeka, who portrays Duke Bertrando in ‘The Happy Deception’.
The Sarasota Opera House is kicking off their 2021 Winter Season with “The Happy Deception” a one act farce that will feature passion, menace, and comedy. Christopher Bozeka who will portray Duke Bertrando says he cannot wait to be back on stage.
“The fact that there is going to be a live audience even if it is going to be 20 percent of the house, just having that opportunity to perform for people again in a theater, on stage, with an orchestra, in costume, doing what I love, that’s the thing I’m most looking forward to,” said Bozeka.
Bozeka adds, he feels safe as he returns to perform
“We we’re tested upon arrival, we quarantined, we test every week. In rehearsals we were wearing masks the whole time which was a whole other challenge that was new and different, at this point we feel we’re kind of bubbled,” said Bozeka.
Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, of ‘The Happy Deception’ Victor DeRenzi says the operas selected for the Winter season help accommodate the times we are in.
“We’ve picked operas that we can do within the vision of the composer, so their small casts, theres no chorus, small orchestra as they we’re composed for a small orchestra, they have no intermission, there’s only one act, so people don’t have to worry about going out, going into the lobby and going home so very different but on the other hand the same, it’s still Sarasota Opera,” said Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, Victor DeRenzi.
Derenzi says overall the opera house feels very fortunate
“There’s not much of this going on in America or throughout the world, there is not much opera, there is a lot of streaming there is a lot of talk and a lot of hyperbole of how important this will be in the feature with streaming but really opera is about getting people in our theater, yes we will be streaming these performances but the important thing is that their streaming that grows out of a real performance with a real audience,” said DeRenzi.
Performances will run through February 25th. For more information on show times and dates you can visit, SarasotaOpera.org.
