Victor DeRenzi, conductor

• Madama Butterfly
• Carmen
• Otello

The 2011-2012 Sarasota Opera Season is Victor DeRenzi's 30th as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of Sarasota Opera. Maestro DeRenzi has produced over 70 different operas, conducting more than 500 performances for Sarasota Opera. He has devoted much of his career to building the company while continuing to conduct nationally and internationally, most notably with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and the Toledo and New Orleans operas. He has also conducted in Hong Kong, Nice, the Canary Islands, and many Canadian cities.

In addition to conducting much of Verdi's non-operatic music, Sarasota Opera's production of I Lombardi, opening in March 2011, will mark his 29th different Verdi opera. Sarasota Opera's Verdi Cycle and Masterworks Revival Series, both DeRenzi initiatives, consistently garner the company international attention as a place to experience rarely performed operatic works.