| Victor DeRenzi
Victor DeRenzi The 2011-12 season marks Victor DeRenzi’s 30th as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Sarasota Opera. Maestro DeRenzi has produced over 75 different operas and conducted more than 400 performances. A noted Verdi specialist, he’s performed almost all of the composer’s works and edited a two-volume edition of Verdi’s complete songs, many of which were not previously available.
Through the Sarasota Opera’s Verdi Cycle, which he began in 1989, he is committed to performing the entire canon of Verdi’s works. His artistic vision has garnered the company international attention as a place to experience rarely performed operatic works. In addition to Sarasota Opera’s Verdi Cycle, he’s also initiated the Masterworks Revival Series, which produces neglected operas of significant artistic merit, and the current American Classics Series which began last season with Robert Ward’s opera, “The Crucible,” and continues this season with Samuel Barber’s beautiful “Vanessa.”
In 2007, Maestro DeRenzi was honored by OPERA America for 25 years of service. The City of Sarasota recognized him on three separate occasions for service to the community and Sarasota Magazine has twice recognized him as one of Sarasota’s 100 Most Powerful People. He is married to stage director Stephanie Sundine, with whom he will appear at SILL, Sarasota.
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