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Sarasota News Leader March 15, 2013 Page 92 SARASOTA OPERA STUDIO ARTISTS TO PRESENT CONCERT The Sarasota Concert Association will present Sarasota Opera's Studio Artists in a Munchtime Musicales performance at noon on Wednesday, March 20, at Holley Hall in the Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center, 709 N. Tamiami Trail in Sarasota. The concert is free and open to the public. the release points out. Serving Sarasota and Manatee counties, they perform concerts of operatic and non-operatic greats for people who might not otherwise be able to attend a performance, the release adds. These outreach initiatives are held in schools, retirement homes and community centers as well The Sarasota Opera's Studio Artists are emerg- as at guild meetings, it says. ing artists who perform in main stage producStudio Artists not only return to Sarasota Options by serving as understudies for — or covera as principal artists, they also have gone on ering — the principal roles and by performing to perform with opera companies around the supporting roles, a news release notes. "With dozens of roles needing covers each season, world, including La Scala, the Metropolitan the Studio Artists are often called on to substi- Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco tute for an ill or injured principal, sometimes Opera and the Paris Opera, the release notes. with little notice," the release adds. Seating for the performance is open; no reser"The Studio Artists are also Sarasota Op- vations are taken. For more information about era's ambassadors of opera, bringing music Munchtime Musicales, call 351-7467 or visit to communities outside the Opera House," www.scasarasota.org. Sarasota Opera's Studio Artists will perform on March 20 at the Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center in Sarasota. Photo courtesy of Sarasota Opera