Upcoming events in the Arts

  • Saropera
    Fredrika Brillembourg as Carmen and Antonio Nagore as Don Jose in a scene from the Sarasota Opera production of Georges Bizet's "Carmen."
    Sarasota Opera

    SARASOTA OPERA: Single tickets for the 2011-2012  winter season now on sale. It will mark Maestro Victor DeRenzi’s 30th season as artistic director. Tickets begin at $19. Winter schedule: “Carmen,” Feb. 11-March 24; “Lucia di Lammermoor,” Feb. 18-March 23; “Othello,” March 3-25; “Vanessa,” March 10-24. Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave., Sarasota. 366-8450;

  • Dance
    A promotional poster produced by the Van Wezel for "Forever Tango"
    Dance

    “FOREVER TANGO WITH ANNA TREBUNSKAYA”: A celebration of the music and dance of Argentina.  $30-$55. 8 p.m. Feb. 9. Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail. 953-3368; vanwezel.org

  • Gershwin
    Composer George Gershwin's music will be part of 'Embraceable You'
    Classical Music

    “EMBRACEABLE YOU”: 5:30 p.m. Feb. 8 & 10; 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9; 8 p.m. Feb. 11. The Sarasota Orchestra presents an evening of romantic love songs, featuring a variety of music, from Gershwin to The Beatles. $24-$69. Holley Hall, 709 N. Tamiami Trail. 953-3434; sarasotaorchestra.org

  • Alice M. Gatling and Will Little in a scene from the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's production of "A Raisin in the Sun." DON DALY PHOTO
    Alice M. Gatling, left, and Will Little star as a battling mother and son in Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe.
    Theater

    “A RAISIN IN THE SUN”: Alice Gatling and Will Little star in Lorraine Hansberry’s drama about a family’s battles over how best to use a life insurance check in the 1950s. 8 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; 2 p.m. Sun. Through Feb. 19. Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, 1646 10th Way. $28. 366-1505; wbttroupe.org


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