Arrival & check-in, Registration & Orientation, Introductions, Preview of "The Pearl Fishers."

Note: Participants do not leave the hotel grounds tonight.

Arrive To: Registration is between 3:00 - 4:45pm. Hotel check-in is at 4:00pm, room may be ready earlier.

Afternoon: At 5:00 Orientation of the week and introductions.

Dinner: Dinner will be catered in at the hotel at 6:00pm. Forms are sent out in advance to see if participants are vegetarian. We can't provide special dietary needs meals, if necessary please make your own personal arrangements if needed.

Evening: Preview of "The Pearl Fishers,' by an opera singer.

Lodging: Holiday Inn-Lakewood Ranch

Meals Included: Dinner

Opera House Behind the Scenes, Noon Concert of Apprentice Singers, Evening performance of "The Pearl Fishers."

Note: Walk behind the scenes involves walking at a moderate pace inside the opera house. There are elevators when we visit the costume shop on the second floor. Participants are dropped off in front of the opera house as close as possible and picked up as close as possible. Participants walk to the restaurant of their choice for lunch, many within one block of the opera house.

Breakfast: An enhanced continental breakfast is available.

Morning: FIELD TRIP: Go behind the scenes with a local expert at the Sarasota Opera House, including the costume shop. (Short break) Noon Concert of Apprentice Opera Singers

Lunch: Lunch will be on your own in charming Downtown Sarasota.

Afternoon: EXCURSION: Explore on your own Sarasota's Downtown, architecture, art galleries, library and much more!

Back to the hotel before dinner and opera.

Dinner: Dinner will be at a local restaurant on the way to the opera house.

Evening: PERFORMANCE: "The Pearl Fishers"/Georges Bizet. The Pearl Fishers is the story of two men, Nadir and Zurga, whose vow of eternal friendship is threatened by their mutual love for the same woman, the priestess Leila. This proven Sarasota Opera audience favorite features the often-performed Act I duet for tenor and baritone, Au fond du temple saint.

Lodging: Holiday Inn-Lakewood Ranch

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Introduction to Opera, Talkback on "Pearl Fishers," and Preview of "A King for a Day"/OPENING NIGHT "A King for a Day"

Note: Minimal walking today, participants are dropped off in front of the opera house as close as possible and picked up as close as possible.

Breakfast: An enhanced continental breakfast is available.

Morning: PRESENTATION: Intro to opera and its voices. Coffee Break PRESENTATION: Talkback on "Pearl Fishers"

Lunch: Lunch at hotel.

Afternoon: PRESENTATION: Preview and introduction of "A King for a Day"

Dinner: Dinner will be at a local restaurant.

Evening: PERFORMANCE: OPENING NIGHT! "A King for a Day"/VERDI. In Verdi's second opera, the comedy A King for a Day, the King of Poland hides from his enemies by asking an unknown knight to impersonate him. The result of his plot is a series of amorous intrigues within the court, as all are drawn into the increasing confusion.

Lodging: Holiday Inn-Lakewood Ranch

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Talkback on "A King," Preview of "Turandot," and Matinee of "Turandot," Dinner will be on your own at St Armands Circle

Note: Minimal walking today, participants are dropped off in front of the opera house as close as possible and picked up as close as possible. Bus will drop off participants at St. Armands Circle for dinner on your own, some restaurants are close to the drop off point and some are a great distance under one mile.

Breakfast: An enhanced continental breakfast is available.

Morning: PRESENTATION: Talkback on "A King for a Day" Coffee Break PRESENTATION: Preview and introduction of "Turandot"

Lunch: Socialize over lunch with your fellow students at the hotel.

Afternoon: PERFORMANCE: "Turandot" / PUCCINI at 1:30 pm. Set in ancient China, the opera tells the story of the beautiful princess Turandot. Men travel the world to risk their lives by trying to solve three riddles. With the correct answers, one will win the heart of the ice princess, but the wrong answer brings death. Boasting some of the Puccini's most glorious music, including the famous tenor aria Nessun Dorma, Turandot will be the largest production ever staged at Sarasota Opera.

Dinner: Dinner on your own. A bus will depart for St. Armands Circle, renowned as a continental marketplace. The Circle is a charming and graceful synthesis of past and present. Relax and enjoy a meal from a plethora of award winning restaurants; shop for trinkets and treasures, high fashion and home decor; from gourmet snacks to candlelit feasts, you'll find it all on St. Armands Circle.

Evening: Continue to explore the rich history and statuary placed by John Ringling on St. Armands Circle.

Lodging: Holiday Inn-Lakewood Ranch

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

The assistant costume designer from the Sarasota Opera House will share trade secrets. Lunch immediately follows class.

Note: Participants do not leave the hotel grounds until program ends.

Breakfast: An enhanced continental breakfast is available.

Morning: PRESENTATION: The assistant costume designer from the Sarasota Opera House will share trade secrets from 9:00-10:30am. Check-out of room by 11:00am.

Lunch: A box lunch is offered at 10:30am on the last day to allow students who need to catch an early flight to take their lunch with them. Students who do not need to leave can enjoy their lunch in the meeting room or on the patio by the pool. Program ends after lunch.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch