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SARASOTA – The Sarasota Opera House opens its doors for free to the Suncoast, on Wednesday.

The event will go from 5:30 to 7:30 P.M. 

When you arrive, you can register for a ticket raffle that will be held before the last performance of the evening.

Backstage tours will be held every 15 minutes at the Backstage Hallway.

The program includes the evening performances starting at 5:45 in two different locations, one in the courtyard featuring studio artists and the other in the second floor of the lobby with apprentice artists.

And then at 6:25, the studio artists and apprentice artists will perform again, switching locations.

Executive Director, Richard Russell and Artistic Director, Victor DeRenzi will offer greetings at 7 P.M.

Following that, the Sarasota Opera House caps the night with artists performing excerpts from the 2020 Winter Festival Season.

The Opera House is located at 61 North Pineapple Avenue.