Nowell, Nowell

Sarasota Opera House Key Chorale continues its long-running holiday collaboration with the Sarasota Ballet Studio Company at the Sarasota Opera House. The program combines the hundred-voice choir and a live orchestra with new choreography for the ballet's pre-professional trainees. The repertoire features Ralph Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on Christmas Carols, John Rutter’s buoyant Magnificat, and the Danses de Noël suite based on traditional French melodies. The performance integrates large-scale choral singing with classical dance, transforming standard seasonal concerts into a visual narrative. This massive collaborative effort utilizes the full stage and acoustic depth of the historic opera house.