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Contact:
Tom Davis
Troy Office of University Relations
334/670-3196
tomdavis@troy.edu
Office of University Relations
253 Adams Administration
Troy, AL 36082
(334) 670-3196
(334) 670-3274 (fax)
| ‘Afternoon
at the Opera’ planned April 7 at TSU |
| The
one-act opera "Sweet Betsy from Pike" will be the highlight of
an "Afternoon of Opera" presented by the TSU Opera Ensemble scheduled
for Sunday, April 7 beginning at 2:30 p.m. in the Trojan Center
Theatre. Admission is free and the doors open at 2 p.m. For more
information call Dr. Catherine Allard, Director and Associate
Professor of Music,at 670-3503. Sarah Looney of Marion will play the lead role as Betsy, with Rob McFarland of Wilmington, Del., as Dirty Dan and Georgia Mallory of Prattville as Mimosa, the narrator. Dr. Allard said the 25-minute satire is a "musical cartoon written as a series of delightful musical variations on an old American folk tune." Also scheduled to be performed at an "Afternoon of Opera" are: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s finale to the second act of his "Marriage of Figaro." Jason Gunter of Andalusia as the Count and Lauren Turner of Dothan as the Countess head the cast. The cast also includes Sherrette Spicer of Selma as Susanna; Tommy Newman of Hawkinsville, Ga., as Figaro; Bethany Kennington of Eclectic as Marcellina; Jawunza Adair of Troy as Bartolo; and Terrence Cobb of Fitzgerald, Ga., as Basilio. Three excerpts from George Gershwin’s only opera, "Porgy and Bess," will be performed by Adair and Cobb. Duets from Gilbert and Sullivan’s "The Gondoliers" and "The Yeomen of the Guard" and Rossini’s "Barber of Seville." The massed grand finale of the "Champagne Song" from Johann Strauss, Jr.’s operetta, "Die Fledermaus," featuring John David West of Luverne, Bethany Kennington of Eclectic and Angel Till of Georgiana. |