十大网赌正规网址 offers Opera Workshop performances at 2 and 7 p.m. 2月2日星期六. 4 in Wine Recital Hall on the North 曼彻斯特 campus.

一般票价是7美元. It is free for MU faculty, staff and students.

“一切都 是用英语唱的, and we will include supertitles during the performance to make the lyrics even easier to understand,黛布拉·林恩说, professor of 音乐 and director of choral organizations and voice study at 曼彻斯特. 她的工作是为了 opera accessible to modern audiences. 

程序如下:

• “L’incoronazione di Poppea” (The Coronation of Poppea) by Claudio Monteverdi, final scene. Love duet between Poppea (Elizabeth Schmidt, 女高音) and Nero (Mackenzie谢里丹, 女中音). 
• “Hansel and Gretel” by Engelbert Humperdinck, most of the third act. 由安吉丽娜·芬克饰演的格蕾特, 女高音), Hansel (Sheridan) and the Witch (Cassandra Petrie, 女中音
• “Strawberry Fields” by Michael Torke, entire one-act opera. 所有的角色都没有名字, but the principal characters are: Old Lady (Sheridan), 研究生(雷纳·Walker-Zamora), 女低音歌唱家), 儿子梅森·尼尼奥拉, 男中音), 女儿 (蕾切尔比起之前, 女高音), 乞丐布雷登·霍加特, 男中音), 护士:迈凯拉·斯坦利, 女高音), 女孩(凯拉·安德鲁斯), 女高音)和男孩(乔尔·瓦吉), 男高音歌唱家).

"I'm really proud of these cast members who are putting their hearts and souls into this compelling story about the many ways we grapple with dementia,林恩说。.

博士笔记. 林恩的背景:

Opera Workshop is a wonderful annual tradition I started during my early years at MU. It embodies my personal goal of educating people about this fascinating and unique art form that is like 没有其他音乐类型.

Much as I love Bugs Bunny cartoons, let’s face it – the Warner Bros. perpetuation of operatic stereotypes has introduced opera to most American kids as something to ridicule for generations. 不像芝加哥, 纽约, 或者洛杉矶, the rural American landscape isn’t sprinkled with opera houses, so most people who live in these communities never have an opportunity to see beyond “The Rabbit of Seville” and “What’s Opera 医生?” voiced by the brilliantly talented, but mocking voice of Mel Blanc.

One of my lifelong missions has been to awaken talented young singers to real opera – the cinematic aspect that encompasses all the drama, 音乐, 集, costumes and movement into this entirely sung story-telling device. 这一点也不荒谬. 它是引人注目的和美丽的. I believe it is the highest form of art because it is dependent upon gathering all forms of art: 音乐, 文学, 诗歌, 语言, 视觉艺术, 和舞蹈.

When I started teaching at 十大网赌正规网址 more than two decades ago, I wanted to start an opera workshop class. These are not uncommon at colleges and universities that offer degrees in vocal performance – in fact, it is an important part of those degree programs. 我们已经开始营业了 many of our ensembles to non-students (such as the 曼彻斯特 Symphony Orchestra and 曼彻斯特 Symphony Chorus), so I decided to do likewise with our opera workshop. 它取得了巨大的成功.

In addition to students, we usually have several alumni in the opera production as well as others from the Wabash County area. While one goal is to create and perform a stage production, the main goal (for me anyway) is to break down those old operatic stereotypes and educate both the participants and the audience about opera. 

My philosophy is to cast everyone who is interested, so my opera workshops are unique. Most college and university opera workshop programs run like any theatrical production. 他们看 their talent pool to determine what’s possible, they select a show, and then announce auditions. This causes many singers to hesitant about auditioning, 即使他们很感兴趣, especially if they have never sung a solo or do not have what they consider to be an “operatic” voice.

My approach is to gather those who are interested and find out what sort of role they might like to try. I ask them to also consider the time and energy they are willing to commit – since larger solo roles involve much more stage rehearsal time, individual practice, and memorization than chorus or small solo roles. Once I have that information from everyone who wants to participate, I make sure I have a good grasp of their vocal sound and then I decide what operas and excerpts will best fit 我们的参与者. 

今年, it’s a truly a varied program because we are starting with a short scene from one of the first operas ever composed “L’incoronazione di Poppea,我们以a结尾 40-minute, one-act opera that was composed in 1999 called “Strawberry Fields.” The composer is still living and composing in 纽约 City. In between these bookends of the very old and the very new, we will perform a great operatic classic from the Romantic era, “Hansel and Gretel,” a familiar bit of folklore we can all enjoy. 

对于媒体来说

Dr. 黛布拉J. Lynn can be reached for an interview at DJLynn@曼彻斯特.edu.
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