JACKSON, Tenn. — April 5, 2005 — The 51社区 Opera Workshop will present an evening of 鈥淪cenes from American Operas鈥� Friday, April 8, at 7:30pm in the Hartley Recital Hall in the Jennings Hall building on the west end of the campus.
All scenes are in English and the evening should last about 50 minutes. There is no admission charge. The public is invited to attend.
Scenes included are the 鈥淎merica鈥� scene from 鈥淲est Side Story鈥� by Leonard Bernstein; a scene from 鈥淪usannah鈥� by Carlisle Floyd; the Augusta scene from Douglas Moore鈥檚 鈥淭he Ballad of Baby Doe鈥�; and a complete short comic opera by Bruce Trinkley, 鈥淟ost in Translation.鈥� The latter is a humorous setting of random phrases from an old British phrase book intended for travelers to Greece.
Players are Lindsey Abell from St. Louis, Mo.; David Hancock from Mountain Grove, Mo.; Matt Jones from Dyersburg, Tenn.; Kim Kurz from Louisville, Ky.; Blake McKinney from Hendersonville, Tenn.; Lindsey Rapp from St. Genevieve, Mo.; Kate Rawls from Cordova, Tenn.; and Beth Saxe from Thompsonville, Ill. Accompanist is Joan Forbes. Directors are Union music professors Michael Penny and Stan Warren.