lakehead music in tune with community's entertainment needs
(march 4, 2008, thunder bay, ontario) today, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 offered a sneak preview of its upcoming opera studio performance of henry purcell's dido and aeneas, which takes place on lakehead's campus on march 8 and 9.
the opera studio is a new program to the university, though members of the music department don't expect the excitement surrounding the program to fade any time soon. "since the idea for this program was developed, we've received tremendous support and feedback from our 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and from the community," says dr. dean jobin-bevans, music professor and director of the opera studio ensemble. "not only is this a great addition to lakehead's program roster, but we expect it to be a key element in the thunder bay community's annual entertainment schedule for years to come." twenty-four music 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 will come together to present a fully staged version of the performance.
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aspire to work at and master. this program only brings us closer to that goal. it gives us the chance to practice a wide range of vocal styles, and it puts us in a real-life, high-pressure performance scenario. we're all looking very forward to sharing our music and our talents with the community."
dido and aeneas is england's oldest opera, first performed at a girls' school in chelsea, london in 1689. the story was adapted from part of the aeneid by virgil. dido, queen of carthage, falls in love with aeneas, who has landed in carthage after fleeing troy following defeat in the trojan war. however, evil witches who live near carthage hate dido and conspire against her. they remind aeneas that he is fated to leave and become the founder of the roman empire. aeneas leaves dido, who then dies of a broken heart.
only two performances of dido and aeneas will take place in the bora laskin theatre. the first begins at 8:00 p.m. on saturday, march 8, and the second at 3:00 p.m. on sunday, march 9. tickets are $15 each and can be purchased through the department of music at 807- 343-8787, or at the door.
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media:for additional information, or to arrange interviews with dr. jobin-bevans or mary armstrong, please
contact heather scott, communications officer, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜
, 807-343-8177,commun@lakeheadu.ca;
or eleanor abaya, director of communications, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜
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807-343-8372, eabaya@lakeheadu.ca.
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