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For Immediate Release
March 27, 2002
Nebraska Wesleyan University Opera Theater
to Stage Gianni Schicchi and Gallantry
LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska Wesleyan Opera
Theater will present an opera twin bill Friday, April 5 and Saturday,
April 6 at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee performance Sunday, April 7
at 3:00 p.m. Puccini's masterful comic opera Gianni Schicchi
will be presented with Douglas Moore's Gallantry.
Gianni Schicchi is the only comic opera written
by Puccini, its considered by many opera lovers as heir to the Romantic
Italian opera tradition established by Giuseppe Verdi. In it, Donati
family members solicit the help of Gianni Schicchi to assist them
in dividing the estate of Buoso Donati. Schicchi, a well-known rogue,
pretends to be the dying Buoso and dictates a change of the Donati
will to leave all the estate to himself. The conniving family members
are completely outdone by Gianni Schicchi in this one act opera.
Henry Blanke, long time Director of Theater at Nebraska Wesleyan,
is Stage Director.
Gallantry is a one-act soap opera satire.
The story presents a dramatic moment in the daily soap opera's eternal
suspense. In a bizarre love triangle, Dr. Gregg loves his assistant
Lola, who is engaged to his patient, Donald. Donald is scheduled
for surgery with Dr. Gregg, who has other motives as he prepares
to operate. The action is interrupted by several commercials. Jana
Holzmeier, music professor at Nebraska Wesleyan, is the stage director.
Dr. William Wyman will conduct the orchestra for both operas.
General admission tickets are available at the
door at a cost of $5 or may be reserved by calling 465-2269. O’Donnell
Auditorium is located in the Rogers Center for Fine Arts at 50th
Street and Huntington Avenue.
Cast Members Include:
Benjamin Bear, Lincoln, Neb.
Andrew Spady, York, Neb.
Tara Harman, Liberty, Mo.
Anna Lackaff, Bassett, Neb.
Georg Getty, Omaha, Neb.
Kara Ficke, Lincoln, Neb.
Jennifer Kolterman, Seward, Neb.
Elizabeth Eno, Lincoln, Neb.
Laci Sievers, Fremont, Neb.
Kanoa Greene, Orlando, Fla.
Amber McQuiston, Orleans, Neb.
Elizabeth Groher, Storm Lake, Iowa
Bryan Fink, Omaha, Neb.
Wayne Freelove, Orlando, Fla.
Luke Jones, Shubert, Neb.
Mitchell Raftery, Omaha, Neb.
Jennifer Feeney, Mead, Neb.
Erin Quandt, Lincoln, Neb.
Molly Haight, Des Moines, Iowa
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