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East Tennessee State University Department of
Music Opera Theatre presents Asheville Lyric Opera's full production of
Bizet's "Carmen"
Monday, January 31, 2005
East Tennessee State University Department of
Music Opera Theatre presents Asheville Lyric Opera's full production of
Bizet's "Carmen" (sung in French with English supertitles) and
accompanied by professional full orchestra with members from the
Asheville Symphony. The production will be Monday, January 31,
2005 at 7:30 p.m. in Seeger Chapel on the Milligan College campus.
Mission Statement: ETSU Opera Theatre is striving to provide quality
musical drama to the public in Tri-Cities area.
Admission costs are $18, general and $8, student with a valid
student ID or senior citizen (65 or above). Reservation is
strongly recommended and will begin on Jan 10, 2005. Please contact
Linda Reid or Patti Marlow at 423-439-4270 or 423-439-4276,
Reidl@etsu.edu or
marlow@etsu.edu.
Brief Description of Event: This production will mark the first ever
professional full production with full orchestra of the infamous opera
Carmen in the Tri-Cities areas. Carmen is one of the top ten
most-produced operas in the North America. And its music has been used
in all kinds of media, like TV commercials, cartoons (The Simpsons, The
Sesame Streets), musicals (Carmen Jones, 1943 by Oscar Hammerstein II),
movies (Carmen Jones, 1954; Carmen on Ice, 1990). Famous tunes include
Habanera (or "Dat's love" from Carmen Jones), and Toreador's song.
Synopsis: Carmen, a sensual young gipsy woman, seduces a naïve army
corporal, Don José. He gives up his career and Micaela (a peasant girl)
for Carmen, and becomes a smuggler. When Carmen turns her passion to
Escamillo (a toreador), Don José stabs her after she declares that she
will live free or die.
Background of the Performers:
David Malis, Escamillo and Stage Director: Mr. Malis has sung major
roles with many opera companies, include San Francisco Opera,
Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, La Scala, Welsh National Opera,
Vienna Staatsoper and the Netherlands Opera. He was the first prize
winner in the prestigious Cardiff Competition, and was the recipient of
the Gold Medal and George London Award from the National Institute for
Music Theater, the Naumberg Competition Lieder Prize and the Norman
Treigle Graduate Scholarship from the University of Cincinnati's
College-Conservatory of Music. He is a student of the legendary Italian
basso, Italo Tajo.
Jonathan Hodel, Don José: A native of Denver, Colorado, tenor Jonathan
Hodel has appeared in opera, concert and oratorio in the United States
and in Europe. Recently, Mr. Hodel performed the role of Rodolfo in
Puccini's La Bohème with Asheville Lyric Opera and with the
Heschise-Stattstheater in Wiesbaden, Germany. He also reprised the role
of Manrico in Verdi's Il trovatore for the Compagnia d'opera italiana di
Milano international opera tour, stepping in for another tenor who
suddenly became ill. Mr. Hodel concluded a four year residency with
Opera San José, during which time he was seen in many roles.
Cheryse McLeod, Carmen: Ms. McLeod recently completed a two-season
Artist Residency with the Connecticut Opera where she performed the
roles of the Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, the Page in Salome,
Berta in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Alisa in Lucia di Lammermoor, and
Giovanna in Rigoletto, among others. On May 15, 2004, Ms. McLeod won the
Second Prize (Judith Bardi Rosenthal Award) in the 50th Annual
Connecticut Opera Guild Scholarship Competition held in Hartford, CT.
She was also the Second Prize Winner in the 2001 Opera Guild of
Charlotte Competition and the Ronald and Charlotte Payne Encouragment
Award Winner at the 2003 North Carolina District Met Auditions. Ms.
McLeod, a native of Greensboro, NC, earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in
Vocal Performance from Carnegie Mellon University, her Master of Music
in Vocal Performance from The University of North Carolina at
Greensboro, and her Professional Artist Certificate from the A.J.
Fletcher Opera Institute <http://www.fletcheropera.com> at the North
Carolina School of the Arts.
Information: Dr. Oliver Lo, Director of ETSU Opera Theatre, LO@etsu.edu,
(423) 439-5787.
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