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By KATHY HEBERGER
Carolina Life Editor
tereotyping people, especially
in love, can be a
k-J big mistake, playwright
David Henry Hwang shows with
his work M. Butterfly, which will
be performed at the Koger Center
tomorrow and Wednesday. 1
The Tony Award-winning n
play's plot involves a married K
French diplomat who falls in
love with a Chinese opera star
and discovers at the end of their
20-year affair that she is really a
he.
Hwang got his idea for M.
Butterfly from a newspaper arti- thinking," Hwa
cle about a relationship that en- interview Frida
ded with the same sexual revela- leave the pla;
tion. He said the play seeks to talking about \
stop people from making not about wti
assumptions. their cars."
The play's conception also in- Hwang, a (
volves Madame Butterfly, the he's enco
famous opera in which the main reotypes grow
character is the stereotypical exo- nized that peop
tic, subservient and loyal Qrien- sumptions. Pe
tal woman. good at math,
"M. Butterfly helps people get good grades ii
past an old-fashioned way of great grades ii
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From Staff Reports
Man-Qin Zhang, viola student of professor Frits d(
Jonge of the USC School of Music, was placed as one
of nine finalists in the William Primrose Internationa
Scholarship Competition.
The nine finalists will compete June 12 during th<
XIX International Viola Congress at Ithaca College ii
Ithaca, N.Y. The competition is sponsored by thi
American Viola Society. The performance of the prizi
winner will take place June 15 with the United State
Air Force Orchestra at a gala event of the Congress.
According to professor de Jonge, Zhang, a 20-year
old native of the People's Republic of China, is ai
extremely talented and delightful young lady and alsc
an inspiration to her fellow students in the USC Sym
phony Orchestra.
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stimulated and terfly (the "M." stands for "monvhat
they've seen, sieur") cannot see beyond his
lere they parked stereotypical image of the Oriental
woman. The diplomat's as^hinese-American,
sumptions that the singer is the
untered some ste- perfect woman drive him to
ing up. "I recog- destruction.
>le have certain as- "There's an element of blindople
think I'd be ness in every relationship. There
that I would make are different degrees. It's not
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person in the world, even though
this assumption probably isn't
true," Hwang said. It's blindness
and assumptions that are based
J on stereotypes that are harmful,
he said.
Hwang said his play doesn't
seek to lessen Madame Butterfly's
worth. The opera's main
character, an Oriental woman devoted
until death to the Western
man who left her, strikes emotions
that stem from myths embedded
deeply in Western culture,
he said.
"The ideas in Madame Butterfly
come from some very powerful
myths. I just take the myth
and stand it on its head," he said.
The play has a cast of nine,
ana the costumes promise to be
quite spectacular, Hwang said.
There will be music from Madame
Butterfly and music with
Western influence.
M. Butterfly will be performed
at Koger Center Tuesday night at
8 p.m. Tickets are $22.50 and
$18.50. Tickets are $5 for USC
students with ID after 7:30 p.m.
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Singing sensation Leontyne
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songs, ranging from classical opera
selections to Negro spirituals May
2 at Koger Center.
The concert will begin at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $22.50 and $18.50.
Born in Laurel, Miss., Price,
whose goal was to become a music
teacher, began playing the piano at
age 5. She attended Central State
College in Wilberforce, Ohio,
where her singing in the Glee Club
attracted much attention, and she
was encouraged to follow a singing
career. Upon graduating from
Central State, she received a scholarship
to the Julliard School of
Music in New York City.
Today, Price is universally regarded
as one of the greatest artists
of our time. She made her Metrot
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travels around the world on concert
tours. Many of her appearances
have been widely seen on
special telecasts.
In 1985, President Reagan presented
her with the First Medal of
I Arts. She also has received the
Presidential Medal of Freedom,
America's highest civilian honor;
Italy's Order of Merit and France's
Commandeur of the French Order
of Arts and Letters.
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from Harvard, Yale, Columbia,
Howard, Fordham and Central
State universities and from several
colleges, including Amherst, Dartmouth
and Spelman.
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