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ON MONDAY Some bands get ET( CISC hi DNNE GLEATON Staff Writer C If you think opera is boring, hard to follow or for c older audience, you haven't seen George Bizefs fj men. s] OPERA at USC will present Carmen April 18 0] 120 at the Roger Center for the Arts. a, "If there's an opera that students would be tc erested in, Carmen would be it," said Peggy ette, public information coordinator in the Office jj Jedia Relations. C Carmen, based on a novel by Prosper Merimee, a n opera in four acts. Full of romance, seduction a I violence, if s the story of ill-feted love much like ikespeare's Romeo and Juliet. a Carmen is a Spanish gypsy who works in a local Q irette factory and is soon arrested for wounding ictory worker in a fight. Don Jose, a corporal, is igned as her bodyguard, but soon falls prey to a rmen's seductive charms. Spellbound, he helps m to escape and deserts his regiment. Carmen n tires of Don Jose and becomes attracted to y, :amillo, a bullfighter. Despite Escamillo's pleas h; her return, she refuses and Don Jose kills her p t jealous rage. This brief chain of tragic events represents the I violence that is often displayed in today's society. 0] ;et, who composed Carmen between 1873-74, j) ed his operas on realism, a new idea in opera at c time. Although well known today, Bizef s operas, C ! reart rishers, Ivan the 1 ernble, I her air Maid. Q, ?erth and especially Carmen, were not well F sived initially because of his realistic approach, u Carmen was the most controversial because of jg seedy setting of a cigarette factoiy and its violent A ry line. It was not accepted as a masterpiece of T mch operatic repertory until 10 years after its s t performance. a USC opera director Talmadge Fauntleroy directs "men with USC professor Manual Alvarez as s sic director and conductor of the USC opera u tiestra. Although the production will be sung in tl inch, English subtitles will be projected onto a ft een above the stage, making the production 0] essible to any audience. n "You get to hear the (good) music and understand te at's going on as well," Fauntleroy said. p] Fauntleroy has been the director of OPERA at p C since 1992. He has served as artistic director r( Itudio Lirico, a summer opera apprentice program Q Cortona, Italy, since 1992 and has expanded Q C's opera program to include Studio Lirico. He u i not only served on the directing staff of the p tropolitan Opera in New York, but he has also c jcted productions in prominent theaters in Italy, gium and France. FREE FUN FREE SCAVENGER Semi-i FREE VIDEO SURFING FREE FC n . r* ent 1 se 1 torage I 1 V j H Jamil Rd. M 0 / 1 fgjj Now I 1 Frv( reviewed! ts a hig According to Fauntleroy, students should enjoy stu 'armen because of its subject matter and music, in iarmen, like many college students, follows a "live Es ee" motto. She does what she wants, loves who be wants and ahides hv her own rules Her stnrv DiT f romance and violence includes subjects that, An ccording to Fauntleroy, "people can easily relate of 1 >." Da Tonya Currier, who has taught vocal performance pei 1 the USC School of Music since 1994, will play on armen on opening night. She is a mezzo-soprano stu nd a winner of numerous awards and vocal a I jmpetitions. "Fi She has performed in opera theaters across the of \ mntry, including thi Chicago Lyric Opera and the "Zi entral City Opera of Colorado. Lorraine Hinds, a second-year graduate student def i USC's opera theater program, will play the role all pril 20. As a student, her portrayal of Carmen, a to. i^jor operatic role, is indicative of her talent. "Lorraine is super and has a rare talent that fea ju just don't see veiy often," Fauntleroy said. "She Bu ad a (great) stage personality and is an electrifying erformer." A native of Washington, D.C., Hinds earned her Su achelor's degree from Howard University. Her the pera credits include Zirelna in OPERA at USC's are ton Giovanni and Hanzel and Gretel with Opera an< arolina. She won the South Carolina Young Artists 251 o n c e r to ? a f i ' f\ ' r\ Q 1 Guest artist am Vitale, an ndergraduate at >- . " jj le University of [ichigan and one I f the country's tost promising 1 prop-8snor singers, will lay Don Jose. He jHfr srformed the lead |H|^ )le in Giuseppe HHf !Wt azzininga's Don Hr iovanni with |H 1 rogram in ortona, Italy. ML USC graduate : HUNT FREE BASKETBALL TOURNAI\ k your calendars now Annual USC STRE! HE NIGHT AT Th Monday, April 28,1997 * 6 p Blatt P.E. Cent >OD FREE VOLLEYBALL FREE INFL 4 * got a probie: clogs? necessity is the mother of I Simple ,S? |P?M1 rts ! * (* (0 Yon get to hear the (good) music and understand what's going on as welL Talmadge Fauntleroy USC opera director W7 ^ h notsz ident Isaiah McGee, whose credits include Conte II Convito and Bardolfo in Falstaff, will play camillo. Other dynamic cast members include: Stephanie lard, a USC doctoral student who plays "Mkhaela"; drew Rye, a graduate student in USC's Master Music in Voice program who plays "Morales, El ncaire"; Katheryn Seppamaki, a master of vocal formance student who will also play "Michaela" v April 20; Sarah Stokem, a USC graduate music ident who will play "Mercedes"; Liana Valente, JSC doctoral student in music arts who plays asquita", and Tommy Watson, a first-year master rocal performance student at USC who will play iniga." The Roger Center's showing of Carmen will initely be a treat The story line, music and setting make the opera something everyone can relate According to Fauntleroy, the music that will be tured will be recognized from commercials, Bugs nny cartoons and movies. ^ "The music makes this opera stand out," he said. Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. nday. Tickets, which cost $10, $15 and $25 for s public and $5 for senior citizens and students, s available at the Carolina Coliseum box office i all Capital Tickets outlets or by calling 803L-2222. Special to The Gamecock I? I 11^1 ? l? AENT FREE DOOR PRIZES - it's BACK! SS BLOWOUT > IE BLATT" >m -12 midnight ; :er .ATABLE OBSTACLE COURSE J m~ with "1 > > jg? I Invention Juj ^ ? ? J) *\ [ 631 Harden Street YrS 1/1 Mon-Sat 10-6pm Sun l-5pm ilu, 254-9488 I