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Princesses become strip-teasing starlets, peasants turn into movie extras, and prostitutes are reincarnated as older, sexually active stars in the Dunster House Opera Society’s (DHO) take on Leonard Bernstein’s Candide. Under the guidance of innovative first-time stage director Kate D. Greenhalgh ’06, the DHO version of Candide, which is based on Voltaire’s work by the same title, will transport the characters from their traditional setting in the medieval past to 1950s Hollywood...
Founded in 1992 by Dunster House residents, DHO is entirely student -run and -operated, and performs one opera each year. Although open to singers of all experiences, DHO attracts strong voices from the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, the Harvard Glee Club, and the Radcliffe Choral Society. Owing to its popularity as a fun and profitable show, Candide will take the stage again, after a five-year absence since its last on-campus performance...
When asked who the standout of the show is, Hosfield and Kathy D. Gerlach ’07 unhesitatingly named the female lead, Hirner. A Dunster resident who has trained classically since 9th grade, Hirner possesses a pure and clear voice, and was the lead of DHO’s 2003 La Cenerentola...
Hirner says this year’s production will address last year’s complaints that the show did not involve many Dunster residents. “It’s very important, I think, to have Dunster residents involved because it kind of gives Dunster residents more reason to understand and support what’s going on here. Whether they end up liking it or not, [participation in DHO] becomes part of the daily life of Dunster people...
February marked the launch of the themed safety months with Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) officers registering student laptops in the dining halls of Quincy, Currier, Dunster, and Winthrop...