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...gong is struck three times to signify the start of a prince’s quest, and the audience in Lowell Dining Hall is transported from the surrounding coziness of column-strewn walls to the lush majesty of legendary Peking. The Lowell House Opera??s (LHO) ambitious 70th anniversary production, Giacomo Puccini’s “Turandot,” successfully transforms the dining hall into an exotic and vibrant vision, where the power of love reigns supreme...
Four weeks, four pairs of hands, and 80 yards of cloth later, 50 costumes for the Lowell House Opera??s (LHO) “Turandot” are finally ready for the main stage.Beginning March 5 and running through the 15th, LHO will perform Giacomo Puccini’s “Turandot” in honor of the 150th anniversary of the maestro’s birth. The opera, set in legendary Peking, focuses on a suitor named Calaf, who must answer the three riddles of the enchanting but cruel princess Turandot to win her hand...
...move Friday’s performance to Saturday because Julia S. Cavallaro ’08, who plays Fiordiligi, came down sick. In an effort to preserve Cavallaro’s voice, the part of Fiordiligi was sung by Vira Slywotzky, a New England Finalist in the 2008 Metropolitan Opera??s National Council Auditions, from the wings of the stage while Cavallaro continued to act out her character’s two messy love affairs.“Così fan Tutte,” which means “women are all alike...
...move Friday’s performance to Saturday because Julia S. Cavallaro ’08, who plays Fiordiligi, came down sick. In an effort to preserve Cavallaro’s voice, the part of Fiordiligi was sung by Vira Slywotzky, a New England Finalist in the 2008 Metropolitan Opera??s National Council Auditions, from the wings of the stage while Cavallaro continued to act out her character’s two messy love affairs.“Così fan Tutte,” which means “women are all alike...
...often been regarded as inaccessible by students. Sullivan: I think a lot of people who might not have had the chance to go to an opera before take the opportunity to go to a Dunster House Opera production. It’s a really important aspect of the opera??s mission to make the genre available to people who might not have very much experience with opera at all. All productions are in English so people who show up can understand them without having done preparatory work in Italian. Acting as a director rather than a producer...