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Caitlin C. Vincent ’07, a History and Literature concentrator, is the stage director of the Dunster House Opera (DHO) production of “The Marriage of Figaro.” Trained in classical voice, Vincent jumped into the campus opera scene from the start of her time at Harvard...
Since her freshman year, Vincent has been deeply involved in campus opera productions. As a senior, Vincent now returns with “The Marriage of Figaro” to the place she began four years...
...Unlike Lowell House Opera (LHO), which primarily casts semi-professional singers from local conservatories, DHO is staged entirely by Harvard undergraduates...
...wanted to give the production some historical depth without making it a period piece, so I set the opera in the late 1950s/early 1960s. It made sense to present the Count and Countess as operatic versions of John F. Kennedy and Jackie Onassis, considering the Count’s frequent infidelities but overwhelming charm, and the Countess’s penchant for forgiveness...
Elaborating on her artistic vision, Vincent argues that opera isn’t as high brow as it may seem...