[Freshman
Kayla Hill and senior Dan Silva rehearse a scene from "Highway
One USA."]
University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Posted:
Wednesday, 18 April 2012 1:33PM
Anne Brenner Reporting
CHAPEL HILL- This week
and next Monday, local residents will have an opportunity to see the
UNC Opera in action. UNC Music Department Chair Terri Rhodes says
the group will be performing two very different one-act shows.
“The
first is entitled ‘Dreamlovers,’ by Samuel Coleridge Taylor,’”
she says. “That one has an operetta-esque feel. It’s bigger than
life with extremely fantastical characters. The
second show is called ‘Highway One USA’ by William Grant [Still],
and it tells a story of a family that owns a gas station somewhere in
the USA.”
During a dress rehearsal on Tuesday, senior Dan
Silva and freshman Kayla Hill provided a sample of what audiences can
expect. In addition to a pair of performances at UNC’s Hill Hall,
the opera will also hold a performance at the Chapel Hill Public
Library.
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The two performances in Hill Hall will
take place 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday and 8 p.m. on Friday. The third
performance will take place on Monday at 7 p.m. on the stage outside
the Chapel Hill Public Library’s temporary home at University Mall.
All three performances are free and open to the public.
[William
Grant Still (1895-1978) and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) are
profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features comprehensive Works
Lists by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma,
http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com]
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