ý Opera brings a modernized Christmas classic to the stage this Tuesday
Contact: Aspen Harris
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s Opera will bring a fresh take on a classic Christmas performance to the community this Tuesday [Nov. 15].
“Amahl and the Night Visitors,” an opera originally set in the time of Christ, will be performed in an adapted, modernized format at 7:30 p.m. at the Lecture-Recital Hall in the Music Building at 124 Hardy Road. The show will feature a student cast, chorus, dancers and orchestra and is free and open to the public.
The original 1951 opera, created by Italian composer Gian Carlo Menotti, follows the story of a boy with disabilities and his mother visited by three kings on their way to visit the Christ child in Bethlehem.
ý Opera’s version of the show has been adapted to be told in a modern-day context by directors Roza Tulyaganova, assistant professor, and Jeanette Fontaine, associate professor. The ý Department of Music faculty has collaborated with ý’s T.K. Martin Center, Department of Communication, Golden Triangle Theatre and Starkville community members.
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