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Aidan Davis and Kate Scally, both Penn State graduate students in vocal performance and pedagogy, rehearse the roles of Figaro and Susanna in Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" at 8 p.m. Friday, March 19 and Saturday, March 20, at the State Theatre in State College, Pa. The opera is a joint production of Penn State's School of Music and Institute for the Arts and Humanities. Tickets are available at www.thestatetheatre.org.
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Ted Christopher, assistant professor and artistic director for the Penn State opera program, instructs Penn State students in a dress rehearsal for Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," which will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday night (March 19 and 20) at the State Theatre.
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A pair of Penn State freshmen -- Julia Wolcott and Chris Hollobaugh -- rehearse the roles of Marcellina and Bartolo in the Penn State Opera production of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro." The opera, which will be sung in English, will be staged at 8 p.m. March 19 and 20, at the State Theatre in State College, Pa.
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Liz Walton, a Penn State junior majoring in music, rehearses the role of Cherubino, the Count's page, in the Penn State Opera production of "The Marriage of Figaro." Cherubino is a "breeches role" -- that is, a male character almost always played by a woman.
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Ellen Teufel, a junior music major at Penn State, rehearses the role of Countess Rosina Almaviva in "The Marriage of Figaro."
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A cast made up entirely of Penn State graduate and undergraduate students will stage an English-language production of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" March 19 and 20. Tickets are available at www.thestatetheatre.org.
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Ted Christopher, assistant professor of music, is artistic director and Beverly Patton, associate professor of music, is musical director. The event is a joint production of the School of Music and the Institute for the Arts and Humanities.
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Penn State junior Jordan Barrett (left) plays Count Almaviva and junior Peter Rea plays Antonio, the gardener, in a rehearsal for "The Marriage of Figaro."
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Jordan Barrett, a junior in Penn State's College of Arts and Architecture, rehearses for "The Marriage of Figaro," to be performed at 8 p.m. March 19 and 20, at the State Theatre. Barrett plays the role of Count Almaviva, who schemes to keep the head of his servant staff, Figaro, from marrying servant Susanna. The opera will be performed entirely by Penn State undergraduate and graduate students.
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Members of the cast of "The Marriage of Figaro" rehearse the wedding scene at the State Theatre, where the Penn State Opera program will stage a production of the classic Mozart opera at 8 p.m. March 19 and 20. The performances are jointly produced by the Penn State School of Music and Institute for the Arts and Humanities.
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