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.

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.

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.

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."

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.