Oregon daily emerald., January 13, 1984, Section B, Page 3, Image 9

Notables
Frances, the true story of
an outstanding, humiliated
actress struggling for digni
ty in institutions after battl
ing in Hollywood, shows
tonight, in 180 PLC, at 7
and 9 p.m. Jessica Lange
stars, and was nominated
for an Academy Award for
her effort. Admission is
University Theater's "Se
cond Season,” a series of
low-cost perfomances, is
scheduled to run through
this spring. The plays will
cost $2 and will be staged
in the newly remodeled
Arena Theatre in Villard
Hall. The new season
opened last night, with
"Happy Birthday, Wanda
June," at 8 p.m. The play
also shows Jan. 13-14, 19-21
and 26-28. For information
call 686-4191.
“Dance '84“ will open at
Robinson Theatre Fri., Jan.
20, at 8 p.m. A repertoire
of nine dances ranging
from Japanese-inspired to
English traditional will be
performed. Tickets are
$3.25 for University
students, $5 for general
public, and $4 for seniors
and other students. Perfor
mances are scheduled for
Jan. 20-21, 26-28 and Feb.
2-4.
“Smithereens" and "Star
Struck," two hot, new
wave films will show as a
double feature this
weekend at Cinema 7 in
the Atrium, upstairs. The
first show is at 7:30 p.m.
and the second is at 8:40
p.m. The Sunday matinee
starts at 2 p.m.
Black-and-white portrait
photographs of people
who place personal
classified advertisements in
newspapers is featured in
the Photography of
Oregon Gallery, in the
University art museum.
The exhibit featuring the
work of Morrie Cahmi is
free and runs through Jan.
29. Museum hours are
noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday
through Sunday.
Attention deadheads: if you
haven't already heard, The
Jerry Garcia Band will be at
the Hult Center, Mon., Jan.
16, at 8 p.m. All seats are
reserved for $10.50 and
$12.50. Tickets are on sale
at the EMU Main Desk.
Student sings her way to Seattle
VjjP Heavy metal rock and roll. That s where it s at.
Screaming guitars and screaming vocalists. The
music of today.
But not for everyone.
Marie Landreth, a University senior in music
performance and education, prefers the elegance
of opera.
Landreth recently won $2,000 in the Portland
Opera Guild's Awards for Young Opera Singers
and won the District Metropolitan award.
Winning the Metropolitan award allowed her
to compete earlier this year in the regional com
petition in Seattle. If she had been chosen among
the some 24 aspiring singers, she would have won
a paid trip to The Big Apple.
Landreth was up against some heavy competi
tion in the regionais, and didn't come out a win
ner, but the experience, she said, was a good one.
Landreth has been singing opera "seriously"
,':Slk)r three years. She is a lyric coloratura, "a
l^roprano who sings very, very high and very fast,"
she says. "That's my speciality."
When she arrived at the University from Red
mond, Ore., Landreth was attracted to opera
because of "the idea of connecting singing and
drama at the same time. You can't sing an opera
and not be able to act. It would be boring."
And being able to sing well isn't enough.
Singers also have to be able to understand what
they are singing, Landreth says. This involves lear
ning the different languages in which opera is
performed, although most operas are now per
formed in English, she says.
Landreth didn't start off singing opera,
however. She began with art song, a form which
is "sometimes much harder than opera. There's
more of a connection between you and the
pianist. In opera, you can sometimes get away
with a lot," she says.
To be a good singer, both the skills from
opera and art song are needed, Landreth says.
University senior Marie Landreth recently won
$2000 in the Portland Opera Guild's Awards for
Young Opera Singers.
She credits much of her success to her in
structors at the University. “I was not very good
when I came here. My instructors have done a
miracle.”
Despite her successes in opera competition,
Landreth is still not sure she will pursue an opera
career.
"If I can be employed and make a living off
my singing, I would like to do that,” she says. And
though she plans to audition at many opera com
panies after graduation, she still has her educa
tion degree to fall back on.
"I love to teach," she says.
Any advice for budding young singers?
"Start studying immediately. Study art song.
Get the basics down."
And be prepared to sing.
Frank Shaw
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