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FEBRUARY CONCERTS
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Thu.
2/21
Sat.
2/23
VIENNA PIANO TRIO
Chamber Music Series 8 p.m., Beall Hall
Reserved seats $10, $20, $25, available at the Hult Center
(682-5000) or EMU (346-4363)
STRING SPECTACULAR
Children’s Concert Series 10:30 a.m., Beall Hall
$3 adults, $2 children & students, or $5 for a family
Feb. HANDEL’S OPERA SEMELE
23-24 UO Opera Ensemble Willamette Hall Atrium
~ 8 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday
$10, $20 available from EMU (346-4363)
Sun. FRITZ GEARHART, Violin
2/24 VICTOR STEINHARDT, Piano
Faculty Artist Series 7 p.m., Beall Hall
$7 General Admission, $4 students and senior citizens
Tue. EDGAR MEYER & MIKE MARSHALL
2/26 Guest Artists 7:30 p.m., Beall Hall
Co-sponsored by Oregon Festival of American Music
$18.50, $16.50, $14.50 Call 687-6526 for tickets.
Wed. OREGON WIND ENSEMBLE, SYMPHONIC BAND
2/27 UO Ensembles 8 p.m., Beall Hall
$5 General Admission, $3 students & senior citizens
For our complete calendar, check: music.uoregon.edu
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Dr. Ann Tedards, associate pro
fessor of voice and associate dean of
music, said she has been working
with two of her students who are in
the production and approved of the
unique venue.
“I think the acoustics are going to
be exciting because of the very, very
high ceiling,” said Tedards, who also
serves as director of graduate studies.
She said the opera will be an un
usual kind of performance “rarely
experienced in Eugene. ”
The singers will be accompanied
by a select group of musicians from
the University Symphony, whom
Kaczmarczyk said will give the cast
“a taste” of what it may be like for
them to continue to perform in the
professional world. Kaczmarczyk
will conduct the opera while play
ing the harpsichord.
“Handel's brilliance lies in his abil
ity to wed vivid imagery with magnif
icent melodies,” Kaczmarczyk said.
He said audiences may be most
familiar with Handel’s masterpiece,
“Messiah.” But he said recent years
have witnessed an international re
emergence of baroque opera, which
has led to revivals of Handelian op
eras such as “Guilio Cesare,” “Ri
naldo,” “Rodelinda” and “Semele.”
The opera contains some of the
most famous and exquisitely writ
ten arias in baroque literature, in
cluding the “O sleep” and “Endless
Pleasure, endless love.”
Rehearsals began the first week of
winter term, Raddatz said. She said
a standard has been set by people
who have performed the two arias
professionally. This has been a chal
lenge for her to match, but one
which she has thoroughly enjoyed.
She said the self-developing role
of Semele has pushed her to exceed
her own limits, allowing her to act
in a manner that she “absolutely
wouldn’t do under normal circum
stances.”
“Developing the character (of
Semele) has been very enlighten
ing,” she said. “It has shown me how
much I can do versus how much I
thought I could do. ”
She added that the instruction
she has received has also helped her
to improve.
“Mark has been a very easy direc
tor to talk to,” she said, explaining
his approachable, calm manner.
“He is willing to demonstrate if you
don’t understand what is going on.”
Mezzo-soprano Melody Vogel
who plays the characters of Juno
and Ino said she likes playing the
evil role of Juno — Jupiter’s wife
who is angry at Semele. The power
ful lyrics and fast-moving tempo
have been a change for her.
Vogel, who has taken voice lessons
since high school, said she hopes the
audience will take away an apprecia
tion for this light-hearted opera. The
junior vocal performance major, who
won the District Metropolitan Opera
Auditions, said working with Kacz
marczyk has been fun.
“He is a very innovative director
who brings more style and sophistica
tion than we were used to,” she said.
Tickets are $10 for general admis
sion and $20 for preferred seating,
available at the EMU Ticket Office.
For more information, call 346-4363.
E-mail features/Pulse editor Lisa Toth
at lisatoth@dailyemerald.com.
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