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Course Description: Come and hear the conductor and singers discuss Mozart’s Magic Flute which is to be presented by the Intermountain Opera Association on May 16, 18 and 20. Julian Dawson, the conductor for this year’s performance and four of the principal singers will share experiences of performing the Magic Flute. Ken Christianson will be our accompanist for the singers who will sing excerpts from the opera. This is a wonderful opportunity to hear marvelous world class voices and ask questions about Mozart, the Magic Flute and what it is like to sing opera.
We encourage you to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to see opera from the inside and celebrate Mozart’s 250th birthday a year late.
This course is offered in conjunction with Wonderlust
Meeting Place and Times: Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2118 South 3rd Avenue, just south of Kagy, in the Sanctuary, from 3-5 pm
Instructor(s): Julian Dawson. Dawson will be the conductor for the performance of the Magic Flute. He is currently the conductor of the De Paul University Opera and was formerly Director of Orchestras and Opera for Illinois State University for 26 years. Maestro Dawson has recently spent five summers as Conductor of the Oberlin in Italy opera program in Urbania, Italy. He conducted last fall’s performance of the Mikado for the Intermountain Opera Association. Bob McDonald. McDonald, a baritone, plays Papageno in the Magic Flute and is from Washington, DC. He has sung with Opera Delaware, Ohio Light Opera, Opera Carolina, Western Plains Opera and the San Francisco Symphony. He has his master’s degree in music from Oberlin College and currently is a member of the United States Army Chorus. Sandra Rubalcava. Rubalcava, a soprano, will play Pamina in the Magic Flute. She has her master’s degree in music from the Manhattan School of Music and has sung operatic roles in La Boheme, The Elixer of Love, Rigoletto, The Merry Widow, the Barber of Seville, Falstaff and the Magic Flute to a name few. She was the Resident Artist at Opera San Jose and has performed all over the world.
Torrance Blaisdell. Blaisdell, a tenor, will play Monostatos and has appeared on numerous opera stages throughout the United States including the Michigan Opera Theater, Florentine Opera, Baltimore Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, the Sarasota Opera and the New York City Opera.
Ross Hauck. Hauck, a tenor, will play Tamino. He has appeared with the National Symphony, Chicago Symphony Cincinnati Symphony and the Wolf Trap Opera, Sacramento Opera and Tacoma Opera. He has a master’s degree in music from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Ken Christianson. Christianson, the piano accompanist, has performed locally as well as recently at Carnegie Hall in New York.
Linda Curtis. Curtis, the artist director of the Intermountain Opera Association, will also participate.
Cost: $0.00
For More Information: Contact the Office of Continuing Education at ContinuingEd@montana.edu or (406) 994-6683.
How to Register: Contact the Office of Continuing Education at ContinuingEd@montana.edu or call (406) 994-6683 or toll free (866) 540-5660.
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