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University Daily Kansan, April 3, 1981
Directors call 'Carmen' story that speaks to all
two lovers, Carmen (Jayne Casselman) and Don Jose (Matthew Reeerschler), share a romantic moment in the opera "Carmen" which opens tonight at $8 in the University Theatre.
Weekend
FRIDAY
SON SEALS BLUES BAND will perform at the Lawrence Opera House, 642 Massachusetts St. The doors will open at 8 p.m., and the show will start at 9 p.m.
THE ROCK GROUP LIQUID FIRE will play at the Pladium.
THE OPERA CARMEN will be performed at 8 o.m. in the University Theatre.
SON SEALS BLUES BAND will perform at the
Lawrence Opera House. The doors will open at 8 p.m., and the show will start at 9 p.m.
THE ROCK GROUP MYTH will perform at the Platinum.
THE OPERA CARMEN will be performed at 8 p.m. in the University Theatre.
SOVIET PIANIST ALEXANDER PESKANOV AND VIOLIIN MARK PESKANOV will perform a duo concert at 3:30 p.m. in the University Theatre.
At its premiere 1985 years ago, critics called the story too obscure for the stage, its characters repulsive and uninteresting. Today, that opera is popular and most-produced operas in the world.
By STU LITCHFIELD
Staff Reporter
"Carmen," an opera by Georges Bisset, will open this weekend on the KU theatre stage, giving audiences what its directors say is "a musical story that speaks to everyone."
According to George Lawner and Lewin A. Goff, co-directors of the four-act opera that is part of the 1981 University Arts Festival at KU, he will be artistic vice-president of the operatic opera, one that anyone can identify with.
"It is beautifully and brilliantly orchestrated."
Lawner said. "It is full of imagination, has a never-ending inspiration of melody, fine, strong harmonizations and a believable human story."
Goff called "Carmen's" music "uplifting."
"TFS A REAL pleasure to sit and listen and be in the great music that's worth listening to at many times."
According to Lawner, both directors share equally in the directing responsibilities.
"The. Moff has developed his ideas of the show, and I, mine," Lawner said. "We discovered they
The directors said they were emphasizing a realistic approach to the opera. According to them, the orchestra's role was to provide
"We're not trying to work by a formal style that has already been done with us." We're "pretty sure" we need it.
different ways and is often done in a stylized form.
The opera, which is French, takes place in Seville, Spain, and is the story of a gypsy girl, Carmen, played by Jayne Casselman. Hiahowa graduate student, and her lover, Done Jose, plays the lead role in a graduate student. Throughout the opera, Don Joe fights Carmen's other lovers for her favors.
According to Lawner, the opera, which has a cast and chorus of more than 60 students, will be performed in its original French language in translations are often awkward and incorrect.
Lawner also said that Carmen, which was first performed March 1875 in Paris, was violently condemned by its audience and its critics. It was considered too obscene for the stage.
In the past 106 years since its premiere,
"Carmen" has been staged in many languages
and today is considered one of the world's most
popular operas.
"GARMEN" IS a difficult opera. It was chosen for its popularity and because the theatre department staff thought they had the cast for it, according to Lawner.
Both directors said that although there were a few difficulties, they were pleased with the show.
The production of 'Carmen' will be at 8 p.m. April 3, 4, 10 and 11 in the University Theatre in Murphy Hall. For more information, call the University Theatre box office, 864-3982.
On Campus
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THE HIPER DANCE FILM SERIES will show "Merce Cunningham" and "Invention in Dance" at 9:30 a.m. in 303 Bailey Hall. The films also will be shown at 7:30 p.m. in 3 Lippincott Hall.
THE ART HISTORY COLLOQUUM will sponsor Stephen Parker on "The Russian Artist Ilya Replin" at 2:30 p.m. in 211 Spencer Museum of Art.
THE AEROSPACE ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM will sponsor Harry Johnson, program director of NASA General Aviation Research on, "Engine Stability and Instabilities Due to Flow Distortion and Other Disturbances" at 3:30 p.m. in 3140 Wescoe.
THE BIOLOGY CLUB will meet at 4 p.m. in the Sunflower Room of the Kansas Union.
THE HUMANITIES LECTURE will sponsor Hayden White on "Narrative Modes and Ideological Strategies" at 8 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Union.
A STUDENT RECITAL by Jon Lewis, trumpet, will be at 8 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
'NFAI 'RITH HILLEL LEFCHED will feature Nazi Hunter Beate Klaris lecture on "Wherever They May Be: One Woman's Moral Crusade Against Nazism" at 8 p.m. in 314 Wescow.
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