University Daily Kansan / Thursday, March 2, 1989
A tale of love and sacrifice NY opera company to perform tragedy
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by Christine Winner Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
A tale of true love, a kept woman, family pride and self-sacrifice will unfold on stage tonight.
The New York City Opera National Company will perform Giuseppe Verdi's tragic opera "La Traviata" at 8 p.m. in Auditorium HDR.
The production features a cast of 22 and a 30-piece orchestra. Superlites will project a simultaneous English opera while the opera is sung in Italian.
Verdi's "La Traviata" ("The Fallen Woman"), was written in 1853. Francesco Maria Piave wrote the libretto, or the words in the opera. They were taken from the novel "La Venerdade" by Camille de Camillas), by Alexander Dumas. The novel also the inspiration for the film "Camille."
"It was a scandalous play at time because it dealt with the life of a kept woman," said Norman Paige, professor and director of voice in the
department of music and dance.
He said that in the opera, the heroine, Violetta, leads the life of a kept woman until she meets Alfredo, a man with little money who sinisterly touches his attention, and they move to the country to live together.
Alfredo's father interferes by saying that their living arrangement is scandalous and that he will never be to marry off Alfredo's sister.
The rest of the opera shows how Violeta sacrifices everything for love until she finally is reunited with Alfredo as she dies in his arms from
Donna Zapola will make her New York City Opera National Company debit this season as Violetta.
Paul Hartfield, who received a master's degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, will sing the role of Violette's true love, Alfredo. Edward Huls is cast as Germont, Alfredo's interfering father.
Linda Brovsky is directing the
production. The scenic designer is Peter Dean Beck, and the lighting was designed by Curt Ostermann
The New York City Opera National Company was established by Beverly Sills in 1979 as the touring arm of the New York City Opera.
The company has performed at KU several times in the past, including last season's performance of "The Barber of Seville."
Tickets for "La Traviata" are on sale at the murphy Hall Box Office. All seats are reserved. Tickets are $18 and $15 for the public, hat and jacket or K-12 students and $17 and $14 for student citizens and other students.
Ticket sales are going well, but tickets still should be available tonight, said Brent Suiter, Pratt Hall Office. At employee at Murray Hall Row Office.
If tickets are available, they can be bought at the Hoch Auditorium box office. It will open at 7 p.m.
Donna Zapola star as Violette in the opera "La Traviata" with the New York City Opera National Company.
Lunch opens talks for Palestinians, Jews
by Cynthia L. Smith Kansan staff writer
Avner Regev returns home today encouraged because he talked to KU students including Palestinians.
Regev, director for the Jewish Arab Institute in Biet Berl, Israel, spoke to a crowd that included many Palestine Liberation Organization supporters Monday night in Adlerson Auditorium at the Kansas Union.
Regee ate lunch and spoke Tuesday with Israel faculty and students, Jewish and non-Jewish American students and Palestinians. Subjects the group discussed included the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
"They came voluntarily, the Palestinian students, to speak with me and the Jewish students here about the situation, about the conflict." Regev said. "And we had together a lunch at a home game room. I believe it a big step."
But the people who ate lunch with Regev were not entirely receptive to
each other.
"Of course there was hostility and of course it was tense, but it was a beginning," he said. "We have to start someplace, somewhere. And it's good that it's going on here, on this campus."
Davenge Litwin, director of Hillle,
said previous efforts to encourage
dialogue between Jews and Palestinians
were insufficient. A Kansas had not been successful.
"There was a lot of anger expressed (at the speech) and then, afterwards, the Palestinian students up and started to walk out," she said.
Litwin said at first she thought the Palestinian students would not talk to Regev.
"Even if we talked to each other — we went around and around in circles," she said. "If they can't talk back, we can't find the lock in Israel, where can they talk?"
Litwin said she ran to the back of the room to stop them.
"I said, 'Go and talk to him. He can speak to you in Arabic. Go and talk to him now,'" Litwin said. "And they said 'N. we don't want to talk to him.'"
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She said the Palestinian students returned minutes later.
Al-Atirash said he came to the luncheon because he wanted Regev's opinion on issues that he discussed at the speech.
"And after the angry stuff, they talked, and I think that's a really key thing about why they came the next day to be able to speak with him in Arabic."
"As a personal thing, I would like to talk to anyone in the Israeli government," Al-Arash said. "I have a lot of questions that do not answer, and I want the official answers to these questions."
Mohammad Al-Atrash, one of the Palestinian students, spoke with Regev.
He said that his citizenship was
listed as undeformed on his travel papers. Al-Atrash's home is in the Gaza Strip.
"Any person should have a citizenship." he said. "When people ask me about my citizenship, I say, 'I am undefined,' and people laugh at me."
Al-Atrash said that he wanted to know how Israel defined his citizenship but that his question was not answered.
"The problem of the Middle East is ours, both the Palestinians and the Israelis," he said. "We want to solve it, and we want to talk about it because our kids are dying every day."
Al-Atrash said talking about the problems was the first step to solving them.
"These students, who come here to study from other countries, they are the future leaders," Litwin said. "And that is why providing programs on this campus can have a far-reaching impact."
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