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UL Lafayette Opera presents Viva Italia! An evening of Italian opera scenes

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University of Louisiana at Lafayette Opera Theatre presents Viva Italia! An Evening of Italian Opera Scenes this weekend.

Performances are this Friday and Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. in Burke-Hawthorne Theatre.

Scenes will be represented from The Marriage of Figaro, Don Pasquale, The Elixir of Love, La Traviata,
I Pagliacci, Rigoletto, Gianni Schicchi, La Cenerentola, The Italian Girl in Algiers, La Boheme and Lucia di Lammermoor.

Directed by Shawn Roy, with musical direction by David Boudreaux, the cast of 10 UL Lafayette voice students will fill Burke Hall with some of opera’s greatest Italian music. Performing Arts students Caitlyn Manfre and Lukas Guilbeau are costume designer and stage manger/lighting designer, respectively.  Included in the cast are Nathan Abbott, Natalie Bodkin, Casey Robichaux, Gilda Parlatto, Holden Greene, Sarah Rees, Sean Cormier, Vanessa Benoit, Miguel Ochoa and Hillary Bonhomme.

Tickets are free for UL students, faculty, and staff and are available at opera.ulpfar.org or at the door.

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