USU Opera Theatre Students Premiere 'The Raspberry War'
The composer of "The Raspberry War" Robert Boury. The one-act opera receives it premiere at Utah State University Nov. 13-14.
Students in Utah State University’s Opera Theater premiere The Raspberry War Nov. 13 and 14 at 7:30 p.m. in room 214 in the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU’s Logan campus.
“USU Opera Theatre is proud to present the premiere of Dr. Robert Boury’s opera breve, ‘The Raspberry War,’” said Dallas Heaton, director of the opera theater program in the Caine College of the Arts. “This upbeat, one-act opera depicts a well-intentioned cooking contest in which each entry must use raspberries that goes awry when the teams and judges alike realize that there has been foul play.”
The opera will be produced in special collaboration with the composer, who will be on campus for the premiere, a master class and recital, Heaton said.
“Coupled with ‘The Raspberry War’ will be Gilbert and Sullivan’s hilarious one-act romp ‘Trial by Jury,’” Heaton said. “The opera tells the story of corrupt ex-lovers that take their breakup to an equally shady court.”
Both performances are free and open to the public. For more information, visit the CCA Box Office located in room L-101 of the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU’s campus, call 435-797-8022 or see the college’s Production Services website.
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Writer and Contact: Whitney Schulte, 435-797-9203, whitney.schulte@usu.edu
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