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Thompson Street Opera Company Presents "An Afternoon of Shorts"

Central Presbyterian Church (Louisville, Kentucky)
Louisville, KY

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Thompson Street Opera Company Presents "An Afternoon of Shorts"

Thompson Street Opera Company Presents:

An Afternoon of Shorts!

Join us for Thompson Street Opera Company's 2013 season! Featured on both Sundays of the season is a matinee program of short pieces-- both opera and art song-- with subjects ranging from quantum physics to bird song. The repertoire is as follows:

QUANTUM MECHANIC
by John Bilotta
In this futuristic, off-the-wall Aesop's fable, a malfunctioning kitchen appliance wreaks havoc with the space-time continuum.

CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN OWL, NIGHTINGALE, AND LARK
by Hong-da Chin
This duet for flute and soprano is a musical dialogue with the poetry of George MacDonald.

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE HILLBILLY KIND
by Yvonne Freckmann
This delightful mini-opera is based on a real-life encounter the composer had on a public bus with a very talkative native Kentuckian.

SNOW WHITE TURNS SIXTY
by Dale Trumbore
This dramatic song cycle re-imagines several well-known fairy-tales from the female character's point of view.

CASTS (in order of appearance)

QUANTUM MECHANIC
Aesop: Patrick MacDevitt
Mrs. Schroedinger: Kate Reimann
1st Quark Sister, Miss Up-Down: Claire DiVizio
2nd Quark Sister, Miss Top-Bottom: Emily Howes
3rd Quark Sister, Miss Charm-Strange: Krista Heckmann

CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN OWL, NIGHTINGALE, AND LARK
Soprano: Debbie Hill

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE HILLBILLY KIND
Valerie: Claire DiVizio
Thomas: Patrick MacDevitt

SNOW WHITE TURNS SIXTY
Narrator: Ruthanne Pursley
Little Red Riding Hood: Debbie Hill/Emily Yocum
Rapunzel: Kate Reimann
The Huntsman's Wife: Emily Howes
The Frog Princess: Lauren Frick
Cinderella: Krista Heckmann