May 10, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jo Ann Lloyd
(805) 756-1511
Cal Poly RSVP Student Ensemble to Stage Modern-Day Opera at Cal Poly June 1, 3
SAN LUIS OBISPO – The
Cal Poly Music Department student production
ensemble RSVP will stage productions of “Oracles,” a modern-day
opera
seria (serious opera) with interjected humorous (opera buffa) scenes,
on
Tuesday, June 1, and Thursday, June 3.
The shows will be at 8 p.m.
in the Pavilion in the Performing Arts
Center.
The opera, according to music
faculty member Antonio G. Barata,
illustrates the power of love to transform things beyond what is
normally imagined.
“The dramatic action
uses the true-life story of Marie Therese Martin,
also known as Therese of Lisieux, as an inspiration.” Barata said.
“We
find little Therese's commitment so powerful that it changes the hearts
of those around her, even a notable criminal.”
The story is told on three
parallel dramatic levels: the sung opera
seria, the pantomimed opera buffa scenes and a narration.
“As with all RSVP productions,
‘Oracles’ will be a transmedia concert
that celebrates electroacoustic diversity and compositional risk,”
Barata said.
With the exception of faculty
members Jesus Saiz-Huedo (guitar) in the
role of Blind Love and Barata as the Prophet Narrator, all aspects of
the show -- from music and props to scenery and costumes -- are created
by students.
Tickets are $10 and may be
ordered online at www.pacslo.org or by
calling 756-2787. The show is sponsored by Cal Poly’s College of
Liberal
Arts and Music Department. For more information, call the Music
Department at 756-2406.
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