Emily Max, a sophomore music education major from Virginia, Minnesota Latisha.Bria Halvorson, a senior music education major from Bagley, Minnesota Miss Pinkerton.Levi Capesius, elementary music teacher at Walker Hackensack Akeley Elementary School Bob.Emily Bergeron, a junior music major from Bemidji Miss Todd.”The Old Maid and the Thief” dress rehearsal Read more about “The Old Maid and the Thief.”Ĭast with conductor Ryan Webber, adjunct professor of musicĬonductor Ryan Webber, adjunct professor of musicĮric Gustafson, adjunct instructor of music The opera was initially written in Italian but was translated to English and premiered in April 1939 on NBC Radio in New York City.īemidji State’s Eric Gustafson, adjunct instructor of music, orchestrated the the shows piano performances with the help of fellow Adjunct Instructor Dan Will. The plot thickens when there are reports of a local thief terrorizing the community and the characters are thrown into battles with morality. When a beggar vagabond appears at their door seeking refuge, the ladies become smitten and offer him food and shelter. Menotti’s “The Old Maid and the Thief” follows the lives of two older women in the 1930’s who wish they were socialites.
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Support for BSU’s Opera Theater program also comes from BSU alumnus Fred Rogers ’12 who formed costume concepts for both shows, the university’s Office of Communications and Marketing, Bemidji’s NLFX Professional and the Lyric Opera of the North. “Everything going on here is really coming up.”
“No matter if you’re a vocalist or an instrumentalist, we have great professors at Bemidji State,” Kolb said. It’s incredible.”Īaraon Kolb, a senior music major from Rosemount, Minn., said Bemidji State is a strong competitor for prospective students looking to study music. There is also so much support flowing from all around campus and Bemidji. There’s a lot of community values here and new students can jump right in. “Everyone is very passionate about what they do here and the music that we create. “The music department is a really awesome community,” he said. Similarly, junior music major Noah Bostic, came to Bemidji State specifically to pursue a degree in music. “It’s a great experience and I would highly recommend it.” “It’s smaller so you get to know everyone and you have a nice community of people to grow and learn with,” she said. Hailing from Virginia, Minn., Max was attracted to Bemidji State’s tight-knit music department. “We wanted to be back on stage as soon as we safely could.” “The music department knows how much our community loves theater and we do too,” she said. While the COVID-19 pandemic presented numerous challenges for supporting live-audiences and in-person theater opportunities, it heightened the fervor of BSU students to get back on stage.Įmily Max, a vocal performance junior, said students in the music department were thrilled to return to the stage for two opera productions this year. The second production, “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” was a fully staged and set production in February. The first Bemidji State opera production in the 2021-2022 academic school year, “The Old Maid and the Thief,” was a one-act production that was performed as a radio hour with piano orchestration in November. “Largely though, this experience is to educate our singers and give them a chance to do what they will be doing in their careers whether as performers or teachers.”
Each individual, including singers, pianists, artists, conductors, orchestra members, technical crew, lighters, costumers and more, have to give their all to produce a good product,” he said. “It takes a considerable amount of time, talent and resources to put an opera together.
Producing an opera takes about a year, Renbarger said.
“We have wonderful students, faculty, community members and artists from across the state that come together to put on an opera for Northern Minnesota.” “Opera theater is a chance to do opera at Bemidji State,” Renbarger said. Cory Renbarger, associate professor of music and director of opera theater. This academic year, two operas by Italian-American composer, playwright and director Gian-Carlo Menotti graced the main stage of the university’s Bangsberg Fine Arts Complex under the direction of Dr.
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Every year, the Bemidji State University Department of Music works across disciplines to produce a full opera production for the Bemidji community.
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