{"id":52241,"date":"2018-11-14T03:28:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T07:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=52241"},"modified":"2019-02-06T09:31:49","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T13:31:49","slug":"ut-opera-ensemble-to-present-cosi-fan-tutte-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/11_14_2018\/ut-opera-ensemble-to-present-cosi-fan-tutte-this-weekend","title":{"rendered":"UT Opera Ensemble to present &#8216;Cos\u00ec Fan Tutte&#8217; this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UT Opera Ensemble will present Mozart&#8217;s comic Italian opera, &#8220;Cos\u00ec Fan Tutte&#8221; (\u201cWomen Are Like That\u201d) with a modern country-western twist. Set in a country bar, a friend of two young men bets them that their girlfriends would be unfaithful if left unattended. So, the men take the bet and put their ladies to the test.<\/p>\n<p>The opera will be sung in the original Italian, with subtitles provided. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/11_14_2018\/ut-opera-ensemble-to-present-cosi-fan-tutte-this-weekend\/opera-poster-3\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-52295\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/opera-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"586\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-52295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/opera-poster.jpg 504w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/opera-poster-258x300.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a>Be there before the performance for barbecue, beer and free line dancing lessons. Beer is cash bar, and the barbecue will be sold by Deet\u2019s BBQ. <\/p>\n<p>Performances will take place Friday through Sunday, Nov. 16-18, in the UT Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall. Friday and Saturday performances will be at 7 p.m., and Sunday\u2019s show will be at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Cast members are UT student Alana Scaglioni, soprano, as Fiordiligi; UT alumna Katherine Kuhlman and UT student Kate Walcher, mezzo-sopranos, as Dorabella; UT Music Instructor Justin Bays, baritone, as Guglielmo; UT student Moises Salazar and UT alumnus William Floss, tenors, as Ferrando; UT student Paige Chapman, soprano, as Despina; Jonathan Stuckey, bass baritone, as Don Alfonso; and UT students Kaitlyn Trumbul, Kailyn Wilson, Sterling Wisenewski and Jasmin Davis as the chorus.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Denise Ritter Bernardini, UT assistant professor of music, is producing and directing the show. Wayne Anthony is the music director, and Scaglioni is the assistant director. Kent Lautzenheiser-Nash is the choreographer.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets $10 to $15 are available through the Center for Performing Arts Box Office by calling 419.530.ARTS (2787), online at the <a href=\"http:\/\/utoledo.tix.com\">School for Visual and Performing Arts website<\/a>, and at the door.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/utoledo.edu\/al\/svpa\/music\/ensembles\/utopera\">UT Department of Music opera page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saddle up for a wild ride: The UT Opera Ensemble will present Mozart&#8217;s comic Italian opera, &#8220;Cos\u00ec Fan Tutte&#8221; (\u201cWomen Are Like That\u201d) Friday through Sunday, Nov. 16-18, in the Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,4,60,5,1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52241"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53319,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52241\/revisions\/53319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}