PULLMAN, Wash.Washington State University’s Opera Workshop will present “Love for Young and Old” at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19, in Bryan Hall Theatre.
The students in the workshop are under the direction of Julie Anne Wieck, associate professor of music, and will be accompanied by Karen Savage, a piano faculty member.
The program includes excerpts from two operas. The first is from Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operetta “Princess Ida.” It involves a young princess who establishes a college for women in which men are forbidden as a reaction to an earlier arranged marriage. Her betrothed infiltrates the school along with two of his friends, disguised as women.
The second excerpt is from Gian Carlo Menotti’s 20th century opera, “The Old Maid and the Thief.” The story revolves around the excitement created when a handsome stranger comes to town and takes residence in the home of an old maid. It is surprising what lengths the women will go to in order to keep him around.
The performance is free and open to the public.
