Nazareth College's Opera Workshop to Present Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte

• by Nazareth College

ROCHESTER, NY (01/28/2010)(readMedia)-- Nazareth College Opera Workshop presents a fully staged production of Mozart's comic opera, Così Fan Tutte. The opera will be performed in English and features both students and faculty from the Nazareth College Department of Music. Performances take place on Friday, February 19 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, February 21 at 2:00 p.m. in the Nazareth College Arts Center Callahan Theatre. Nazareth College is located at 4245 East Ave., Rochester, N.Y. 14618. For more information, call Nazareth's Department of Music at (585) 389-2700.

Nazareth College Opera Workshop has been in existence for over a decade, giving Nazareth students the opportunity to perform roles from the lyric theatre repertoire. It also gives students an enriched opportunity to learn and understand how to effectively communicate physically and emotionally the sung word. Nazareth College Opera Workshop brings together all of the aspects of theatrical production, from sets, props and costumes, to such elements as stage combat, dance, costume coordination, stage management, lighting design and operation, character development and greater body awareness. Jessica Best, a 2006 graduate of the program and national opera performer, said, "Nazareth Opera Workshop was the launch pad of my operatic career. The nurturing environment complete with a creative artistic team made opera workshop at Nazareth a perfect place to grow."

Opera Workshop also strives to expose the Nazareth and greater Rochester communities to live performances of a greater cross section of the music theatre repertoire to include opera and operetta chosen from the Italian baroque through contemporary works.

Founded in 1924, Nazareth College is a coeducational college with undergraduate and graduate studies in the liberal arts and sciences and professional programs in health and human services, education, and management. The College is located on 150 scenic acres near Rochester, New York, and currently enrolls approximately 2,000 undergraduate and 1,000 graduate students. Nazareth has a strong commitment to experience-based learning and civic engagement. In the past decade, Nazareth has produced 18 Fulbright recipients and two Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowships. For more information on the College, visit www.naz.edu.

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