Celebrate the Roles of Women in Opera at NSU

Released April 10, 2010

(Aberdeen, S.D.) The Music Department at Northern State University is pleased to present "Opera Chicks" on Sun, Apr.18, at 3 p.m. on the main stage of the Johnson Fine Arts Center.  Come and listen to music by Mozart, Gilbert and Sullivan, Bernstein, and Rogers and Hammerstein. 

The students participating include sopranos Larissa Buchholz, Tripp, Yvonne Freese, Lanesboro, Minn., Ashli Griffith, Ortonville, Minn., Lea Kooiman, Flandreau, Michelle Monroe, Pierre, Kristina Olfert, Madison, and mezzo sopranos Jody Roseland, Forest River, N.D., and Hayley Winkler, Wimbledon, N.D. They will be performing some of your favorite scenes from “Cosi Fan Tutte,” “Le Nozze di Figaro,” “The Mikado,” “Flower Drum Song,” and “West Side Story.”

The pianists assisting with the productions are Bailey Geist, Roscoe, Katie Klipfel, Forbes, N.D. Colin Neuharth, Eureka, Brandon Sterling, Rapid City, and Justin Wegenke, Huron. 

“Come and celebrate the roles of women in these great works of opera, operetta and Musical Theater,” said Darci Bultema 

General Admission for “Opera Chicks” is $5 for adults and free to students.

About Northern State University

Northern State University is a premier residential, liberal arts institution characterized by outstanding instruction, extraordinary community relations, and unparalleled co-curricular opportunities. In August of 2009 NSU was again named by U.S. News and World Report as one of the best undergraduate public institutions in the Midwest. For more information about NSU, visit our Web site at www.northern.edu.