Starring: Ryan Shrime, Jeff Fowler, Emily Chang

VI: A Night of Six Student OperaPremieres

November 20-22

Agassiz Theater

Directed by Lane Shadgett

Music Directed by David Salvage

Produced by Katherine Hodge & Alexandra Budabin

THE PREMISE: This production will provide you with a mega medley of opera selections as it features six short operas written and arranged by a handful of talented Harvard undergraduates. The evening will feature original librettos, settings from "Antigone" and the poems of e.e. cummings.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Overwhelming creativity. Because of the large amounts of never-performed material in this show, the cast will have the chance to develop and interpret new material for the stage. Director Lane Shadgett said, "This evening will feature everything from jazzy to classical to modern, dissident opera. And our extremely talented cast will have the opportunity to work with and develop new literature."

THE BUZZ: Salvage comes to the show with strong credentials. In addition to being the Vice President of the nascent Harvard Contemporary Music Society (the student organization behind the show) he also directed the freshman musical two years ago and is a composer for the show. Expectations are high for the other five student composers involved in this project: John Russel, Sarah Meyers, John Driscoll, Chris Hossfeld and Aaron Einbond.

Starring: Sonny Elizondo, Tonia D'Amelio, Joseph Nuccio, Cissie Fu, Susan Long, and Sol Kim