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Show Opera "La Traviata" Opens Three Night Run Next Thursday Vocalists under the direction of Professor William H. Manning of the Branch Agricultural College Col-lege music department have turned painters, carpenters and paper hangers as they prepare for the presentation next Thursday, Thurs-day, Friday and Saturday nights of the opera "La Traviata". Four complete sets of scenery are being built for the grand optra presentation scheduled for the BAC auditorium for a three night run. On Thursday vening the curtain will rise at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday night, curtain time is 7:30 p.m. The earlier hour was necessary because of conflicting activities for several of the orchestra members. mem-bers. This opera is one of the most difficult to be presented by the college, and the sets now being built are planned to measure up to the quality of the production itself, Professor Manning said. One of the choice scenes of the opera is one In Violetta's drawing room. This set Is planned plan-ned to be one of the most elaborate elab-orate of the opera. Cast members, between shifts on scenery are also working hard with the 32 piece orchestra to put finishing touches on the production. pro-duction. An invitation has gone out to high school seniors of this area inviting them to attend the performance per-formance at the college. The show will not be taken on the road this year because of the high cost of production and the difficulty of staging. |