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Mount Mercy to Host OPERA Iowa Performance
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (March 19, 2008) – Mount Mercy
College will host a performance by Des Moines Metro Opera’s
educational touring troupe on Thursday, April 3 at 7:00 p.m. The
performance will be held in the Stello Performance Hall in Warde
Hall on the Mount Mercy College campus. The troupe will be performing
Gaetano Donizetti’s Don Pasquale at Mount Mercy. The show
is free and open to the public.
As part of
a ten-week tour, the group will be performing in some 65 schools
in 34 Midwestern communities for approximately 25,000 students.
The performances are presented in conjunction with interactive
and engaging workshops that meet the National Standards for Arts
in Education guidelines.
Founded in
1986, OPERA Iowa is launching its 22nd season with performances
of The Billy Goats Gruff by John Davies for elementary students
and Donizetti’s comedy Don Pasquale for older students and
evening audiences. The troupe will present evening concert performances
of Don Pasquale in eight other communities in Iowa, including
Forest City, Leon, Waukon, Preston, Corydon, and Estherville,
as well as Mankato, MN, and Park Hills, MO.
Located in
Cedar Rapids, Iowa Mount Mercy College is a Catholic College providing
student-focused baccalaureate education in the spirit of the Sisters
of Mercy.
Contacts:
Stacey Jones, Assistant Director of Marketing
(319) 368-6475, sjones@mtmercy.edu
Molly Altorfer, Director of Communications and Marketing
(319) 368-6475, maltorfer@mtmercy.edu
