WKU Opera and Collaborative Piano Studies will project and play fortissimo Thursday in the Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center Recital Hall.
Professors Liza Kelly and Rebecca Golub combined their opera theatre and piano accompaniment classes, whose students will sing, act, play piano, and direct. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. and admission is free.
“In the past, I’ve been the only pianist who plays for the Opera Theatre performances,” Golub said. “But now, for the first time, the piano students are getting to play with the singers.”
Three piano students will accompany the singers alongside Golub.
“Opera Theatre is a smaller, more intimate learning environment where students develop the skills necessary to sing and act at the same time by strengthening the areas of imagination, spontaneity, awareness, and concentration,” WKU Department of Music’s webpage stated.
The 14-song repertoire consists of both opera pieces and art songs spanning multiple languages.
- Die Meere
- Allerseelen
- Vi Core Vi Dono
- A Vucchella
- Sebben Crudene
- Erste Begegnung
- Die Nacht
- Der Nussbaum
- Caro Amabilie
- Malia
- Dolente Immagine
- Gretchen am Spinnerade
- Cinque Dieci
- Widmung
“An art song is just a fancy way of saying a song, but in the classical style,” Golub said.
Every song in the performance is also staged, meaning the students will act while they sing.
“The students, they’re not just going to be standing by the piano and singing,” Golub said. “They’re going to be moving around on stage, having props and interacting with other characters.”
