For Immediate Release
April 21, 2006
Contact Melanie McDonald, Director of Public Relations, 574-284-4579

World Premier Opera Debuts at Saint Mary’s College

NOTRE DAME, Ind.—Saint Mary’s College will premier the faculty-written-and-produced chamber opera “Witness” on Friday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m. Two more public performances take place on Saturday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 30 at 2:30 p.m. Performances are in
O’Laughlin Auditorium, Moreau Center for the Arts, Saint Mary’s College.

Composed by Saint Mary’s music professor Zae Munn and directed by Saint
Mary’s associate professor of music Laurel Thomas, “Witness” is the
operatic adaptation of a book based on actual characters and events. It
is the story of two girls--one Jewish and one African American--whose
lives intersect when the Ku Klux Klan arrives in their small Vermont
town in the 1920s. It shows the impact the Klan has on the locals, and
by the end of the performance the audience will see the impact left on
the town and the lives of its inhabitants.

Saint Mary’s College vocal students perform the leading female roles and
invited male singers from the community complete the cast.
Tickets information is available by calling the O’Laughlin Auditorium
Box Office at 574-284-4626.

For more information about “Witness,” log on to
www.saintmarys.edu/~music/witness.html.

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