{"id":14437,"date":"2012-06-13T14:12:55","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T18:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umweagleeye.wpengine.com\/?p=14437"},"modified":"2012-06-13T14:12:55","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T18:12:55","slug":"operafest-brings-opera-to-umw-622-623","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/2012\/06\/13\/operafest-brings-opera-to-umw-622-623\/","title":{"rendered":"Operafest Brings Opera to UMW, 6\/22-6\/23"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p><a href=\"http:\/\/umweagleeye.wpengine.com\/2012\/04\/05\/operafest-auditions-next-weekend\/operafest-2011\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12585\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12585\" title=\"Operafest 2011\" src=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/Operafest-2011-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\"><\/a>The University of Mary Washington will host its 13th annual Operafest on Friday, June 22 and Saturday, June 23 at 7:30 p.m. in George Washington Hall&rsquo;s Dodd Auditorium. The performances are free and open to the public.<\/p><p>Operafest, directed by UMW voice instructors Kathy Ahearn and Jane Tavernier, is the culmination of an intensive five-week course. The 12 performers auditioned for the course in April and have rehearsed six hours per week since mid-May in preparation for the performances.<\/p><p>The program will include scenes from Donizetti&rsquo;s &ldquo;Lucia di Lammermoor&rdquo; and &ldquo;Don Pasquale,&rdquo; Bernstein&rsquo;s &ldquo;West Side Story,&rdquo; Mozart&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Abduction of the Seraglio,&rdquo; Puccini&rsquo;s &ldquo;La Rondine&rdquo; and Lehar&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Merry Widow.&rdquo;<\/p><p>For more information about Operafest, contact the Department of Music at (540) 654-1012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/umweagleeye.wpengine.com\/2012\/04\/05\/operafest-auditions-next-weekend\/operafest-2011\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12585\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12585\" title=\"Operafest 2011\" src=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/Operafest-2011-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>The University of Mary Washington will host its 13th annual Operafest on Friday, June 22 and Saturday, June 23 at 7:30 p.m. in George Washington Hall\u2019s Dodd Auditorium. The performances are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Operafest, directed by UMW voice instructors Kathy Ahearn and Jane Tavernier, is the culmination of an intensive five-week course. The 12 performers auditioned for the course in April and have rehearsed six hours per week since mid-May in preparation for the performances.<\/p>\n<p>The program will include scenes from Donizetti\u2019s \u201cLucia di Lammermoor\u201d and \u201cDon Pasquale,\u201d Bernstein\u2019s \u201cWest Side Story,\u201d Mozart\u2019s \u201cThe Abduction of the Seraglio,\u201d Puccini\u2019s \u201cLa Rondine\u201d and Lehar\u2019s \u201cThe Merry Widow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Operafest, contact the Department of Music at (540) 654-1012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5991,"featured_media":12585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[8877,9093,703],"class_list":["post-14437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-whats-new-umw","tag-jtaverni","tag-kahearn","tag-operafest","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5991"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}