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The Threepenny Opera

Sunday, May 10th, 2015 2:00 pm

Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater

General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Department of Music Box Office: 858-534-3448
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kallisti presents chamber opera:
THE THREEPENNY OPERA

Music by Kurt Weill

Text by Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann, after John Gay's The Beggar's Opera.

English adaptation by Marc Blitzstein (1954)

Ruff Yeager, director

Michael Mizerany, choreography

Kyle Blair, music director

Alina Bokovikova, costume design

Kristen Flores, set design

Sherrice Mojgani, lighting/projection design

Victoria Harris, production stage manager

Mikhaila Powers, assistant stage manager

kallisti: Hillary Young, Kirsten Wiest and Susan Narucki, sopranos

Jonathan Nussman, baritone

Invited guests: Ruff Yeager, Cortez Johnson, Charlie Gange, Julia Karis, Kirsten Rower, Taylor Henderson, Josalyn Dietrich, Gabrielle Zepeda, Anne Grabow, Ryan Dietrich, Wilfred Paloma, Vincent Fung, Zachary Gomez and Peter Armado

Orchestra: Kyle Adam Blair, music director/keyboards

Rachel Allen, Fiona Digney, Pablo Gomez-Cano, Steven Leffue, Stephanie Richards, Eric Starr, Ariana Warren

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Since its premiere in 1929, The Threepenny Opera has challenged and captivated audiences worldwide. It has been performed over 10,000 times and translated into 18 languages. For kallisti's sixth opera project, we turn to this classic work of music theater.

Led by Grammy award winning soprano Susan Narucki, kallisti draws its singers from the graduate program in Contemporary Music Performance at UC San Diego and distinguished guest artists.

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Performances: May 6, 8, and 9 at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, May 10 at 2:00 p.m.

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THE THREEPENNY OPERA is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals: www.rnh.com

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