GVSU Opera Theatre presents The Magic Flute

Grand Valley State University alumni and faculty will join members of GVSU Opera Theatre to present one of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s operas, “The Magic Flute,” November 7-9.

Follow the brave Prince Tamino and the simple happy-go-lucky birdcatcher Papageno as they experience the trials that make them worthy of the women they desire. Challenged by the vengeful Queen of the Night and aided by the wise Sarastro, both must embrace courage, honor and truth.

GVSU Opera Theatre: “The Magic Flute”
November 7, 8 at 7:30 p.m.
November 9 at 2 p.m.
Peter Martin Wege Theatre
341 Ellsworth SW, Grand Rapids

Now in its 17th season, GVSU Opera Theatre presents this comic fantasy that will combine a nine-piece chamber orchestra, Grand Valley voice faculty and students, and the Grand Rapids Ballet junior company.

Grand Valley alumni Ashly Neumann, ‘08, and Robert McFletcher, ’11, ‘13, will be joining a long tradition of professional singers who revisit their Grand Valley roots to perform with undergraduate students and act as mentors. Also featured will be Min Jin, affiliate professor of voice at Grand Valley.

Dale Schriemer, GVSU Opera Theatre artistic director, “The Magic Flute” producer and professor of voice, said the performance will require students to take their skills to the next level.

“The vocal demands of a Mozart opera are greater than other works we’ve done in the past,” said Schriemer. “There is a depth and maturity to the program that begs for this high bar to be set. It’s like the football team playing its biggest rival. They have to play their best. We have to perform and sing our best in ‘The Magic Flute.’”

Tickets: $14 for adults; $12 for alumni, seniors, faculty and staff; $6 for students and groups. For more information, call the Louis Armstrong Theatre Box Office at (616) 331-2300.