Arts & Culture

Southeast Opera: Preview of 'the Bartered Bride'

KRCU Public Radio

Published January 19, 2017 at 5:35 PM CST

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Taylor Marsyla plays "Kezal" in 'the Bartered Bride.'

Courtesy of Dr. Christopher Goeke

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Kylie Toerpe as "Marjenka" and Aaron Lerma as "Vasek" in 'the Bartered Bride.'

Courtesy of Dr. Christopher Goeke

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A tavern scene in 'the Bartered Bride'

Courtesy of Dr. Christopher Goeke

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A dance scene in the show 'the Bartered Bride'

Courtesy of Dr. Christopher Goeke

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Dr. Tim Schmidt conducts at the sitzeprobe rehearsal.

Lindsey Grojean/KRCU

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Dancers in the tavern scene of 'the Bartered Bride'

Courtesy of Dr. Christopher Goeke

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Aaron Lerma as "Vasek", Kaitlyn Robinson as "Esmeralda" and Bailey Schnurbusch as "the Director" in 'the Bartered Bride.'

Courtesy of Dr. Christopher Goeke

The Department of Music at Southeast Missouri State University will be performing their opera 'the Bartered Bride' on Jan. 20 and 22. In addition to the show being sung completely in English, the music is catchy. Many of the characters are refreshingly double-casted. KRCU's Lindsey Grojean sat in on one of their music rehearsals for this audio postcard.

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