{"id":2374,"date":"2012-02-13T18:54:10","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T23:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2012\/02\/13\/furman-opera-symphony-orchestra-and-chamber-choir-present-double-bill-2\/"},"modified":"2022-11-08T13:37:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T18:37:28","slug":"furman-opera-symphony-orchestra-and-chamber-choir-present-double-bill-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/furman-opera-symphony-orchestra-and-chamber-choir-present-double-bill-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Opera, Orchestra and Choir present opera double bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GREENVILLE, S.C.\u2014The Furman Opera, Furman Symphony Orchestra and Furman Chamber Choir will present a double bill featuring Puccini\u2019s \u201cSister Angelica\u201d and Douglas Moore\u2019s \u201cThe Devil and Daniel Webster\u201d on Thursday, Feb. 16 and again on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on the Furman University campus.<em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $20 for general admission, $15 for seniors 60 and older, and $10 for students. The operas are performed in English and are suitable for all ages.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce Schoonmaker directs the operas with Thomas Joiner conducting the Furman Opera Orchestra and singing actors. Chorus master is Hugh Floyd.<\/p>\n<p>In fully staged performances, &#8220;Sister Angelica&#8221;\u00a0presents a tale of forgiveness and redemption, followed by &#8220;The Devil and Daniel Webster,&#8221;\u00a0which is\u00a0a spirited story of steadfastness and love of liberty.<\/p>\n<p>Cast members include Elizabeth Beeson &#8217;12 (Greenville), who portrays the Mistress of Novices in\u00a0&#8220;Sister Angelica.&#8221;\u00a0Katie Atkinson &#8217;12 (Greenville) plays the steadfast Mary Stone in &#8220;The Devil and Daniel Webster,&#8221; and\u00a0Chase McAbee &#8217;12 (Blue Ridge)\u00a0plays the dastardly Scratch.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, call the Furman Music Office at 864-294-2086.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Furman Opera, Furman Symphony Orchestra and Furman Chamber Choir will present a double bill featuring Puccini\u2019s \u201cSister Angelica\u201d and Douglas Moore\u2019s \u201cThe Devil and Daniel Webster\u201d on Thursday, Feb. 16 and again on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium. Bruce Schoonmaker directs the operas, and Thomas Joiner conducts the Furman Opera Orchestra and singing actors. Hugh Floyd serves as the chorus master.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":2375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}