The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, September 03, 1985, Image 3

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By TRENT LEOPOLD
Senior Staff Writer
This year the Texas A&M Opera
Performing Arts Society has
bned several events for Aggies to
y.
he agenda includes a February
rformance by
Vienna Choir
ys and a per-
■rmance by the
louston Ballet in
Ipi-il.
lOPAS’ 13th
■ason begins
■pt. 12 in Rud-
Kr Auditorium
nth the Saint
Buis Symphony
■rchestra. Fhe
■ncert is scheduled to begin at 8
p.
■The Saint Louis Symphony has
Ben gaining international recogni-
tiou in recent years, and conductor
[Leonard Slatkin is widely regarded
Bone of today’s foremost American
conductors.
|The 101-member orchestra has
H a musical tradition in St. Louis
Br over a century.
■On Oct. 8, the Chamber Music So-
Bty of Lincoln Center will again
Bme to A&M. The Chamber Music
Bciety of Lincoln Center has 18 mu-
Bians who combine old master-
fces with contemporary composi-
Bn.
|The Hubbard Street Dance Com-
ly has been engaged to perform
iRudder on Nov. 14 for an evening
o| modern dance. The American
■ncers perform modern choreo-
laphed dance routines.
■“Mark Twain Tonight,” a one-
Kn show about the American hu
morist Mark Twain, is scheduled for
Jan. 29.
The dramatic work, written by
Hal Holbrook, has received many fa
vorable reviews.
again will be at
OPAS season.
A&M to close the
One the world’;
cal music groups,
i most famous vo-
the Vienna Choir
Boys, is scheduled for the night of
Feb. 11.
Composers such as Mozart, Hay
den and Schubert have come from
the ranks of the Vienna Choir Boys.
Young Uck Kim, a classical violin
ist who has recently gained national
attention, is scheduled for Feb. 21.
Kim has performed at the Festival-
Institute at Round Top.
He also has performed violin solos
with the Lonaon Philharmonic, the
Chicago Symphony, the New York
Philharmonic, the Berlin Philhar
monic and the Vienna Philhar
monic.
French pianists Kaita and Marielle
LaBeque are scheduled to appear
March 27.
They have toured Europe re
cently and probably will play Gersh
win’s ‘'An American in Paris,” an ar
rangement that rarely is performed.
On April 9 the Houston Ballet
“Peer Gym,” a ballet about a
young womanizer and his eventual
ruin is scheduled.
Also, it is possible that “Giselle” a
ballet by Adolphe Adam and Marius
Petipa will be per
formed April 10
although OPAS
officials aren’t
able to confirm it
now.
“Peer Gynt”
was created by
Ben Stevenson,
Houston Ballet’s
artistic conduc
tor, and is based
on music by Ed
vard Grieg.
“Peer Gynt” has been called the
“type of ballet that modern audi
ences want to see” in a London
Times review.
OPAS season tickets, allowing the
holder to attend all of this year’s
events, can be purchased at the Me
morial Student Center Box Office in
Rudder Tower. Student tickets are
$56.25, and $71 for zone two (or
chestra or balcony) seating. The stu
dent $45 zone three (balcony seats)
has been sold out.
Season tickets for the general
public are $56.50, $71 and $89. In
dividual tickets also can be pur
chased for each event as they are
available.
Also this year OPAS will be using
a poster designed by local artist Mar-
git Ilika to promote its 13th season.
The art, containing two piano
keyboards and a dancing ballerina,
was unveiled at a cermony at the end
of last season. It will be used on pro
grams for this year’s performances.
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