2007 Season News from Carole Langley, President, Governing Board of Directors, IPFAC ......
The artistic and technical staff is being expanded with five additional coaches from across the United States
Dr. Matthew Mailman from Oklahoma City University will be joining Artistic Director, Roger Cantrell to serve as Music Director for Carlisle Floyd's SUSANNAH this coming season
Stage Director, Carol Werner, will be back this coming season to direct LE NOZZE DI FIGARO and SUSANNAH.
Linda Di Fore will conduct another outstanding masterclass and Erick Wolfe will reprise his stage technique class. (Note: Read more about Ms. Di Fore and Mr. Wolfe on the Masterclasses page on this site)
Renowned opera diva Leona Mitchell will present a masterclass in the late part of the season. (Note: Read more about Ms. Mitchell on the Masterclasses page on this site)
News Flash!!
Opera in the Ozarks alumni, Hei-Kyung Hong was praised in a review written January 12th in the New York Times for her performance in the revival of Franco Zeffirelli’s 1998 production of Verdi’s “Traviata” at the Met.
Just a couple of quotes from the review about Ms. Hong - "The soprano Hei-kyung Hong gave a beautifully sung and deeply felt portrayal of Violetta, Verdi’s consumptive Parisian courtesan." ...."A lovely woman, she embodied the captivating Violetta, who tries mightily to deny for a while that she is fatally ill. From the beginning of Act II through the final death scene, Ms. Hong sang with increasing confidence and emotional intensity. Her poignant phrasing in Violetta’s aching aria “Addio del passato” was especially moving"
Ms. Hong continued her performance in March at the Metropolitan Opera House.
Hei-Kyung, a native of Kang Wong Do, South Korea, will sing Liù in Turandot for the company and will join its summer parks performances as Mimì in June.
Read the entire article in the New York Times on line by clicking on the link below:
