Triangle Opera Studios

We will be hosting a birthday and recovery party and concert for Christine Weidinger.

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Thank you to everyone who braved the rain to enjoy our opening night performance! Marti Boger portrayed a wonderful Baba in The Medium and Ariel Reed did a wonderful Laetitia in The Old Maid and the Thief.

Tonight and Sunday afternoon, Ericka Kristin Moye will be singing the role of Laetitia alongside Kurt Melges as Bob, Monifa Harris as Miss Todd and Monica Szabo-Nyeste as Miss Pinkerton.

The title role of The Medium will be sung by Stephanie Thurm and Monica will be sung by Faith Houck.

Sunday afternoon, Marie Miller will be performing Baba and Caitlin Reyna will sing Monica. We hope you can come see the hard work our singers have done to put these roles together, only made possible by the outstanding leadership or our artistic director, Ken Smith; accompanist, Catherine Hamner; conductor, Al Sturgis and of course, our Founder and Director, Christine Weidinger.

There are no tickets, but donations are gladly accepted so we can continue to provide high quality concerts and productions to the community.

Coming Soon!! Menotti Double Bill

Triangle Opera Studios will present a double bill of short operas by the Italian-American composer Gian Carlo Menotti. Featured are “The Old Maid and the Thief”, a work composed originally for radio broadcast, and “The Medium”, Menotti’s first international success. The performances, accompanied by pianist Catherine Hamner, will be conducted by Al Sturgis and staged by Ken Smith. WCPE's Bob Chapman will make a special appearance as the evening's announcer. Performances are slated for Friday, June 7th and Saturday, June 8th at 7:00 pm with a matinee on Sunday, June 9th at 2:00. All performances will take place in Weaver Auditorium at the Durham School of the Arts near Brightleaf Square in Durham. There is no admission charge; but donations to help defray production costs are welcome. Both operas are in English.

Singers in "The Medium" are Marti Boger, Marie Miller and Stephanie Thurm alternating in the title role; with Faith Houck and Caitlin Reyna sharing the role of Monica. Clients of the medium are Shannon French and Jean Jamison as Mrs. Nolan; Ann Forsthoefel and Monica Szabo as Mrs. Gobineau; and Kurt Melges and Bill Moran as Mr. Gobineau.

"Old Maid and the Thief" features Kurt Melges as Bob, the alleged thief; Monifa Harris and Kathryn Atkinson alternating as the old maid, Miss Todd; and Kristin Moye and Ariel Reed as her scheming maid, Laetitia. Monica Szabo and Andrea Radford alternate as the nosy neighbor, Miss Pinkerton.