Jim Davis to Participate in Campbellsville University Opera Workshop 'The Magic Flute'

2012 Nov 8

Campbellsville University's Opera Workshop will present "The Magic Flute" Nov. 17-19 in The Gheens Recital Hall at 210 University Drive, Campbellsville, Ky.

Jim Davis, a graduate student of Paducah, Ky., will play  Monostatos, Sarastro's servant, in the Opera Workshop.

Performances are at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17 and Monday, Nov. 19 with a Sunday, Nov. 18 matinee at 3 p.m.

Everyone is invited to the free performances. Seating is first come-first serve.

"The Magic Flute," by W.A. Mozart, is a 2-act opera performed in English.

"This is one of Mozart's most popular operas," Dr. Mark Bradley, professor of music, said. "It has the classic battle between darkness and light or goodness and evil."

Bradley said the production has "great singing voices, comedy, serious dramatic action, some fantasy and a lot of beautiful music."

Juliana Moura, instructor in voice, assists Bradley with the direction. Pianist for the production is Carla Farias from Recife, Brazil, and the flute is played by Dr. Lisa McArthur. Fern Thomas from Madisonville, Ky. is doing choreography for the production.

For more information, contact the School of Music at music@campbellsville.edu or (270) 789-5237.

Campbellsville University is a widely acclaimed Kentucky-based Christian university with more than 3,600 students offering 63 undergraduate options, 17 master's degrees, five postgraduate areas and eight pre-professional programs. The website for complete information is campbellsville.edu.