Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro,” which is known as “the greatest comic opera of all,” will be presented at East Tennessee State University this month.
Performances in English by the ETSU Opera Theatre will take place Saturday, Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 25, at 2 p.m. in the Bud Frank Theatre on the first floor of Gilbreath Hall.
ETSU’s production is an abridged, contemporary version with dialogue and a faster, easier-to-follow plot than the traditional work.
Major principals of the cast include Sara Beth Brimer, Greeneville, as Susanna, and Jacob Cook, Erica Robinson and John Williams, all of Elizabethton, as Figaro, the Countess and the Count, respectively. Other cast members include Candra Savage, Jonesborough, as Cherubino; Andrea Childress, Elizabethton, as Marcellina; Bristol’s Lane Blevins as Dr. Bartolo and Zach Marshall as Don Basilio; Chris Fitzwater, Kingsport, as Don Curzio; Jody Dean Smith, Lamesa, Texas, as Antonio; and Priya Paranthaman, Big Stone Gap, Va., as Barbarina.
Admission is $10 for the general public and $5 for students and senior citizens. Reservations are recommended.
For reservations, more information, or special assistance for those with disabilities, call Linda Reid at (423) 439-4270.

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