San Diego Reader April 20, 2017 55
IMMORTAL BEAUTY
The Old Maid and the Thief, by Giancarlo Menotti, was originally written for radio broadcast and has now become a staple of opera workshops at colleges and universities across the country.
Point Loma Nazarene does not have an opera workshop course but they do have a student opera organiza- tion, Point Loma Opera Theatre. As an aside, what music department worth its salt doesn’t have an opera workshop course? It makes no sense.
The institution cut the course several years ago because of funding but at the same time has continued
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Despite marginal insti- tutional support, the vocal students from Point Loma have established a tradi- tion of excellence. How has that tradition been honored
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by the student body? The ASB cut the funding for the opera theatre by two thirds this year.
In spite of this, the opera theatre has managed to put on two opera productions during this academic year, Elixir of Love, back in August, and The Old Maid and the Thief, which closed April 13. Director Jordan Miller placed the show in a radio- studio setting, reflecting Menotti’s original purpose. I was surprised at how effec- tive this was.
Miller himself played the role of radio host, inserting narration and sound effects into the show. The four sing-
BY GARRETT HARRIS Clever and cheeky at Point Loma Opera Theatre
ers sat facing the audience, concert style, and stood behind microphone props while singing.
I found this radio style to be superior to any staging that the opera theatre may have been able to scrape together. When the narra- tor gives us the setting, we are free to picture the story in a way not dictated by a set designer.
So far as the music goes, the only section that approaches the level of inspired is the soprano aria “Steal me sweet thief.” The rest is clever and cheeky but clearly not a tour de force of operetta.
Composer Gian Carlo Menotti
There are some funny moments, such as this gem: “It’s better to be murdered by a man than to live with- out one.”
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