Xerxes
Handel's seriocomic opera
April 1-2, 8 p.m. Both nights
Arthur Zankel Music Center
The first full opera production in
Skidmore’s Arthur Zankel Music Center will be Handel’s Xerxes at 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2. Directed by Artist-in-Residence Sylvia
Stoner-Hawkins, the production features students in her “Opera Workshop”
course, guest countertenor Chad Payton, and Skidmore faculty baritone Dennis
Blackwell, with the Skidmore String Orchestra, led by guest conductor Scott
Schoonover and prepared by Senior Artist-in-Residence Michael Emery.
Admission
is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors, and free (but with reservations required)
for students and children. All tickets are available at www.skidmore.edu/zankel anytime or at the Zankel
box office Tuesday through Friday, 1–5 pm. Contact the box office via email at zankel@skidmore.edu or by phone at
518-580-5321.