Newspapers / Winston-Salem Chronicle (Winston-Salem, N.C.) / March 19, 1992, edition 1 / Page 9
Part of Winston-Salem Chronicle (Winston-Salem, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
Piedmont Opera comes to town Piedmont Opera Theatre con cludes its fourteenth season with The Daughter of The Regiment by Gaetano Donizetti, to be sung in English at the Stevens Center in Winston-Salem. Performances are Friday, April 3 at 8 p.m.; Sunday, April 5, at 3 p.m. (daylight savings day!) and Tuesday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m. Donizetti's joyful, light-hearted comedy has been a favorite vehicle for such super-stars as Joan Suther land and Luciano Pavarotti. Marie, found on the battlefield as a child and adopted by the men of the Twenty-First Regiment, falls des perately in love with the handsome Tonio, who promptly enlists. Boy meets-girl, boy-losses-girl, boy gets-girl in the best musical comedy fashion, with help from the kindly tuneful frolic. Starring in the title role will be soprano Christine Donahue, well remembered by Piedmont Opera audiences for her spaataoulai singing of Constanze in The Abduction From The Seraglio sev eral seasons ago. As her lover Tonio, Glenn Siebert returns after his impressive Piedmont Opera debut last season in Cinderella. Also returning after his enthusiastic reception in Cinderella will be bass baritone Gregory Rahming as the good hearted Sergeant Sulpice. Mezzo-soprano Clarity James jnakes her Piedmont debut as The Marquise of Berkenfield. James has sung with many of the nation's major opera companies and sym phony orchestras. Her recordings include Leonard Bernstein's A Quiet Place with the composer con ducting. Baritone C. Ronald Campbell, well-known to Piedmont Opera audiences from several previous productions, will sing the role of UnftftnsMH. OthftM in the oinging cast include bar^one John Mark Swink as the Corporal and tenor Robert Workmon as a peasant. Making their Piedmont Opera debuts in speaking roles will be Lesley Hunt of the North Carolina School of the Arts drama faculty as the Duchess of Krackenthorp and Donald Wolfe of the Wake Forest University theatre facility as a Notary. Piedmont Opera's general director, Norman Johnson, will con duct members of the Winston Salem/Piedmont Triad Symphony. David Gately, who has staged many of Piedmont Opera's most success ful productions will be the stage director. The sets, by designer Peter Dean Beck, are from Opera Caroli na in Charlotte, the costumes from Baas-barltona Gregory Rah ming plays Sgt. Salplca In Plat mont Opara Thaatra's produc tion of 77>a Daughter of th ? Regiment. Malabar Ltd. in Toronto. Call 919-725-2022 for tickets and further information. Angelou, Lacy featured in Kindred Spirits Contemporary African-Ameri can art and the artists who create it are the subjects of Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African-American Artists, a half-hour special featuring poet Maya Angelou that will pre miere Wednesday, March 25 ; at 10 p.m. ET on PBS (check local list ings). Produced by KERA-TV, Dal las/Fort Worth,. and funded by Phifip Morris Companies Inc., Kin dred Spirits is a fascinating explo ration of one of the most vibrant artistic scenes of the late 20th cen tury. The special was inspired by "Black Art ? Ancestral Legacy: The African Impulse In African American Art/ an acclaimed art exhibition that originated at the Dallas Museum of Art in 1989 and visited three other major American museums. The exhibition included recent works by 48 artists from the United States and the Caribbean. Kindred Spirits focuses on sev eral^of the artists featured in the exhibition - including John Big gers, Bessie Harvey, Louis Mailou Jones, Jean Lacy, Charles $earlep, Ed Love and Renee offer their insights into their' work and the unbreakable spiritual bond that stretches back through time to as a special guest on the program, Angelou shares her own feelings about creativity and her links to Africa and to all of humanity. "What one really is brought to see," says Angelou, "is this state ment: 'lama human being; nothing human can be alien to me.T That is love. That is what is in great art" The works and artists highlight ed in Kindred Spirits reflect the wide range of visions and styles that MS Society to On Saturday, March 28, the Central Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society will pre sent Moving Forward, a day-long educational program for people diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis within the past year. Professionals experienced with MS will lead four informational sessions. ? Travis Jackson, M.D., of the Triad Neurological Association, will present a medical overview of Multiple Sclerosis encompassing diagnosis, treatments, and research. The psychological and social pres sures of "Living with MS" will be characterize modern African-Amer ican art. Bessie Harvey, who was raised in Tennessee and has never visited Africa, creates an amazing apay of sculptures from tree stumps ^ind limbs that she finds, all of Nvhich incorporate African motifs. John Biggers, long a major fig ure in American art, draws heavily on his African visits for inspiration, but often includes images of urban American life in his monumental paintings. ? Renee Stout's sculptures, including her powerful self-portrait, Fetish #2, reach directly into the African interior for their inspiration and combine classical African forms with mystical elements rang ing from folk medicine to tribal reli gions. Jones, who has been painting since the 1930s, blends Haitian and African symbolism with other ancient and modern images; in one striking work. The Ascent of Ethiopia , she daringly, and success fully, unites pharaonic Egypt with the Harlem jazz scene. "Kindred Spirits" is a vivid cel Pf the,*cfe#tivf P?r? * ridwert already fafniliar wWnliq works of Americas black artists, the program is a long-awaited confir mation. For the uninitiated, Kin area spirits is an easily accessible window on a broad, deep and vital creative stream that has flowed since the dawn of humankind. KERA's Kindred Spirits: Con temporary African-American Artists is produced by Clayton Cor rie and directed by Christine McConnell. Supervising director is Ginny Martin, and executive pro ducer is Sylvia Komatsu. ^ Philip Morris Companies Inc. began its support of the arts in \jH \\ Artist Jean Lacy is among those featured In Kindred Spirits: Con temporary African-American Artists , a new PBS special airing Wednesday, March 25, at 10:30 p.m. ET (check local listings.). 1958. Since then, the company has developed one of. the nation's most comprehensive corporate cultural programs. Through its -broad spectrum of sponsorship, Philip Morris pro motes contemporary and minority visual and performing arts pro grams, as well as major internation al exhibitions and tours. Philip Morris distributes films free of charge, based on Philip Mor ris-sponsored exhibitions, to univer sities, museums, libraries and other nonprofit organizations to wide the reach of its cultural events. Video projects funded by Philip Morris include "The Artist and the Quilt," "The> Precious Legacy" and "Bear den Plays Bearden." present educational program addressed "by Linda Levoy Jackson, MA Ed., of the Carolina Piedmont Psychological Associates. Anne L. Murray, Ph.D., of the Whitaker Rehabilitation Center, will discuss sexuality and esteem issues. The final session, emphasizing the significants between mainte nance of physical activity and MS, will be presented by Joan Gand, LPT, of the Martinat Out Patient Rehab Center. Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic, sometimes disabling disease of the central nervous system, which often strikes young adults in their twenties to thirties. An estimated 350,000 Ameri cans have Multiple Sclerosis, with over 10,000 cases diagnosed every week. In the fifteen-county area of the Central North Carolina Chapter, there are in excess of 800 people who have MS. This program is open to any one who has been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis within the last year. For more information, or to register for the program, contact the Central North Carolina Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis society at 1-800-229-9776. W?k of March 15, 1992 AMU (3/31 - 4/19): Sonso of direction and purposo bo comet moro cloorly dofinod. Work rotponsibilitios or* iiwiow d and life of homo roocHos kormonious ploteou. TAURUS (4/20 ? 5/20): Voieo your opinions ovon wKon unsolicited. Pro no will com* your way for your wisdom and incite, lomonco roocbos boiling point. E ithor toko o cold sbowor or molt* commitment. OCMIN1 (5/21 ? 6/20): Com* to roscuo of friond in nood Crios for holp moy bo both rool ond uncontoinod this Urn* just you bomg thoco will bo o comfort Arios ploys rolo. CANGHt (6/21 ? 7/22): Don't fish for complrmonts Boyoursolf, * no* who othori wont you to bo. Roolizo your truo potentiol ond thot of cowork ers. ? UO (7/23 ? t/22): ' Wondoring oy*s could got you in I troubfo Mote fooling throotenod, ques tions trust ond commitment Possible cbongo in morrtol status J VIROO (9/23 ? 9/22): i Bo brovo in foco of difficult situation. | Your oftifudo will offoct tbot of othors ' around you. Rovoolod socrot could snowboll in your fovor Rtnown?d Psychic Ellzabtffh MafY?o and aaaoclataa. f l I / A B I T H r.i A f f f o art now on tha Rna for your personal readings. Prominant madia parsonaity and aduoaior, Elfcatoath and har associates taka an indMdual approach to astrology and find aikA IflkAMAAA La lltA ttjb person m tn#i noroicop? . tou ww macxry tmn cofnToniM and truly amazed at tha insight of thasa taisntad individuals aa through tha haavana thahiddan maanlng for you. You must bs 18 yaart or oldar to usa this tarvioa. Cal 1 1 am to 1 1 pm savan days a thay paar 1 and find CALL _ I -900-903-4SS7 Ext. 91S1 Call la I2.IS par mlnuta ma. 296 North Bryant. Oapaw, MV Ut Ml UBRA (9/23 - 10/22): Don't lh? prMWTM of work guido your ofhhxi* of homo. Spond qwolity timo with lovod ont. Ex poet ?K? unoxpocted. Copricom ond othor Lh bro ploy roWt SCORPIO (10/23 - 1 1/21): Whot wot onticipoted to b? i mm moot moy b? dWoyid, ExtrciN polwnci. B? frugal to toko full odvontogo of hjfvrm opportunity ftAOfTTAJUUS (11/22 - 12/21): Look toword community octiviti?, vol Onteor work. Bocomo invotvod in civic offoirt, join committed*. Good flmo to mok? your mork on aoeioty. CAPRICORN (12/22 - 1/19): Romontic ttotui in IrouWo, cod* btu*. Givoityour immodioto attention Look mote in ?ym ond contwi truo f??lrng?, od mil mistok** if you wont to sotvogo domogo don* AQUARIUS (1/20 - 2/1?>t Wootbor moy mterf?r? with plont Hovo alternate pion of oction. Foci/* on family hormony, togothemess, group octtviHw ond pro|sct>. Spend tWfto outdoor? Was (2/19 - 3/20): Formedydowd doors wtlopen. Don't DfO^Pr DppCH h y FO ! WJirCOO t rocognmd orxi rotpocted. Soorpto invowtd . ? Stevens Center ? Something for Everyone For ticket information ? Call 721-1946 ? Yvonne's North Point Restaurant Owned and by Gl?n ind Tbnt FmiimU. 'The Finest in Greek & American Dining f Daily Lunch/Dinner Specials 759-3766 Banquet Facilities Available ViBa/MaiterCard Welcome Mon.-Thur*. 1 100am-900pm Fri-Sat. 1 1 00am- 10:00pm Sun. ll:00am-2 :30pm BLACK ART SALE SPECIAL 25% OFF IN STOCK PRINTS WITH COUPON expires 4-10-92 excellent gift ideas . THOUSANDS OF READY MADE FRAMES - ALL FRAMINQ SERVICES ? DISCOUNT CUSTOM FRAMING . . POSTER * PRINT GALLERY ? WOOD, METAL, GOLD LEAF A MORE ? READY WHEN YOU WANT fT WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD FRAME WAREHOUSE Frame Almost Anything For Next To Nothing HOURS; 10 ? 7 PM Mon-Trl. and 10 ? 6 PM SAT. 768-7207 SILAS CREEK CROSSJNG o T5 tt K tf <? Play it by Hair Bridget Brown / Robin McFadden Services: Wave Nouveau Wraps v French Rolls Rodding Braiding and Weaving Shampoo , Blowdry and Style - WALK-INS WELCOME Tues. - Fri.: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. ? Sat.: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 777-0422 "1345 N. LIBERTY STREET ? <WiCCie Quess SaCesCeader of the ? fCozu ChevroCet rTeaml \ My pledge to you: ?To help you find the right car or trucf^at the price you zvant. ?To help you arrange the financing and monthly payment schedule you need. ?1 o mafcjz Buying a car or truckjun. ?To Be here if you ever need any help. Q Flow Chevrolet ? Geo 1400 South Stratford Rd. ? Winston-Salem 760-7000
Winston-Salem Chronicle (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
March 19, 1992, edition 1
9
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75