Fairy tale opera shines light on student talent

Arts & Entertainment – The Tropolitan

(PHOTO/ Pratiksha Joshi)Sarah Hunt (front), senior theater major from Huntsville, (left to right) Taylor Jordan, Julie Wells, and Lorren Shaffer perform in “The Magic Flute” at Claudia Crosby Theater on Friday, Feb. 24.


Draven Jackson
Staff Writer
Students of Troy’s Opera Workshop class performed a fairy tale opera in Claudia Crosby Theater on Friday, Feb. 24.
In “The Magic Flute,” an opera written by Mozart around 1791, Prince Tamino is saved from death by three dark ladies who work for the Queen of the Night. The queen promises Tamino he can marry her daughter, Pamina, if he can save her from Sarastro, her father, who has captured her.
Sarah Hunt, a senior theater major from Huntsville, portrayed the character of Princess Pamina. She said she found many similarities and differences between herself and her character.
“She is so dramatic and so am I, but I’m definitely not as dramatic,” Hunt said. “Also, a lot of things happen to her that I feel like wouldn’t happen to me, partially because I am not a princess and partially because magic isn’t a real thing.
“Beyond that, I also feel like she is a little hopeless sometimes. But I think she is kind and I think she cares about the people she meets, and I like to think that we have that in common as well.”
Christina Amonson, an assistant professor of voice, is the director of Opera Workshop. She began the class when she started working at Troy in order to introduce opera to students.
Opera Workshop tries to put on a different operatic piece each semester.
“I always look for shows with a lot of characters or a big chorus so that I can give the most people the most time onstage,” Amonson said. “I also don’t want the same people singing leads every semester, that way a ...


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