Linn-Benton Opera Guild Previews Tosca
The Linn-Benton Opera Guild will preview the opera Tosca, by Giacomo Puccini, on Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 7:45 p.m. at 303 Benton Hall, Oregon State University campus, Corvallis. OSU music professor Angela Carlson will tell the story of the opera and play recorded excerpts from the score. Admission is free to Linn-Benton Opera Guild members, students of Linn-Benton Community College and OSU. Cost for the general public is $5. Performance dates will be Feb. 1, 7 and 9, at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 3 at 2 p.m. at the Keller Auditorium, 222 SW Clay, Portland. The opera will be sung in Italian with projected English translations. Linn-Benton Community College and the Linn-Benton Opera Guild will host a bus ride to the closing performance on Saturday, Feb. 9 for those interested. Round-trip coach fare is $45 per person. Cost for opera tickets is not included, and seating reservations are required. The bus will leave LBCC’s Benton Center parking lot–757 NW Polk Avenue, Corvallis–at 4:30 p.m., arrivi...