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UD Opera Theatre to stage Menotti’s 'The Medium' 2:57 p.m., Feb. 2, 2007--UD's Department of Music and the UD Opera Theatre present Gian Carlo Menotti's The Medium at 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 9, and at 3 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 11, in the Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building. Full of psychological twists and turns, The Medium revolves around Madame Flora, who holds fake séances that prey on the tender emotions of grieving parents. The unscrupulous medium forces her own daughter, Monica, to help her in her deception by acting the parts of the dead children while Toby, a mute servant boy, aids as the "stage hand." Suddenly the tide turns as the drunken Madame Flora encounters her own brush with the afterlife that results in a shocking conclusion. "Despite its eerie setting and gruesome conclusion, The Medium is actually a play of ideas,” Menotti said. “It describes the tragedy of a woman caught between two worlds, a world of reality, which she cannot wholly comprehend, and a super-natural world in which she cannot believe." Admission is $17 for adults, $12 for seniors and $5 for students. Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance at the Trabant University Center or Bob Carpenter Center box offices. For more information, call (302) 831-2577. |
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