(Media-Newswire.com) - Love will be in the air Thursday through Saturday ( Nov.
6-8 ) at West Virginia University when the WVU opera program presents "Opera
Scenes" under the direction of Robert Thieme in the Creative Arts Center. It
will feature fully staged scenes from famous operas that involve romantic
intrigue.

Performances on Thursday and Friday begin at 7:30 p.m. and the Saturday
performance, a matinee, begins at 3:15 p.m. All performances will be in the
Antoinette Falbo Theatre.

Scenes are from "Kittiwake Island" ( 1954 ) by Alec Wilder; "Summer and Smoke"
(1976 ) by Lee Hoiby; "The Marriage of Figaro" ( 1786 ) by Wolfgang Mozart; "The
Old Maid and the Thief" ( 1939 ) by Gian Carlo Menotti; "Arabella" ( 1933 ) by
Richard Strauss; and "Tartuffe" (1980 ) by Kirke Mechem.

For tickets or more information, contact the Mountainlair or Creative Arts
Center box offices at 304-293-SHOW.

Contacts:
Charlene Lattea
Media Specialist, College of Creative Arts
Office: ( 304 ) 293-4841, ext. 3108