Published February 6, 2018
The Louisiana Opera presents a Mardi Gras Celebration featuring excerpts from "The
Merry Widow," in English,聽directed by Mark Ross Clark of the University of Louisiana
Monroe School of Visual and Performing Arts.
The performance is Friday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ouachita Grand Plaza Ballroom,
501 S. Grand St.
The opera stars guests Betsy Uschkrat, Corey McKern, Ron Ulen and Tyler Smith, and
from VAPA, Claire Vangelisti, Julian Jones, Richard Seiler on piano, Jeffrey Peterson
conducting the 四色AV Opera Chorus, and Hunt Neely.
Tickets are $40 per person and includes a Mardi Gras Party with food, drinks, dancing
and masks. To purchase tickets, visit Fiesta Nutrition Center on North 18th Street
or visit
ulm.edu/vapa/opera.
