March 7, 2008 at 7:10am
OPERA
The Barber of Seville
Set to often lively music, this opera follows the exploits of Seville’s self-celebrating barber, Figaro â€" a character who literally sings his own praises. Everybody shares secrets with their barbers, and this barber is only too happy put what he learns to work.
As a production, The Barber of Seville has held up for the past 191 years, Tacoma Opera’s general director Kathryn Smith says, “because it is a really great piece. Our job is to make it extremely funny and to do it as the composer intended.â€
Barber of Seville also stands out somewhat regarding matters of “scale.†Compared with some works of grand opera, this production tells its comic tale with a relatively small cast. The show includes seven principals and 11 chorus members.
“Compared to Carmen, it’s tiny,†Smith says. â€" Bill Timnick
[Pantages Theater, The Barber of Seville, March 7-8 8 p.m., March 9 2 p.m., $24-$78, 901 Broadway, Tacoma, 253.627.7789, www.tacomaopera.com]
MUSIC
HAPA
As themes go, I happen to love Hawaiian â€" the tikis, Elvis and 1950s surfer images make me weak in the knees. When I heard “The Sound of Maui†will fill the Washington Center tonight, I heard mai tai ice clinking mixing with waves crashing on the shores of Makena Beach.
That’s coconuts according to Washington Center. Their version is the Pan-Polynesian music of HAPA, a contemporary band that brings the majestic tones of oli, mele and hula to us Haoles. â€" Brad Allen
[Washington Center, Friday, March 7, 7:30 p.m., 512 Washington St., Olympia, 360.753.8585]
LINK: The Delta Project brings blues to Bob’s.
LINK: In local clubs tonight.
LINK: Let’s eat Chinese tonight.
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