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Opera Roanoke: "South Pacific"
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Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan
Scott Williamson, artistic director and conductor
J. J. Hudson, stage director
featuring
Corey Crider, as Emile De Becque
Ariana Wyatt, as Nellie Forbush
and the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra
The center proudly presents Opera Roanoke's fully staged production, with orchestra, of this timeless Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway blockbuster for one night only in Blacksburg. Known for its extraordinary score and adapted from James Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Tales of the South Pacific, this classic American musical is set on an island paradise during World War II. Against this backdrop, two parallel love stories bloom and are threatened by the dangers of prejudice and war.
$40-$75, $10 students with ID and children 18 and under
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