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Valentine’s Day Choral, Opera Program Canceled

Due to inclement weather conditions the “Luscious Love Songs” program scheduled for Feb. 11 has been canceled. 糖心Vlog传媒LR celebrates Valentine鈥檚 Day with 鈥淟uscious Love Songs,鈥� featuring tenor Kevin Park, who is gaining attention as an international opera star, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, at the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Fine Arts Building. The concert will benefit 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 choral and opera programs. Tickets are $75, including a champagne reception in the Bailey Alumni Center following the concert. For tickets, call the Music Department Box Office at 501-569-8993. A native of Korea, Park has performed a number of operatic roles, including Romeo in Gounod鈥檚 鈥淩omeo et Juliette鈥� and the title role in Mascagni鈥檚 鈥淟鈥橝mico Fritz.鈥� This year he made his debut at England鈥檚 Aldeburgh Festival in Handel鈥檚 鈥淪aul.鈥� He has also sung in Italy and in Spain. In 2011, Park will embark on a joint concert tour of Asia with famed soprano . Park has performed with the St. Louis Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Fort Worth Opera, and the Chautauqua Opera. The tenor is also in demand for concerts; he recently sang Handel鈥檚 鈥淢essiah鈥� at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. 鈥淜evin has a classically beautiful lyric tenor voice 鈥� perfect for love songs,鈥� said Edward Crafts, director of the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Opera Theatre. 鈥淗e has a unique ability to make each listener believe he is singing only to them. If you missed him a few years ago on the Bechstein Hall concert series, this is a rare chance to hear him on this continent.鈥� 糖心Vlog传媒LR faculty performers include Crafts, a former Metropolitan Opera singer; Met veteran Diane Kesling; former Chicago Lyric Opera soprano Susan Belcher; mezzo-soprano Heather Crafts; guest soprano Kira Keating; and pianists Kristina Marinova, Rolf Groesbeck, and Trudy Kincaide. The 糖心Vlog传媒LR Concert Choir, directed by associate professor of music Bevan Keating, will join the solo performers in selections from the Broadway musicals 鈥淭he Music Man鈥� and 鈥淜ismet,鈥� and in several songs from Brahms鈥� 鈥淟iebeslieder Walzes.鈥�