Missouri State University Opera presents a double bill next weekend: two operas—two women with a choice. Dr. Ann Marie Daehn, Assistant Professor of Voice and Director of MSU’s opera program, stopped by our “Arts News” program to give us the details. “We’re doing two operas—and in Italian, which is a first for us,” says Dr. Daehn. “Our casts are largely undergrads. We have some of the most talented undergrads in the nation—they’re regularly winning these national awards. And I thought, ‘I’m really going to push ‘em and see what we can do.’ And it’s been really fun. They have to dig a little deeper into the characters—they have to think about every single word that they’re singing.” The double bill consists of Rossini’s one-act comedy “Il Signor Bruschino,” and Handel’s dramatic opera “Imeneo,” as abridged by Dr. Daehn, cut to a running time of just over an hour. The original “Imeneo” score runs about two and three-quarter hours. “I have singers who excel at that repertoire, and I
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