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2009 Price Key: General Public/Rutgers alumni and employees and Seniors /Students Adobe Acrobat required to read many of the links. Fridays, January 30 and February 6, 8:00 p.m. Sundays, February 1 and 8 Opera at Rutgers Puccini: Suor Angelica Donizetti: Il Campanello Featuring a double bill of Italian opera with English supertitles, these one-act operas by Puccini and Donizetti provide a contrast between the tragic and the comedic. Suor Angelica is the story of Sister Angelica who became a nun after her wealthy family sent her away as a punishment while Il Campanello is the tale of a young couple on their wedding night whose pleasures are absurdly interrupted by her former lover. Supertitles are visible from the mezzanine only. Nicholas Music Center $25/$20/$15 Tuesday, February 2-Friday, February 13 Tuesday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Extended hours on Wednesday until 6:00 p.m. Saturday, noon to 4:00 p.m. MFA Thesis Exhibition I Reception: Thursday, February 5, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Mason Gross Galleries FREE Friday, February 6-Saturday, February 21 Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Rutgers Theater Company The Merry Wives of Windsor By William Shakespeare Queen Elizabeth herself requested the return of Falstaff to Shakespeare’s stage. Who was Shakespeare to say no? In this riotous comedy, the urge to be unfaithful haunts husbands, amuses wives, sends Falstaff into hiding in a laundry room—and the river—and even turns children into forest elves. A sly and silly crowd-pleaser from the Bard. New Theater $25/$20/$15 Thursday, February 19-Monday, March 2 Tuesday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Extended hours on Wednesday until 6:00 p.m. Saturday, noon to 4:00 p.m. MFA Thesis Exhibition II Reception: Thursday, February 19, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Mason Gross Galleries FREE Tuesday, February 24, 8:00 p.m. Rutgers Jazz Ensemble Ralph Bowen, director Nicholas Music Center FREE Thursday, February 26, 8:00 p.m. Rutgers Symphony Band Darryl Bott, conductor Nicholas Music Center FREE Friday, February 27, 8:00 p.m. Rutgers Wind Ensemble William Berz, conductor Nicholas Music Center FREE Saturday, February 28, 8:00 p.m. Rutgers Symphony Orchestra Kynan Johns, conductor Nicholas Music Center $25/$20/$15 Friday, February 27-Saturday, March 7 Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Rutgers Theater Company Sea Marks By Gardner McKay Colm Primrose, a man who's only known the sea, and Timothea, a woman very much of the land, meet by chance and fall in love. Simple enough--but where will they live? Gardner McKay's Sea Marks pits the desire for love against the desire for home in terms both stark and beautiful.
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