Portland State Magazine Winter 2013

8 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE WINTER 2013 Fanfare WE WANT TO HEAR about your books and recordings and your future exhibits, performances, and directing ventures. Contact the magazine by emailing psumag@pdx.edu , or mailing Portland State Magazine, Office of University Communications, PO Box 751, Portland OR 97207-0751. Onstage at the Met ZACH BORICHEVSKY, an up-and-coming American tenor, will sing in the PSU Opera production of Puccini’s La Rondine April 26 through May 4 in Lincoln Performance Hall. A former resident artist with the Academy of Local Arts, Philadelphia, (seen here in ALA’s Pelléas et Mélisandre ) Borichevsky has been performing around the country and in Italy. La Rondine (The Swallow) is a light romantic comedy, but with a compelling Puccini score. The PSU production will be set in 1950s Paris and promises to have lush sets and costumes. For tickets, call the PSU Box Office at 503-725-3307 or visit pdx.edu/boxoffice. Soprano Audrey Luna ‘01 won praise this fall singing the part of Ariel in a debut Metropolitan Opera performance of The Tempest in New York’s Lincoln Center. Critics admired her “vocal agility, color and power” in a role that is both musically and physically demanding. At various times, she sang while perched on a chandelier, suspended from a large ring, dancing, and head down. “Ms. Luna conquers the role,” said The New York Times’ Anthony Tomassini. In May, Luna will sing the role of Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos with the Fort Worth Opera. Opera in the spring