QU, C-SC choirs to perform ‘The Billy Goats Gruff: A Children’s Opera in One Act’ twice on Friday

QUINCY — Students from Quincy University and Culver-Stockton College will jointly present “The Billy Goats Gruff: A Children’s Opera in One Act” with music by Mozart, Donizetti and Rossini and English text set by John Davies.

Two performances are set for Friday, May 5. The first will be at 3:30 p.m. in the Quincy Public Library Puppet Room, 526 Jersey. The second will be at 7:30 p.m. at Culver-Stockton College Merillat Chapel Recital Hall in the Robert W. Brown Performing Arts Center, One College Hill, in Canton, Mo.

The performances feature Bri Berger, soprano; Lance Frederick, tenor; Chloe Jenson, soprano; and Hayden Roberts, baritone.

The performance will be conducted by Scott Allison, assistant professor of music at Culver-Stockton and accompanied by pianist Kristin Ramseyer, assistant professor of vocal music and director of choirs at QU.