Garden City Public Schools
56 Cathedral Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530
Coordinator of Public Information
Catherine Knight, Ed. D.
516 478-1079
January 30, 2017
For Immediate Release:
Stewart School Presents its 79th Opera!
Congratulations to Stewart School’s fifth grade cast and crew, parents and
teachers, especially music teacher and director Kelly Grace, on another successful opera
production! On Thursday, January 19th, two casts presented Gaetano Donizetti’s “The
Elixir of Love” to packed audiences in Stewart’s auditorium. The familiar story of
mistaken love fulfilled through an elixir – of course, only after several twists and turns of
the plot – was the 79th opera production the school has presented. Here are a few photos
from this year’s show. To view an entire album of images from both casts, visit Stewart’s
website (http://gc.schoolwires.net/Domain/10) and click on the “Photo Gallery” dropdown at the top of the page.
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Expertly directed by music teacher Kelly Grace (far left), Stewart’s entire fifth grade
presented “The Elixir of Love” on January 19th. Note the beautiful backdrop created by
art teacher Melissa Pashayan and her students.
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The crew did an excellent job under the direction of Mr. Tim Schoelle.
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Members of Stewart’s fifth grade class comprised the opera chorus.
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Lovesick for Adina, Nemorino reflects on his bleak chances for marriage to the beautiful
maiden (Cast 1).
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The villagers are not optimistic about Nemerino’s prospects to wed the beautiful Adina
(Cast 1).
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Adina (Cast 2) sings “Tristan Adored Isolde,” with a secret interest in Nemorino’s
advances.
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A new suitor, Sergeant Belcore, arrives on the scene to ask for Adina’s hand (Cast 1).
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Nemorino (Cast 2), smitten with Adina, sings “She’s a Darling.”
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Adina (Cast 1) sings the lovely “Tristan Adored Isolde.”
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Doctor Dulcamara (Cast 1) arrives in the village to sell his magic, cure-all elixir.
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Nemorino buys a bottle of the elixir from Doctor Dulcamara (Cast 2) to help Adina fall in
love with him.
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Convinced he needs twice the elixir power to make Adina fall in love with him, but with
no money to buy more, Nemorino enlists with Sergeant Belcore (Cast 2).
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With a second bottle of the elixir in hand, Nemorino (Cast 1) is certain Adina will fall for
him over Sergeant Belcore.
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Adina longs for Nemorino to fall in love with her (Cast 2).
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Adina and Sergeant Belcore (Cast 1) sing a joyful wedding song, although Adina has
misgivings.
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All’s well that ends well when Sergeant Belcore is called away on military business and
Adina marries Nemorino - thanks to Doctor Dulcamara’s “Elixir of Love” (Cast 2).