{"id":40802191190,"date":"2013-11-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/president-paul-brown-invites-students-to-met-opera\/"},"modified":"2013-11-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T05:00:00","slug":"president-paul-brown-invites-students-to-met-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/president-paul-brown-invites-students-to-met-opera\/","title":{"rendered":"President Paul Brown Invites Students to Met Opera"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monmouth University President Paul R. Brown invited fifteen students to join him for the Met: Live in HD simulcast performance of Tosca<\/em> in Pollak Theatre on November 9.<\/p>\n

“Opera is great entertainment, but unfortunately too many students have not been exposed to it. I thought this was a great way to pay back my own experience as a student,” Brown said.<\/p>\n

Brown’s love of opera comes from studying German at Franklin & Marshall, where his professor had him translate the words from German opera records. “We would translate the words to Wagner’s Tannh\u00e4user<\/em> while the music played,” Brown said.<\/p>\n

Hoping to instill a similar appreciation for opera in Monmouth University students, President Brown ran an essay contest in October inviting winning students to join him for the Tosca<\/em> performance and brunch at his house before the show.<\/p>\n

“As a rather reserved individual, I was surprised by the ability of Tosca<\/em> to leave me all at once breathless, heartsick, bemused, and hopeful — evoking a circuitous roller coaster of emotions that I’ve never experienced before from the performing arts. I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to share in this experience with my peers as a guest of President Brown, and now consider myself a fan of the opera,” said Sarah R. Olsen.<\/p>\n

Monmouth University’s Met: Live HD series is made possible due to a generous donation from Robert B. Sculthorpe ’63, chair of Monmouth University Board of Trustees. For more information, visit www.monmouth.edu\/arts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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