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    Aberdeen Press and Journal
    June 22, 2004

    Wolves set to pounce on opera-loving prey


    A Colourful combination of opera, schoolgirls, wolves and a snake
    launched Aberdeen International Youth Festival yesterday. Lisa Beare,
    16, Anna Maxwell, 17, and Kay Ritchie, 17, launched the festival with
    a burst of song from The Magic Flute as they showed off some of the
    opera costumes.

    The Cults Academy pupils will join a cast from Canada, France,
    Belgium, Iceland and Germany, and work with Armenia's foremost youth
    orchestra, a conductor from Calgary, director from Paris and
    choreographer from London. With the help of Moira Hunter, their
    school's head of music, the teenagers are learning the roles, which
    require them to sing in German, in advance of rehearsals beginning on
    July 12.

    Festival chief executive Stephen Stenning said the cast and musicians
    would have only a few weeks to overcome language barriers and learn
    their roles before The Magic Flute is staged on August 9.

    Last year's youth festival opera, Carmen, a pay-what-you-can show,
    was a sell-out. Tickets are now on sale at Aberdeen Box Office for
    this year's opera and other festival events.

    It was revealed that Big Brother winner Cameron Stout is to host the
    festival's World Music Gala on August 7. It is a celebration of
    traditional Scottish and world music and is to be a key part of the
    city's Tartan Day celebrations.
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