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UNL opera students bring 'La Bohème' to rural Nebraska stages

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For but a moment, two rural Nebraska towns will turn into Paris' Latin Quarter during the 1830s when opera performers with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln hit the road this month.

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William Shomos, director of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's opera program

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Tianning Ma (left) as Rodolfo and Molly Wanless rehearse “La Bohème” in Westbrook Music Building for OLLI members on Jan. 21.

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Mary Ann Losh, vice president of the Friend Historical Society, (left) and Pam Hromadka, the group's secretary, sit beneath a window in the Warren Building salvaged from the original Baptist Church in Friend. They hope the window will one day grace the entrance to a renovated opera house on the second floor.

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The Warren Opera House, with its curved balcony, is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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The San Carlo on the ground floor of the Warren Building provides an event space in Friend. Above it is the opera house members of the Friend Historical Society are working to renovate. The room will be the site of a UNL student opera performance on Sunday. 

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Pam Hromadka, a member of the Friend Historical Society, with a grand piano in the San Carlo Room of the Warren Building in Friend. UNL opera students will be putting on a production of "La Bohème," an Italian opera, in the room on Sunday.

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UNL Opera, 2.18

Pam Hromadka, a member of the Friend Historical Society, with a grand piano in the San Carlo Room of the Warren Building in Friend. UNL opera students will be putting on a production of "La Bohème," an Italian opera, in the room on Sunday.

The San Carlo on the ground floor of the Warren Building provides an event space in Friend. Above it is the opera house members of the Friend Historical Society are working to renovate. The room will be the site of a UNL student opera performance on Sunday. 

Mary Ann Losh, vice president of the Friend Historical Society, (left) and Pam Hromadka, the group's secretary, sit beneath a window in the Warren Building salvaged from the original Baptist Church in Friend. They hope the window will one day grace the entrance to a renovated opera house on the second floor.

The Warren Opera House, with its curved balcony, is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Tianning Ma (left) as Rodolfo and Molly Wanless rehearse “La Bohème” in Westbrook Music Building for OLLI members on Jan. 21.

William Shomos, director of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's opera program

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