CORVALLIS — The Linn-Benton Opera Guild will preview the opera “Cinderella,” by Gioachino Rossini, at 8 p.m. Oct. 30 on the Oregon State University campus, 303 Benton Hall.

OSU music professor Angela Carlson will tell the story of the opera and play recorded excerpts from the score. Admission is free to Linn-Benton Opera Guild members, and students of Linn-Benton Community College and OSU. Cost for the general public is $4.

Performance dates will be Nov. 2, 4, 8 and 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Keller Auditorium, 222 S.W. Clay, Portland. The opera will be sung in Italian with projected English translations.

LBCC and the opera guild will host a bus ride to the closing performance on Saturday, Nov. 10, for those interested. Round-trip tickets are $22 per person. Cost for opera tickets is not included, and seating reservations are required.

The bus will leave LBCC’s Benton Center parking lot at 757 N.W. Polk Ave. in Corvallis at 4:30 p.m., arrive at Key Bank at Third and Ellsworth in Albany at 4:55 p.m., then the Super 8 Motel at 1288 Hawthorne Ave. in Salem at 5:30 p.m. The bus will return immediately following the performance.

Tickets to Cinderella must be purchased in advance through the Portland Opera Box Office, (503) 241-1802 or toll-free at (866) 739-6737. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Or visit the Portland Opera website at www.portlandopera.org.

For more information about the Linn-Benton Opera Guild or to make bus reservations, call Betty Miner, coordinator, at 757-8949.

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