Opera Music International to present "Tosca" February 5 at Stevens

The Opera Music Theatre International (OMTI) will present "Tosca," Feb. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kenneth W. and Grace E. DeBaun Auditorium of Stevens Institute of Technology.

The public is invited to a seminar and meeting with the principals prior to the performance. Tickets are available at $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and $10 for students. Stevens faculty and staff may purchase a ticket for $10 and students for $5. For further information on the performance and ticket reservations, please contact the DeBaun Auditorium via email at debaun@stevens.edu, or call 201-216-8960.

Jerome Hines, a Metropolitan Opera singer, founded OTMI in 1987 as a bridge between the conservatory/university and the professional stage for singers. He plans to meet with Stevens students that same day at 1:45 p.m. All members of the Stevens campus community are invited to attend this session.

OMTI is currently performing in major opera houses in 25 countries and throughout the world.

WHO: Opera Music Theatre International

WHAT: Performance of "Tosca"

WHEN: Feb. 5, 19997:30 p.m.

WHERE: Stevens Institute of Technology, DeBaun Auditorium
Fifth Street, between River and Hudson Streets
Hoboken, NJ (Minutes north of the Hoboken PATH station and across the Hudson River from midtown Manhattan)

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Based in Hoboken, N.J. and with a location in Washington, D.C., Stevens offers baccalaureate, master’s, certificates and doctoral degrees in engineering, the sciences and management, in addition to baccalaureate degrees in business and liberal arts.  Stevens has been recognized by both the US Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Excellence in the areas of systems engineering and port security research. The University has a total enrollment of more than 2,200 undergraduate and 3,700 graduate students with almost 450 faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America as well as strategic partnerships with industry leaders, governments and other universities around the world.  Additional information may be obtained at www.stevens.edu and www.stevens.edu/press.