POTSDAM -- SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music will present the U.S. premiere performances of two one-act operas: Gaetano Donizetti's "Teresa e Gianfaldoni" and Jacques Offenbach's "La Leçon de Chant Électromagnétique."

The operas will be presented in the Sara M. Snell Music Theater Thursday, Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.

Donizetti's bel canto jewel, "Teresa e Gianfaldoni" is based on a true tragedy similar to "Romeo and Juliet." Soprano Samantha Stinson will play the role of Teresa di S. Clair, alongside Crane voice faculty member Donald George, tenor, as Giuseppe Gianfaldoni.

Offenbach's spoof "La Leçon de Chant Électromagnétique" ("The Electromagnetic Singing Lesson") depicts a slightly mad Italian professor, who invents a machine that instantly creates the perfect singer. The part of Professor Pacifico Toccato will be played by Crane voice faculty member Jonathan Stinson, baritone, alongside George as Jean Marais.

Both one-act operas were reconstructed by Crane School of Music student Daniel Mertzlufft from a manuscript and a nineteenth century publication, translating the works for modern notation and orchestration. SUNY Potsdam international student Veronica Lavia translated the operas from their original Italian and French into English.

The concert will be broadcast live at the performance time at www.potsdam.edu/academics/Crane/streaming.