Vought Covers All Gender Bases in New One-Person Show

Date: 10/30/06
Contact: Marc Lebovitz

Soprano Michelle Vought will premiere her new one-person show, "Madame Monsieur," - inspired by "Victor/Victoria" - at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13, in the historic Normal Theatre. Admission is free and open to the public.

Vought is an associate professor in the School of Music at Illinois State University who has a reputation for presenting innovative and imaginative concert programming. In "Madame Monsieur" she will perform the first half of the concert as Madame Diva, a woman singing female repertoire from musical theatre and opera. After intermission, she will return to the stage dressed as a man, Monsieur Divo, to sing tenor arias and to play the rogue singing male repertoire.

Recently returned from performing the new show at a festival in Massachusetts, Vought will include Puccini's "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi; Bizet's "Habanera" from Carmen; and standards "My Romance," "Someone to Watch Over Me" and "Over the Rainbow" while performing as Madame Diva. As Monsieur Divo she will sing "There's Nothin' Like a Dame," "O sole mio," "Luck Be a Lady," Puccini's "E lucevan le stelle" from Tosca and "Nessun dorma" from Puccini's Turandot.

More information on "Madame Monsieur" is available at Vought's Web site at www.michellevought.com