The UALR Music Department presents Puccini Paradiso, featuring tenor Dominick Rodriguez on Friday, Feb. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall. Rodriguez studied at the University of Minnesota and is gaining attention as an international opera star. Other performers include former Metropolitan Opera baritone Edward Crafts and former Chicago Lyric Opera soprano Susan Belcher, both of whom are on the faculty at UALR.

The UALR Concert Choir, directed by assistant professor of music Bevan Keating, and members of the voice and piano faculties will accompany the performers. The concert will include excerpts from popular Puccini operas including La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Turandot and Manon Lescaut.

The concert will benefit UALR’s Opera Theatre. Tickets are $75, including a champagne reception following the concert. Funds raised will benefit the Opera Theatre production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, to be performed in April. For tickets or for more information, call the Music Department Box Office at 501-569-8993.