Our Trudy Opera Project
Ad Astra has commissioned an opera about the life of Trudy Furney to be performed at Prariesta 2021.
Trudy was a highly respected art teacher at Russell High School and pillar of the Russell artist community until her death in 1991. The bizarre final years of Trudy’s remarkable life made national news and speak to the lengths Trudy was willing to go to for her family and her craft. This opera seeks to memorialize Trudy and the remarkable impact she had on the Russell community and Kansas at large.
The total cost of Premiering the Opera is over $100,000.
the support of Russellites and our greater western kansas community is crucial to our success.
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