Peeking out from beneath a prop

By POLINA YAMSHCHIKOV

April 15, 2009 | 12:00 p.m. CDT

Clare Huck peers out from underneath a serpent prop as she rehearses in her role as first spirit in "The Magic Flute" inside McKee Gymnasium on April 8. In the opera, the serpent makes a near-deadly attempt on Prince Tamino's life.

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