Friday Harbor resident Corinne Stevens, opera singer and lyric mezzo-soprano, is holding a concert to raise funds for attendance at the Franco American Vocal Academy in Pèrigord, France this summer.

“Lucia’s First Love” will be held on March 15 at 2:00 p.m. at the Gubelman Room in the San Juan Community Theater. Pianist Sarah Willson from Skagit Opera will accompany Stevens. The evening will follow a young woman’s first love from introduction and infatuation to conflicts and betrayal. The story will be told through the world’s most beautiful music, featuring German lieder from Schumann and Schubert, Italian arias from Puccini and Mozart, English art song from Vaughan Williams and Britten and more.

How does the story end? Four endings, ranging from “death by betrayal” to “forgiveness and happiness” will be auctioned off during intermission and the lucky audience member who wins will decide the evening’s encore song and the story’s ending. Admission is $20; tickets sold at the door. For reservations, call (360) 621-4662.

All donations to benefit tuition and travel expenses to the Franco American Vocal Academy (total costs: $14,000) are fully tax-deductible, thanks to fiscal sponsorship from the arts advocacy organization Fractured Atlas, a 501(c)3 corporation. Contributions can be made by credit card online through Fractured Atlas (visit www.corinnestevens.com and click Sponsorship for details) or by check made payable to Fractured Atlas and mailed to Corinne Stevens, PO Box 1915, Friday Harbor WA 98250.

Donations of $75 or more will receive the CD Corinne Stevens Sings the San Juans, a compilation of Stevens’s live performances from the San Juan Islands over the last two years.