Ensembles: Opera

Each season, MSU Opera Theatre presents two fully staged and costumed productions accompanied by a College of Music orchestral ensemble as well as chamber operas and special events, featuring faculty and students from the vocal arts area. This year's productions include: Cinderella and Candide.

Read an article that explains a little about opera and Don Giovanni, an opera performed by the MSU Opera Theatre in 2006, titled, Opera: Better than Primetime.

Check out our blogs that give an insider’s view of opera productions:

  Candide blog *Updated: 03/30/08*

  Florencia en el Amazonas blog

2008-09 Opera Theatre Productions

Fall Semester: The Marriage of Figaro
Location: Fairchild Theatre

Fri., Nov. 21, 8 p.m.      Sat., Nov. 22, 8 p.m.      Sun., Nov. 23, 3 p.m.

MSU Opera Theatre and Chamber Orchestra
Raphael Jimenez, conductor; Melanie Helton, stage director

Description: Mozart's comic masterpiece with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based upon the French classic play by Beaumarchais. Sung in Italian with English surtitles.

Spring semester: Gianni Schicchi and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Location: MSU Concert Auditorium

Fri., Mar. 27, 8 p.m.      Sat., Mar. 28, 8 p.m.      Sun., Mar. 29, 3 p.m.

MSU Opera Theatre and Symphony Orchestra
Raphael Jimenez, conductor, Melanie Helton, stage director

Description: Two operas for the price of one: Puccini's comic romp Gianni Schicchi, based upon a single line from Dante's Inferno, and the world premiere of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, music by William Withem, libretto by Melanie Helton, based upon Washington Irving's story of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman.

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A preview lecture will be held 45 minutes before each performance. Reserved seating only.

Special admission charges: $18, $16 for senior citizens, and $8 for students and those under age 18. Tickets available from Wharton Center Box Office only, (517) 432-2000, (800) WHARTON.

Recent Opera Productions:

Cinderella (La Centerentola) -The MSU Opera Theatre and Chamber Orchestra presented Gioacchino Rossini's Cinderella in Fall 2007...

Florencia en el Amazonas - The MSU Opera Theatre and Symphony Orchestra presented Florencia en el Amazonas by Daniel Catán in Spring 2007...

Don Giovanni - The  MSU Opera Theatre and Chamber Orchestra presented Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni in Fall 2006...

Previous Opera Productions:

Tales of Hoffmann - The MSU Opera Theatre and Symphony Orchestra presented Jacques Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann Friday, March 31 – April 2 in the MSU Concert Auditorium. ...

The Rake's Progress - The MSU College of Music Opera Theatre and Chamber Orchestra presented Igor Stravinsky’s rarely performed 20th-century masterpiece The Rake’s Progress in Spring 2005...

La Bohème - The MSU Opera Theatre and the MSU Symphony Orchestra presented Giacomo Puccini’s classic masterpiece, La Bohème at MSU’s Fairchild Theatre March 26 – 28, 2004...
Nine - The MSU Opera Theatre and Philharmonic Orchestra presented Maury Yeston's and Arthur Kopit's sexy, brash Broadway musical Nine on campus in Fall 2003...
Cosi Fan Tutte - The MSU Opera Theatre and Chamber Orchestra presented Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Così Fan Tutte at Fairchild Theatre March 21-23...
Orpheus in the Underworld - The MSU College of Music’s Opera Theatre presented three performances of Jacques Offenbach’s 1858 operetta Orpheus In the Underworld...
The Secret Marriage - The Michigan State University College of Music’s Opera Theatre presented three performances of the 1792 opera, The Secret Marriage on November 16, 17 and 18, 2001 at the MSU Music Building Auditorium...
The Marriage of Figaro - The Michigan State University College of Music presented Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s popular comic opera Marriage of Figaro...

Links:

Vocal Arts program at the College of Music
MSU Opera Theatre performances for the 2004-05 season
MSU Opera Society inaugurated in 2003