Marciem Bazell, Director of Opera
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Voice Faculty |
Coaching Staff |
Conductors |
Young Artists |
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Vinson Cole |
Marciem Bazell (diction) |
Robert Olson |
Sarah Burke*
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Anne DeLaunay |
John Mueter |
Christopher Kelts |
Jennifer Forte* |
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Raymond Feener |
Natalia Rivera |
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Regina Grimaldi+ |
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Gustavo Halley |
Richard Williams
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Jeremy Mims (chorusmaster)
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Andrew Harris*+
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Dale Morehouse
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Benjamin Hilgert*+
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Rebecca Sherburn
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Jonathan Stinson*+
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Aidan Soder
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+ 2007 – 2008 season
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* 2008 – 2009 season
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The opera program at UMKC aims to provide the skills necessary to students to have
a successful and fruitful career in the opera industry. These skills include vital
instruction in acting, period movement, dance, stage combat, stage make-up, technical
stage, and knowledge of diverse musical styles. It is also our mission to provide
professional-level performance experience as dictated by the level and ability of
the student. To that end, every year we mount two fully-produced mainstage operas
and three evenings of one-act operas for younger students.
Singers from our program have gone on to sing at the Metropolitan Opera, the Bayreuth
Festival, San Francisco Opera, the Chicago Lyric Opera and many other fine companies.
We work closely with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and offer a Young Artist Program
in association with the Lyric (www.kcopera.org).
Four outstanding singers with career potential are selected for a two-year apprenticeship,
by process of audition. The Young Artists do graduate-level work in Vocal Performance
at UMKC and participate in both the Conservatory opera program and the Lyric Opera’s
regular season. Performance opportunities at the Lyric range from chorus work to
comprimario roles and covering principal roles, depending on the needs of the company
and the skills of the singers. They also have the opportunity to perform principal
roles with the UMKC opera program. More information can be found here:
Apprentice Program.
Contact Lee Fowler for more
Audition Information.
Auditions for the UMKC Opera season are held in late August. Two opera arias are
required. Art songs are also acceptable for less experienced students who may not
have operatic arias in their repertoire.
Our 2007-2008 Season:
La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini (November 15 – 18, 2007)
Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini (February 21
– 24, 2008)
Recent productions include:
The Pirates of Penzance
Guilio Cesare
Manon
Così fan tutte
The Crucible
Die Zauberflöte
Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria
Dialogues of the Carmelites
Dido and Aeneas
Don Giovanni
The Mikado
Le nozze di Figaro
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