Opera
Program Director
Music Director
Auditions
Audition required. Open to all Western University students.
Instrumentalists are placed into the appropriate ensemble after their audition.
Please note that Opera does not fulfil the Large Ensemble Requirement for Undergraduate Music Programs; a separate course credit is offered.
Complete Audition Information for Singers
Complete Audition Information for Instrumentalists
Rehearsals
Mondays
5:30 – 9:00pm
Complete Rehearsal Information
Quick Links
Western's Opera program has enjoyed a colourful and successful history. It has been major part of the growth of the vocal program at the Don Wright Faculty of Music and was the first university program in North America to make use of computer-generated supertitles to project translations for productions in a foreign language.
Each year, the opera program typically performs two full productions with orchestra plus an opera gala event in Paul Davenport Theatre. Complete information about upcoming and past performances (including photos) can be found on our Opera at Western webpage.
2024-25 Performances
Opera performance listings and ticket purchase info can be found on the Opera at Western webpage.
Performance Excerpts
Falstaff | March 2023
Act 1 (excerpt), full cast
Music by G. Verdi
Director: Timothy Nelson
Conductor: Simone Luti
Falstaff | March 2023
Final Scene, cast and chorus
Music by G. Verdi
Director: Timothy Nelson
Conductor: Simone Luti
La Finta Giardiniera | November 2019
Gazebo Scene
Music by W.A. Mozart
Director: Theodore Baerg
Conductor: Simone Luti
La Finta Giardiniera | November 2019
Forest Scene
Music by W.A. Mozart
Director: Theodore Baerg
Conductor: Simone Luti
La Finta Giardiniera | November 2019
Final Scene
Music by W.A. Mozart
Director: Theodore Baerg
Conductor: Simone Luti
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