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.
2023-24 Performances
Opera performance listings and ticket purchase info can be found on the Opera at Western webpage.
Performance Excerpts
Suor Angelica: Angelica/Principessa Duet
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano
La Principessa: Camila Montefusco, mezzo-soprano
Angelica: Nicole Katersburg, soprano
2020-21
Suor Angelica: Finale
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano
Angelica: Hannah Nickel, soprano
2020-21
Gianni Schicchi: Women's Trio
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano
Nella: Angela Gjurichanin, soprano
Ciesca: Francesca Alexander: mezzo-soprano
Zita: Leah Arvidsson, mezzo-soprano
Schicchi: Professor Theodore Baerg, baritone
2020-21
Gianni Schicchi: Quartet, O Mio Babbino Caro
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano
Lauretta: Emma Battel, soprano
Schicchi: Professor Theodore Baerg, baritone
Rinuccio: James Smith, tenor
Zita: Leah Arvidsson, mezzo-soprano
2020-21
Così fan tutte excerpt
Music by W.A. Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Fiordiligi: Adriana Orozco-Burbano
Dorabella: Joelle Kontos
Despina: Yanxue Hu
Ferrando: Matthew Bermudez
Guglielmo: Christopher Pitre-McBride
Don Alfonso: Max Arvidsson
2020-21
The Secret Gardener ( La Finta Giardiniera)
Music by W.A. Mozart
Libretto by Giuseppe Petrosellini
2019-20
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