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After 26 years at ���سԹ�, innovative director Jonathon Field trades higher ed for Mister Ed.

“Candide is one of Leonard Bernstein's finer works. It’s a piece that transmits both hope and irony, and shows us the remarkable strength of the human spirit. It is a piece that is more of a musical than an opera, and it’s brought to life by our remarkable cast and production staff,” says director Jonathon Field.

Alice Tierney excavates the stories we tell about the past, and gives students a unique Winter Term opportunity to develop an opera from the ground up, as well as the opportunity to take the show on the road.

���سԹ� Opera Theater will present a double bill of operas not seen on ���سԹ� stages previously—Offenbach’s operetta Le mariage aux lanternes ("The Wedding by Lantern Light") and Rossini’s burletta L'occasione fa il ladro ("Opportunity Makes a Thief")—in Hall Auditorium November 10-13.

On Friday, September 30, two ���سԹ� Conservatory vocal performance students will travel to Howard University in Washington, D. C., to participate in the launch of , a new classical music

Opera coach Kyung-Eun Na helps bring “Il Matrimonio Segreto” to the stage.

More than 2,290 students explored projects and research opportunities outside of their normal course of study during Winter Term. In this wrap-up gallery we look back at some of the group projects students performed.

Cimarosa’s “Secret Marriage” influenced generations of Italian comedies that followed.

Soprano performer and educator arrives from the stage of Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Based on groundbreaking episode of the 1990s sitcom Ellen, ���سԹ� production to partner with professional opera company in spring.