Opera Workshop

Opera Workshop

Each semester, Wingate University students have the chance to showcase their performance skills in a staged production. The opera program provides students with the chance to sing major roles as they learn the fundamentals: From movement and vocal technique, to how to prepare for a role and handle multiple languages. While auditions are required, Opera Workshop is open to all Wingate University students, including incoming freshmen. Auditions are held in late spring.

A fully staged production with an orchestra takes place in the fall, while a fully staged group of scenes is the spring offering. Past productions include:

• Hansel and Gretel, Engelbert Humperdinck (2008/2016/2023)
• Die Fledermaus, Johann Strauss (2009)
• Orpheus in the Underworld, Jacques Offenbach (2010)
• La Cenerentola, Gioacchino Rossini (2011)
• The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert and Sullivan (2012)
• Regrets Only (2013)
• The Tender Land, Aaron Copland (2014)
• H.M.S. Pinafore, Gilbert and Sullivan (2015)
• The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart (2017)
• Urban Legend, David Brooks (2018)
• Oberon, Weber (2020)
• Behold the Man, Paul Fowler (2021)
• Cendrillon, Pauline Viardot (2024)
• Don Giovanni, W.A. Mozart (2025)

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Program Contact

Dr. Jennifer Hough
(704) 233-8306
j.hough@wingate.edu