Opera at Nebraska Wesleyan University

Operatic performing opportunities have been offered at Nebraska Wesleyan University for over 25 years. Fully staged and costumed operas, with orchestra, are performed every spring. All performing opportunities at Nebraska Wesleyan, including operas and opera scenes, are available to any student. Directors of opera productions and scenes at Nebraska Wesleyan have included Henry Blanke, Jana Holzmeier, Jack Parkhurst, Dawn Pawlewski Krogh, Gregg Tallman, and William Wyman. Listed below are full productions performed at Nebraska Wesleyan since 1996.

2010 - Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck)
2009 - Opera Gala: "Springtime Serenade: An Evening of Opera's Greatest Hits"
2008 - Die Fledermaus (Strauss)
2007 - A Streetcar Named Desire (Previn)––collegiate premiere
2006 - The Impresario (Mozart) and La Canterina (Haydn)
2005 - Sound of Music (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
2004 - The Little Sweep (Britten)
2003 - The Beggar’s Opera (Gay)
2002 - Gallantry (Moore) and Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
2000 - The Consul (Menotti)
1999 - Ruddigore (Gilbert & Sullivan)
1998 - I Quattro Rusteghi (Wolf-Ferrari)
1996 - Happy End (Weill)
1997 - She Loves Me (Bock)

The spring production is Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel. The production is directed by Dawn Pawlewski Krogh with music direction by William Wyman. The performance will take place on Friday March 26 and Saturday, March 27, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., in O'Donnell Auditorium, housed in the Rogers Center for Fine Arts (50th and Huntington Streets). Tickets are $10 at the door; $5 for students and seniors. For more information, please call the Department of Music, 402.465.2269.