Opera

The Fort Hays State University Opera Theater, under the direction of Joseph Perniciaro, presents one full main stage opera production each year. This production brings together cast and orchestra in a stage production designed and constructed by Bruce Bardwell and the FHSU Theater Department. The opera theater also presents a representative opera scene during the Department of Music’s annual Gala Concert.

Past productions have included The Pirates of Penzance, The Magic Flute, and L'enfant et les Sortilèges.

During the 2005-2006 academic year, the FHSU Opera Theater presented a new production Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and a scene from Act I of Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Medium on the department of music’s “All American Gala Concert”.

The mission of the FHSU Opera Theater is to cultivate and develop an audience for opera in Western Kansas.

The mission of the FHSU Opera Workshop is to give students the skills to be successful stage performers and to take those skills into their careers whether they are in performance or education.

Photos from Dido and Aeneas - Jan. 2006 and The Medium - Feb. 2006

More photos from Dido and Aeneas and The Medium

Video Clips:

Medium #1 | Medium #2 | Medium #3

Dido & Aeneas #1 | Dido & Aeneas #2 | Dido & Aeneas #3 | Dido & Aeneas #4

Musical Theater

The Department of Music collaborates every fall with the Department of Communications Studies to produce a musical theater production.