UA Opera Theatre
Paul Houghtaling, Director
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Opera at Alabama is exciting! Our training program includes musical theatre as well as opera styles ranging from the Baroque to the 21st century. We do Verdi and Sondheim, Monteverdi and Cole Porter, Mozart and Bernstein, side by side. We study the art of the singer-actor, applying skills to the rehearsal process to bring music and theater to life on the stage. Join us in the never-ending pursuit of our craft, and start your career at the University of Alabama!
We offer a comprehensive opera and musical theatre training program encompassing:
- Split-level opera workshop, with classes appropriate to all experience levels
- Individual attention and personalized career guidance
- Aria/song audition class
- Improvisation, dance, movement, stage combat classes
- Stage makeup classes
- Technical theatre experience
- Scenes, one-acts, and full productions
- Visiting artists and instructors including managers, agents, conductors
- 2007-08 visiting artist/instructors included:
- Martha Wade, Wade Artist Management, New York
- Victoria DaCosta, Ballroom/Latin Dance
- John Virciglio, Hip-Hop Dance
- Darren Michael Cabot, Stage Combat
Click here for photos of classes in action!
2007-08 UA opera theatre season included:
Upcoming productions include:
- Suns, Moons, and Stars: Celestial Music for the Stage - November 2008
- Pagliacci by Leoncavallo (sung in Italian, with English supertitles) - March 2009
- “Second Stage” Series, An Informal Evening of Musical Theatre scenes and readings - April 2009
Other recent full productions include:
- La Bohème
- The Magic Flute
- Amahl and the Night Visitors
- The Crucible
- The Tragedy of Carmen
- Cosi fan tutte
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