College of Charleston Opera

CofC Opera promotes, educates, and entertains audiences at the College of Charleston. In the Spring term, a full mainstage production is presented.

College of Charleston Opera presents award-winning student singers in several theatrical productions throughout the year. In the Fall semester, evenings of operatic and musical theatre scenes are presented; these scenes help our singers grow in stagecraft experience. The CofC Opera students also create a Children's Opera based on popular operatic tunes. This performance is toured throughout local

Operating as usual

Photos from College of Charleston Opera's post 09/03/2024
08/26/2024

Have you been missing our wonderful singers and their beautiful singing? If the answer is yes, do we have great news for you! 🎉🎉

Senior vocal performance major, Lauren Funkhouser, is organizing a “welcome back” concert to take place on Friday, September 20th at 7pm in the Simons Recital Hall! The goal of this concert is to fundraise for CofC Opera so we hope to see many of you in attendance!! 🤩🤩

Photos from College of Charleston Opera's post 08/07/2024

🎵Announcing... Auditions for CofC Opera’s 2024 to 2025 Season!

🎵 All students are invited to audition for our scenes program Caught in the Act, our main stage production of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice and Giordano's Il Re, and our children's opera Goldi B. Locks and the Three Singing Bears.

🎵 Mark your calendar for auditions on Tuesday, September 3rd from 4 to 9 PM in the Sottile Theater. You will be asked to perform a song or aria in Italian. Information regarding sign-ups and more to come!
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Photos from College of Charleston Opera's post 06/21/2024

School’s out for the summer, but the opera grind never stops. Several of our students are attending summer programs to further their opera training by performing full roles, studying language and diction, participating in enriching masterclasses, and more! So where in the world is CofC Opera? Swipe to find out…

Photos from College of Charleston Opera's post 05/14/2024

Can we have a round of applause for our amazing award winners?👏👏

We are so proud of our wonderful students for their terrific behavior that culminated in receiving several awards at the School of the Arts Award Ceremony last Friday! Congratulations students!!👏👏

05/14/2024

The next concert in our piccolo spoleto young artist concert series is What’s Opera, Doc? 🎵

We are so excited to have our students featured in the all-opera concert! Be sure to come out to the Hill Gallery at noon on Tuesday, May 28th to hear some amazing operatic arias and scenes!🎼

Photos from College of Charleston Opera's post 05/12/2024

ConGRADulations (🥁) to our 2024 graduates!! We are so proud of everything they have accomplished and we wish them all the best in their future endeavors!! 🤍

05/11/2024

In just 16 days we are going to have our first concert in the Piccolo Spoleto Young Artist Concert Series: Isn’t it Romantic🌹

If you are a fan of the romantics this concert is for you! Featuring works of Chopin, Schubert, Fauré, and much more!🎼

Come see our talented students perform the works of celebrated romantic composers Monday, May 27th at noon in the Cato Center Hill Gallery!🌹

05/05/2024

Recital Announcement 🎼

Katie Matsui is our final senior recitalist this season!

Visit the First Baptist Church on Tuesday, May 7th at 7pm for a stunning recital of Purcell, Schumann, Debussy, and Weill!

Wish Katie toi, toi, toi this Tuesday!

Photos from College of Charleston Opera's post 05/03/2024

The CofC Music Department has an amazing concert series lined up for you this Piccolo Spoleto season!🎉

Join us at noon in the Hill Gallery of the Cato Fine Arts Center for these wonderful concerts featuring our talented CofC students!!🎼

Tickets go on sale May 14th at 10am!🎟

04/29/2024

Recital Announcement 🎼

Chloe Henderson, soprano, is our first senior recitalist in May...

Visit the Unitarian Church in Charleston on Thursday, May 2nd at 2pm for a wonderful recital of Donizetti, Schubert, Schumann, Debussy, and more!

Wish Chloe toi, toi, toi this Thursday!

04/29/2024

Recital Announcement 🎼

Logan Smith, bass-baritone, is our next senior recitalist this month...

Visit the Unitarian Church in Charleston on Tuesday, April 30th at 7pm for an amazing recital of Verdi, Barber, Schubert, Fauré, and Stradella!

Wish Logan toi, toi, toi tomorrow!

Photos from College of Charleston Opera's post 04/26/2024

The school year may be winding down, but we always have work to do at CofC Opera!!
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Last week we had an audition prep class for our students and we all had a blast!! Students were able to present an aria, as well as their resume and headshot for our “audition panel!”
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We are looking forward to more classes like this next school year!!
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04/23/2024

Recital Announcement 🎼

Justin Floyd is up next in our series of senior recitalists...

Visit First Baptist Church on Saturday, April 27th at 7pm for a stunning recital of Fauré, Korngold, Finzi, and Schumann!

Wish Justin toi, toi, toi this weekend!

Photos from College of Charleston Opera's post 04/22/2024

DROPPED: 2024-2025 Mainstage opera announcement‼️

It’s the moment we have all been waiting for… Last week, our directorial team revealed the choice for next year’s mainstage opera production. We will be performing two one-act operas in Italian:
- Gluck’s Orfeo ed Eurydice, a baroque interpretation of the Greek tragedy of Orpheus. 💀
- Giordano’s Il Re, a 20th-Century romantic comedy that takes place in a palace. 👑
We hope you are as excited as we are to put these shows on the stage‼️

Stay tuned for more details about next season!

Photos from Angel Oak Elementary's post 04/19/2024

Thank you Angel Oak Elementary!!

04/17/2024

Recital Announcement 🎼

Jonathan Gragg, tenor, is up next in our series of senior recitalists...

Visit St. Matthew's Lutheran Church on Thursday, April 18th at 7pm for a stunning recital of Bach, Fauré, Schubert, Beach, and Rossini!

Wish Jonathan toi, toi, toi this Thursday!

04/08/2024

Recital Announcement 🎼

Meleana Cabales, mezzo-soprano, is our next senior recitalist of the month...

Visit Trinity United Methodist Church on Sunday, April 14th at 3pm for a wonderful recital of M.A. Charpentier, Mahler, Rossini, and Copland!

Wish Meleana toi, toi, toi this weekend!

Photos from Porter-Gaud School's post 04/05/2024

Thank you for having us, Porter-Gaud School! So special for us to perform at Dr. C’s Alma Mater! 🌪️ 🎶 ♥️

04/01/2024

Recital Announcement 🎼

Molly O’Connor, soprano, kicks off our run of senior recitals throughout the next two months.

Visit Bethel United Methodist Church on Saturday, April 6th at 4pm for a wonderful recital of R. Schumann, Debussy, Copland, and more!

Wish Molly toi, toi, toi for this weekend!

03/31/2024

If you missed our performances of Die Fledermaus this February then you are in luck! Both nights of this wonderful production are available to watch on YouTube!🥂🥂

Follow the link in our bio and go watch Die Fledermaus now!🥂

📸: David Mandel

03/29/2024

We have had the most amazing two days learning so much from James Smidt, the world-renowned voice teacher and namesake of the iconic Haus of Shmizzay.

Several of our students were lucky to have one on one lessons with this absolute legend. Four of them sang in a masterclass this afternoon! A big thank you to James Smidt for coming to work with us!

Photos from Drayton Hall Music's post 03/22/2024

Thank you for hosting us, Drayton Hall Music! We love singing for yall!! 🐄 🫘 🌱 👓 🎶

Photos from College of Charleston Opera's post 03/15/2024

Today is our very first performance of our children’s opera this year: Jack and the Beanstalk!!🐮🐮

Enjoy some photos from our rehearsal yesterday as we get ready for our performance at Bethel United Methodist Church later today!! 🌱🌱

Photos from College of Charleston Opera's post 03/09/2024

Double post for International Women’s Day! We couldn’t do what we do without our fearless Directors Dr. D and Dr. C and our wonderful pianist Dr. Barker! We are celebrating you awesome women today and every day! xoxo CofC Opera

03/08/2024

We had a great time today at NATS!!

We had many qualifiers for the national semifinals and a few winners who sang in the honors recital this afternoon! Go cougs!! 🎼🎉

Photos from College of Charleston Opera's post 03/07/2024

It may be spring break, but the grind never stops 💯

Some of our students and faculty are on their way to Mid Atlantic Regional NATS at Furman University. Wish them all the toi toi toi’s!!🎊

Photos from College of Charleston Opera's post 03/06/2024

Getting ready for our next operatic adventure: Children’s Opera!! 🎉🎉

This year we are presenting the story of Jack and the Beanstalk with music by Gilbert and Sullivan!! 🌱🌱

Our first performance of this amazing show is at Bethel United Methodist Church, but if you want to book us for your school - contact information is in this post!!🐮🐮

Photos from College of Charleston Opera's post 02/24/2024

More snaps of tonight's cast to celebrate opening night for Die Fledermaus 🍾 We're shining our glasses, fluffing our wigs, and getting ready to welcome you as our guests!

Secure your tickets now and don't be late to the party!

Saturday, February 24th
Sunday, February 25th
College of Charleston Sottile Theatre

🔗 Tickets available through the link in our bio.

Photos from College of Charleston Opera's post 02/23/2024

Some action shots from the wings 📸 See these performers and more THIS weekend in Die Fledermaus!

Saturday, February 24th
Sunday, February 25th
College of Charleston Sottile Theatre

Photos: .hendy

🔗 Tickets available through the link in our bio.

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