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OPERA
The
Drury Opera Workshop provides a training ground for students to experience the world of opera. This includes the study of vocal development, stage craft,
acting and technical skills, culminating in an operatic
experience which is meaningful and lasting. Each year Drury Opera invites
students throughout the university to audition.
Through the years, the opera program has traveled to area universities and schools. The world premier of an opera based on the life of Missouris renowned artist, Thomas Hart Benton, was critically appraised and received. This production,
One Among the Hopeful Souls, was written and composed by Drury faculty and presented in the rotunda of the Missouri State Capitol Building and also in the Nelson Art Museum in Kansas City.
In 2000, the composer of The Face on the Barroom
Floor, Henry Mollicone, was on the Drury campus as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. This opera was performed by the opera workshop, and the production was entered into the
National Opera Association Competition. Drury Opera received the
1st Place Award at the National Convention in New York City.

Productions through the years have included: The
Impresario, Down in the Valley, The Lowland
Sea, Cavalleria Rusticana, Trial by Jury,
Hand of Bridge, Sweet Betsy from Pike, La
Serva Padrona, La Pizza con Funghi and Slow Dusk.
2009 Drury Opera Gilbert &
Sullivan Video Excerpts
Pirates Aria |
Pirates Chorus  |
*On Apple computers, these video files require Windows
Media Player for Mac.
2009 Drury Opera Scenes
Cast Photos
Gilbert &
Sullivan The Mikado
Gilbert &
Sullivan HMS Pinafore
Gilbert &
Sullivan The Pirates of Penzance
Previous Productions
2008 Drury Opera Scenes
2007 Drury Opera
2006 Drury Opera Scenes
Contact information:
E-mail Stephen
Bomgardner
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