DePaul Voice & Opera

Here are some pictures from our production of Nico Muhly‘s DARK SISTERS. Join us this weekend! Ticket info in Comments.

Opera Coordinator: Nicolas Hutchinson
Direction: Amy Hutchison
Conductor: Sir Emanuelle Andrizzi
Scenery: Eleanor Kahn
Projections: Hillary Leben
Lighting: Christine Binder
Costumes: Rachel Lambert
Photo: Doug McGoldrick 📷

Join us TONIGHT for our final Opera of the 23/24 production!

Take a sneak peek behind the scenes of DePaul Opera Theater's production of Nico Muhly's DARK SISTERS.
Direction: Amy Hutchison
Conductor: Sir Emanuelle Andrizzi

Ticket info in the comments.

DARK SISTERS - A discussion with members of the cast. Take a sneak peek behind the scenes of DePaul Opera Theater's production of Nico Muhly's DARK SISTERS. Direction: Amy HutchisonConductor: Sir Emanuelle Andri...

Take a sneak peek behind the scenes of DePaul Opera Theater's production of Nico Muhly's DARK SISTERS.
Direction: Amy Hutchison
Conductor: Sir Emanuelle Andrizzi

Ticket info in the comments.

DARK SISTERS - A discussion with Conductor, Sir Emanuelle Andrizzi. Take a sneak peek behind the scenes of DePaul Opera Theater's production of Nico Muhly's DARK SISTERS. Direction: Amy HutchisonConductor: Sir Emanuelle Andri...

Take a sneak peek behind the scenes of DePaul Opera Theater's production of Nico Muhly's DARK SISTERS.
Direction: Amy Hutchison
Conductor: Sir Emanuelle Andrizzi

Ticket info in Comments.

DARK SISTERS - A discussion with Director Amy Hutchison Take a sneak peek behind the scenes of DePaul Opera Theater's production of Nico Muhly's DARK SISTERS. Direction: Amy HutchisonConductor: Sir Emanuelle Andri...

Congrats to both Sadie and Cristina on their recents wins!

This last weekend, our students made an incredible showing at the Chicago National Association of Teachers of Singing Auditions! Congratulations to all our participants.

Lower college MT treble voice
1st place - Sara Faunce

Lower college Classical treble voice 2nd place - Clara Pancake

Lower college Classical TBB voice 2nd place - Elliot Kovitz

Upper college Classical treble voice 1st place - Grace Ryan
2nd place - Danae Baroja
3rd place - Meghan Krueger

Upper college Classical TBB voice 1st place - Alan Królikowski
2nd place - Dominic Reyes
3rd place - Tyler Whitney

Advanced Classical treble voice
1st place - Alexandra Burch
2nd place - Cameron Kidd
3rd place - Aunika Bull

BIPOC composer
1st place - Cameron Kidd

Women composer
1st place - Meghan Krueger
2nd place - Grace Ryan
3rd place - Aunika Bull

We are very proud and excited for our singers Grace and Cristina who did so well this weekend at the Opera Grand Rapids VanderLaan Prize competition!

Join Us for the LIVESTREAM of the Opera Tonight, March 15th at 7:30pm CST! You can find the link in the comments section.

It's Opening Night here at DePaul Voice & Opera! Here's a final look at rehearsals.

Street Scene - From Tech Rehearsals to Final Dress Take a sneak peek behind the scenes of DePaul Opera Theater's production of Street Scene by Kurt WeillDirection: George CederquistConductor: Catherine O'Shau...

All performances are sold out! You can still enjoy the live stream on Friday, March 15 at 7:30 PM CST. Link in comments

We are very excited for and proud of our own Jake Hanes and Elliot Kovitz for being selected to join the company at the Seagle Festival this summer!

Introducing the 2024 Seagle Festival Emerging Artists.

First Row - left to right
Ashley Baylor, soprano
*Serafina Belletini, mezzo-soprano
*Daniel Boyd, bass-baritone
*Keaton Brown, baritone
Scott Hetz Clark, baritone
Jared Cohen, tenor

Second Row - left to right
*Chase Côté, baritone
Luke Dailey, baritone
Rick Hale, baritone
*Jacob Hanes, baritone
Cole Harvey, tenor
Olivia Heaner, soprano

Third Row - left to right
* Francesca Herrera, soprano
Claire Iverson, soprano
Julia Janowski, mezzo-soprano
Will Jordan, tenor

Fourth Row - left to right
Isaac Kovitz, bass-baritone
Collin LaHood, tenor
*Renee Macdonald, soprano
*Xander McRae, bass-baritone

Fifth Row - left to right
Kanade Motomura, mezzo-
Emily O'Connor, soprano
Andrew Peterson, tenor
*Nicole Plummer, mezzo-soprano
*Hannah Reich, mezzo-soprano
Beautiful Sheriff, soprano

Sixth Row - left to right
Benjamin South, tenor
*Thomas Swerczek, tenor
Georgia Thomas, soprano
Maiya Williams, mezzo-soprano
*Lucila Zavala, soprano

*indicates a returning artist

Find out more about these 31 talented singers at the following link: https://seaglefestival.org/2024-artists/

Take a sneak peek behind the scenes of DePaul Opera Theater's production of Street Scene by Kurt Weill!

Direction: George Cederquist
Conductor: Catherine O'Shaughnessy

Ticket Link in Comments.

Street Scene - Staging Take a sneak peek behind the scenes of DePaul Opera Theater's production of Street Scene by Kurt WeillDirection: George CederquistConductor: Catherine O'Shau...

! ALUMNI ALERT ! We are very proud to see our own Georgiana Adams take the top prize at the Western Regionals of the The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition! Brava!

Congrats to Sadie for such an honor!!

!!ALUMNI ALERT!!

Our own Jade Dashá is performing with Thompson Street Opera Company this month. Please support local Opera and of course our talented Alumni! Brava Jade Dashá!

Rehearsals are in full swing for our Winter opera STREET SCENE by Kurt Weill. Take a peek behind the scenes as we prepare for our Performances on March 13, 15 & 17. Ticket info in the comments section!

Street Scene - Music Preparation Take a sneak peek behind the scenes of DePaul Opera Theater's production of Street Scene by Kurt WeillDirection: George CederquistConductor: Catherine O'Shau...

So excited for our amazing alumni involved with Sarasota Opera’s season!
Bravi Lauryn Nelson, Marlina Karimi - Soprano & Errol Shaw!

DPV&O Alumni Alexandra Lewis recently made her professional Swiss debut with Stadttheater Bern in their production of Janáček's Jenůfa as Barena. Alexandra is a member of the Swiss Opera Studio at the Bern University of the Arts. Here she completes her Master of Performance specializing in opera.

Congrats Alexandra!!

Join us for a wonderful afternoon of song featuring DePaul University Voice students in this special concert!

Register for FREE tickets by clicking on the link in the comments.

We are sending big congrats to our DPV&O student Sadie Cheslak, who competed as the Central Region winner in the NATS Artist Awards last weekend. Sadie was awarded the Herald Stark Prize 4th place overall, as well as the James Browning and Dorothy Kirsten Award for Most Promising Voice of the competition.

An archive of the Live Stream of the competition is available in the comments.

Congrats to our own Jake Hanes for winning an encouragment award at The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in Tulsa, OK this past weekend!

Congrats to all that participated!