College of Music College of Music 
Undergraduate and graduate students at the College of Music present several major productions each year in the Eklund Opera Program. These include fully staged and costumed operas and musicals. Other performance opportunities for students include an annual student-directed opera scenes program as well as CU NOW, which showcases modern American operas, and the Opera Theater Singers, an outreach program which takes graduate students to area schools and other venues.
Patrick Mason
Chair, Voice and Opera
Leigh Holman
Director, Eklund Opera Program
Resident Stage Director
Nicholas Carthy
Opera Music Director
Mutsumi Moteki
Head Voice Coach
Jeremy Reger
Voice Coach
Ron Mueller
Technical Director
Tom Robbins
Costume Designer
"The Merry Widow" By Franz Lehár
Oct. 27-29, 2017
Vienna's definitive romantic operetta uses laugh-out-loud comedy and lavish costumes to concoct the perfect musical confection. At a gala reception in Paris, an ambassador plans to save his poverty-stricken kingdom by sending one of his noblemen to court the fabulously wealthy Hanna Glawari.
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"Sweeney Todd" By Stephen Sondheim
Mar. 16-18, 2017
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street pays a visit to CU Boulder for the first time ever! Stephen Sondheim's wildly popular musical transports audiences to Victorian London, where a long-exiled haircutter and a struggling baker conspire for revenge...and delicious meat pies.
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"Ariodante" By George Handel
Apr. 26-28, 2017
The king’s daughter is happily betrothed to a prince—until another man forges a plan to tear them apart for his own benefit. Handel’s searing, emotional tale of obsession and betrayal comes to life on the intimate Music Theatre stage.
