UMKC Opera at the Conservatory

09/28/2022

UMKC students at LOKC’s Student Dress Rehearsal of CARMEN. 2 views. (See? We have range in acting! 😄) Thanks Lyric Opera of Kansas City! Bravi!

06/11/2022

💥🚨Audition Alert 💥🚨

"2022 Season

Audition Information
Currently accepting auditions for all roles and applications for all internships.

Internships available: pianist-coach, stage directing & production.

First Consideration Deadline: August 1, 2022
Final Submission Deadline: August 15, 2022 @ 11:59 PM
All artists will be notified of the status of their audition by September 15, 2022.

ABOUT MUSIC ON SITE
Based in Central Kansas, Music On Site is a regional opera company that works to close classical music’s opportunity gap across socioeconomic divisions by producing free musical outreach events to underserved communities, and by creating no-pay/no-fee performance and education opportunities for artists so that they may remain competitive in today’s musical marketplace. Applying is free and completely online: No in-person auditions are required and there are no audition or application fees. Please note that Music On Site, Inc. is a no-pay, no-fee company.



ABOUT THE 2022 SEASON
Mainstage Productions:

Bizet: Carmen (sung in French)

Mozart: Così fan tutte (sung in Italian)

Menotti: Amahl & the Night Visitors (sung in English)

Various: Opera Scenes Showcase (Italian, French, German, and English)

Complete Production Period:

December 8–18, 2022

Rehearsals take place daily between the hours of 9am–9pm.

Performances are December 15–18.

Rehearsal Location: "

Friends University, Wichita, Kansas

https://www.musiconsite.org/audition-information

04/15/2022

Get your $6 dress rehearsal ticket to Lyric Opera of Kansas City's production of Tosca!

Link below:

https://dress-rehearsal-tickets-for-tosca-thursday-april-28th-du.cheddarup.com/

04/01/2022

“It is the culmination of all I’ve done in my career: storytelling, theater, music, opera, song,” says the world-renowned mezzo-soprano who grew up in Prairie Village.

03/28/2022

03/13/2022

01/28/2022

We are excited to welcome these wonderful singers to sing on our campus tomorrow!

Special shoutout to fellow UMKC Conservatory students and alumni: Erin Besser, Alice Chung, Megan Dobbs, Taylor Comstock, Evan Nelson, Kelli van Meter, Kaiyan Wang!

In bocca al lupo! Have a blast tomorrow!

ANNOUNCING OUR KANSAS CITY DISTRICT SINGERS ✨
Best of luck to all those competing Saturday, January 29!
Erin Besser, Mezzo-soprano
Le Bu, Bass-baritone
Alice Chung, Mezzo-soprano
Taylor Comstock, Tenor
Maria De Conzo, Mezzo-soprano
Jacob DeSett, Baritone
Megan Dobbs, Soprano
Caitlyn Fuller, Soprano
Hannah Madeleine Goodman, Soprano
Raúl Gutiérrez, Tenor
David Guzman, Bass
Christina Hazen, Mezzo-soprano
Keith Klein, Bass-baritone
Kyungeun Lee, Soprano
Evan Nelson, Baritone
Aubrey Odle, Mezzo-soprano
Yoseph Park, Bass-baritone
Brianna Perez, Soprano
Kelli Van Meter, Soprano
Kaiyan Wang, Mezzo-soprano
Johanna Will, Soprano
Xiao Xiao, Mezzo-soprano

01/27/2022

Tickets are NOW AVAILABLE for our first Discovery Concert of Season 57! HJSERIES.ORG to access and print FREE tickets!

The acclaimed British pianist Martin James Bartlett will be making his Series debut with us on Feb 26th. His concert will take place at Gano Hall on the beautiful campus of William Jewell College.

Tickets to Discovery Concerts are print-from-your-device! Up to 4 tickets can be printed per household.

01/11/2022

Our guest conductor, Maria Sensi Sellner, Conductor is killing it in rehearsal of “When The Sun Comes Out” for her upcoming conducting debut at Portland Opera

She will join us in February to conduct our spring production of “Così fan tutte” at UMKC Conservatory. We can’t wait to welcoming her on campus.

Go Maria!

Great first day of school for the U.S. premiere of “When the Sun Comes Out” at !! Pacific Northwest friends, hope to see you at a performance (Jan 28-Feb 12)!