120YearsofBYUOpera

120 years of byu opera

"BYU has one of the longest running opera programs west of the Mississippi. " - Lawrence Vincent, Former Director of Opera at BYU

Some of the first operas within the School of Music were conducted in 1903 by Professor Anthon H. Lund. During his time at BYU from 1903 to 1916, he conducted more than 100 performances.

This October, the opera department will present "The Merry Widow. " It will be the last opera performed in the Harris Fine Arts Center. Check out the next page for an exclusive opera timeline of the biggest opera productions in the BYU School of Music over the years.

Over all the years of music at BYU, there have been over 120 operatic performances. The performances have ranged from Mozart's "Magic Flute" to Georges Bizet's famous "Carmen" to a completely original opera composed by BYU vocal performance graduate M. Ryan Taylor called,

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