Symphony Orchestra and Opera Theatre combine to perform Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel

February 1, 2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

Photo Hansel and Gretel in front of an illustrated bright green background with a cartoonish candy house

With its themes of love, family, and perseverance in the face of adversity, Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel” continues to captivate audiences of all ages.

Fresno State Opera Theatre presents a free showing of children’s opera ‘Lucinda’

October 31, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

A free on-campus performance of the children’s opera “Lucinda y las Flores de la Nochebuena” will be performed at 12:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 7, at the Concert Hall. Parking is $5.

Q&A with guest tenor Jonathan Yarrington on ‘Madama Butterfly’ at Fresno State

March 4, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Filling the lead roles for an opera can be tricky. The person in question must have not only a strong voice and acting ability but the capacity to memorize nearly two-and-a-half hours of music which is performed entirely in Italian.

Children inspired as audience grows for Christmas opera ‘Lucinda y las Flores de la Nochebuena’

December 20, 2018.Reading time 9 minutes.

Alejandra Tejeda plays the role of Lucinda at the San Francisco Opera

The opera that Fresno State commissioned, workshopped and performed in 2016 titled “Lucinda y las Flores de la Nochebuena” has now been seen by over 15,000 people across the country, according to Dr. Anthony Radford, Fresno State professor of voice and opera. “This holiday season it was performed for the first time at Coker College […]

Fresno State Opera Theatre performs ‘Our Favorite Scenes’ for 10th Anniversary

November 9, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

For their 10 year anniversary, Fresno State Opera Theatre will perform a compilation of their favorite scenes on Friday, Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 11 at 3 p.m. in the Wahlberg Recital Hall. Tickets are $15 general, $12 employees and seniors, $8 students. Buy Tickets Friday, Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. Sunday, […]

Dispatches from Germany: Romantic Lied, a CSU Summer Arts course

August 3, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

We are having a great time and learning a lot at Summer Arts in Germany! Fresno State Master of Music student Ashley Trembley works with baritone Bo Skovhus at the Musik Hochschule für Musik in Trossingen Germany 8/2/18.

While CSU Summer Arts Program wrapped up last weekend at Fresno State, several students are still in Germany where they are learning from world-famous opera singer Bo Skovhus as part of the Romantic Lied program in Germany. Fresno State music professor Dr. Anthony Radford is there with a group of 29 students. Here’s what he had […]

This month in the Arts and Humanities — an April review

April 26, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

picture collage of the top 5 stories for the month of April

We look back on another eventful month in the College of Arts and Humanities. Here are the top five stories from the month of April.

Opera Theatre presents Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘The Gondoliers’

April 20, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

Fresno State Opera Theatre will present the comic opera "The Gondoliers" this weekend.

Fresno State Opera Theatre will present “The Gondoliers” by Gilbert and Sullivan this weekend. Performances will be at 8 p.m. Friday, April 20, and 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 22, in the Music Building‘s Wahlberg Hall. “The Gondoliers,” presented in English, is a comic opera.

Sharing the Fresno State story through music

January 26, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

Anthony Radford, Alejandra Tejada and Maria Briggs at the National Opera Association conference in New Orleans in January 2018.

At the recent National Opera Association Conference in New Orleans (Jan. 3-7), voice Professors Dr. Maria Briggs and Dr. Anthony Radford, as well as master’s graduate Alejandra Tejeda, all presented on behalf of the Fresno State Department of Music.

Fresno State Opera to perform ‘Die Fledermaus’ with live orchestra

March 27, 2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

The Fresno State Opera Theatre will join forces with the Fresno State Symphony Orchestra to perform a full opera production of Johann Strauss II’s comic operetta “Die Fledermaus” (“The Bat”) at 8 p.m. April 21 and 2 p.m. April 23 in the Concert Hall on campus. More than 75 students are involved in the production of […]