Lamont Opera Theatre
Lamont Opera Theatre presents fully staged operas, musicals, cabarets and concert performances. Students and theatre professionals collaborate on the set design, costuming, make-up, set construction and social media marketing. Often these productions include technical and design expertise from the DU Department of Theatre.
University of Denver students interested in auditioning should email the ensemble director, Professor Matthew Plenk.
2022 Spring Production:
l’ Opéra enchanté
Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges
Poulenc: Les Mamelles de Tirésias
Matthew Plenk directs l’ Opéra enchanté, pairing Ravel’s L'enfant et les sortilèges, conducted by Lawrence Golan, with Poulenc’s Les Mamelles de Tirésias, conducted by Sahar Nouri.
Members of the cast.
2019 Spring Production:
Puccini's Il trittico
Victoria Minton as Giorgetta and Tony London as Michele.
2018 Spring Production:
Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro
Members of the cast.
2017 Spring Production:
Strauss: Die Fledermaus
Christiana McMullen as Adele and Caren Rico as Rosalinde.
2016 Spring Production:
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte
Matthew Peterson as Guglielmo and Humberto Borboa as Ferrando with members of the cast.
2015 Fall Production:
Frank Loesser: Guys & Dolls
Jared Giammanco as Sky Masterson and members of the cast.
2014 Spring Production:
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Michael Hewitt as Don Giovanni, Jovahnna Anderson as Elvira and Griffen Hogan Tracy as Loporello
2014 Fall Production:
Rodgers & Hammerstein: South Pacific
Griffen Hogan Tracy as Emile de Becque and Meghan Jacobs as Nellie Forbush.
Featured Stories
Lamont Opera Theatre Provides New Opportunities
Matthew Plenk wants his students to understand all aspects of a production, which is why for Lamont Opera Theatre's production of Puccini’s “Il trittico,” he added a twist.
