{"id":12705,"date":"2026-03-18T12:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/?p=12705"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:52:11","slug":"show-me-opera-amazes-in-missouri-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2026\/03\/18\/show-me-opera-amazes-in-missouri-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Show-Me Opera amazes in Missouri Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Cast<\/a>
Cast members on stage at the Missouri Theatre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Last weekend at the Missouri Theatre, Mizzou\u2019s talented student opera ensemble,\u00a0Show-Me Opera<\/a>, delivered two incredible performances of Engelbert Humperdinck\u2019s “Hansel & Gretel.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly 450 audience members attended each elaborately staged performance, and entrance was free for all K-12 and Mizzou students, as well as for our faculty and staff. The production featured a cast of 30 singers and accompaniment by 30 members of the Mizzou Symphony Orchestra, led by\u00a0Dr. John McKeever<\/a>, and was made possible through support from the James and Vera Olson Fund for the Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s remarkable for a university to have a dedicated undergraduate opera program, and Show-Me Opera is proud to invite both music majors and non-majors to participate. The ensemble is led by Christina Ray<\/a>, visiting assistant professor of voice, and Steven Tharp<\/a>, associate professor of voice, both from the School of Music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across its many programs, Mizzou\u2019s School of Music continues to deliver world-class experiences that enrich our campus and the entire Columbia community. Congratulations to all involved on a memorable production!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last weekend at the Missouri Theatre, Mizzou\u2019s talented student opera ensemble,\u00a0Show-Me Opera, delivered two incredible performances of Engelbert Humperdinck\u2019s Hansel & Gretel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12705"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12711,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12705\/revisions\/12711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}