Central Piedmont Opera Theater

Photo by Central Piedmont: Darnell Vennie

FALL of 2023

The Central Piedmont Applied Voice Students will present a recital of operatic, musical theater, and popular vocal selections. This Vocal Repertoire Recital will be held on Mon., Nov. 27 @ 3 p.m. Location TBD

2022-23 Season

The Central Piedmont Opera Theater in collaboration with the UNCC Opera Workshop will hold auditions for their Fall ’22 production of Bizet’s Carmen on Tuesday, August 16 – 6:30 pm-8:30 pm on the Halton Theater Stage-CP Central Campus.  An accompanist will be provided. Performances will be November 18,19 and 20.  Questions?? email Becky.Cook-Carter@cpcc.edu

Opera La Boheme

2021-22 SEASON   

Central Piedmont’s Opera Theater will hold auditions for their 2021-2022 season on Tuesday, Aug. 17, from 6:00 – 8:00 PM on the Halton Stage of the Overcash building on the Central Campus.

We will present for Fall, 2021, a concert of operatic selections, OPERA 101-LIVE ON STAGE, Nov. 19-20 @ 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 21 @ 2:30 p.m.

Spring 2022, we will present SUSANNAH by Carlisle Floyd, Apr. 1-2 @ 7:30 p.m. and Apr. 3 @ 2:30 p.m.

2020-21 SEASON   

“Dido and Aeneas” by Henry Purcell

Thurs. Nov. 18 @ 6:30 p.m. Online Q & A with the cast, moderated by the lead singer, Kel Williams.   Contact christopher.ogburn@cpcc.edu for the Zoom link.

Sun. Nov. 22-Tues. Nov. 24    “Dido and Aeneas” available for viewing online. Contact christopher.ogburn@cpcc.edu for the link.

 

For info or questions, contact the director, Becky.Cook-Carter@cpcc.edu or 704/330-6571

 

Past Performances

“Orpheus and Eurydice” by W. C. Gluck

Friday, Nov. 22, 2019 @ 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 23 @ 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 24th @ 2:30 p.m.

“La Boheme” by Giacomo Puccini

November 16, 17 and 18, 2018

Halton Theatre

CPCC Opera Theatre’s production of La Boheme will capture the “joie de vivre” of Paris during the Roaring 20”s.   Through our new production and this incredible music, the joys and tragedies of La Boheme’s beloved characters, Rodolfo and Mimi & Friends, will come to life with an energy and beauty not seen on the Halton Stage before.


Hansel and Gretel


Elixir of Love

     

Tosca 2017
Christmas Oratorio 2017
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The Medium
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Pagliacci                                                    The Seven Deadly Sins


   
 Pirates of Penzance____


Elijah

“OPERA LOVERS IGNORE the current generation of CPCC Opera Theatre productions at their peril….. this was a production that deserved to play to a capacity house. Maybe by next season, word-of-mouth will catch up with the quality of opera at Halton.”(Creative Loafing review of The Marriage of Figaro by Perry Tannenbaum – May 2007)
“A phenomenal find at CPCC Opera Theatre’s The Tales of Hoffmann”
“CP’s production …..a revelation to those who have never seen Offenbach’s tuneful crowdpleaser here.”
(Excerpts from a Creative Loafing Online Review by Perry Tannenbaum of CPCC Opera Theatre’s production of The Tales of Hoffmann—January 27, 2009)
Mission Statement
Our belief is that the operatic experience touches the core of the human spirit. To that end the mission of the CPCC Opera Theatre is to promote the innovative and comprehensive development and training of regional operatic talent, in an academically, geographically and financially accessible institution; as well as building and educating present and future audiences and enriching the economic, social, and cultural life in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg region of North Carolina.