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Something funny’s going on! Thank you to everyone who came to see the opening night of “Lucky Stiff.” See our closing sh...
09/26/2026

Something funny’s going on! Thank you to everyone who came to see the opening night of “Lucky Stiff.” See our closing show today at 2pm in Mees Auditorium!! ✈️💌

Come see “Lucky Stiff” this Friday and Saturday! We’ve had a blast putting together this wonderfully wacky show, and we ...
09/21/2026

Come see “Lucky Stiff” this Friday and Saturday! We’ve had a blast putting together this wonderfully wacky show, and we can’t wait to share it with you ♥️🎲🐶 Join us for an evening of laughs, romance, and murder by purchasing your ticket using the link in our bio!

Something funny’s going on! Come see The Lucky Stiff performed by Capital University’s Opera/Musical Theater Program. Wi...
08/25/2026

Something funny’s going on! Come see The Lucky Stiff performed by Capital University’s Opera/Musical Theater Program.

With music by Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, The Lucky Stiff follows an ordinary shoe salesman who will inherit 6 million dollars from his estranged uncle on one condition: he must take his uncle’s embalmed body to Monte Carlo for the vacation of a lifetime. Join us for a night of wacky, glamorous, and deadly fun at Mees Auditorium! Stay tuned for more updates tomorrow… 👀♣️♦️

🎉Meet the Director: Chelsea Hart Melcher 🎉“Her voice is like a cello, with such a deep and beautiful resonance!” – Libby...
03/14/2026

🎉Meet the Director: Chelsea Hart Melcher 🎉

“Her voice is like a cello, with such a deep and beautiful resonance!” – Libby Larsen

“The climaxes are wonderfully secure and exciting to hear. . . and what is also wonderful is her dramatic involvement, which is total — she lives every line.” – Roger Pines (Lyric Opera of Chicago)

Chelsea Hart Melcher has been described as “cooly captivating,” “ethereal and sublime,” and “a woman to be reckoned with” onstage. A national finalist in Sherrill Milnes’ “Opera Idol” competition, Melcher earned a Performance Diploma from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, a Master of Music from The Ohio State University, and a Bachelor of Music from Central Michigan University. She has worked with numerous symphonies and opera companies across the nation, and was the soprano soloist for the American premiere of Requiem Novum by Mårten Jansson. Melcher has also performed as soloist in Verdi’s Requiem, Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder, Handel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Mass in C and Choral Fantasy, Mahler’s Second Symphony, Dan Forrest’s Requiem for the Living, Michael Haydn’s Requiem in C, Mozart’s Requiem and Coronation Mass, and others. Her operatic roles include Micaëla and Frasquita in Carmen, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Valencienne in The Merry Widow, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Mimi and Musetta in La Bohème, Violetta and Annina in La Traviata, Nedda in I Pagliacci, Maria in The Sound of Music, Adina in L’Elisir d’amore, Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica, Butterfly in Madama Butterfly, Norina in Don Pasquale, Mariuccia in I Due Timidi, Female Chorus in The R**e of Lucretia, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, and Papagena in Die Zauberflöte. Melcher is director of Opera and Musical Theater at the Capital University Conservatory of Music, and serves on the faculty of Columbus Children’s Theatre. She is the Founder of Vocal Career Academy and Nerves Be Gone Academy, and Co-Founder with her husband Paul Melcher of Red School of Music in suburban Columbus.

Come see our last show at 2pm today!

🎉Meet the Conductor: Luis Gabriel Biava 🎉Luis Gabriel Biava is currently celebrating his 18th season as Music Director o...
03/14/2026

🎉Meet the Conductor: Luis Gabriel Biava 🎉

Luis Gabriel Biava is currently celebrating his 18th season as Music Director of the New Albany Symphony, an orchestra that performs a wide variety of concerts for the community, presenting the major repertoire, commissions, and a young artist’s competition. As Music Director of the New Albany Symphony, Mr. Biava has conducted notable guest artists including Jon Kimura Parker, Peter Dugan, David Finckel, Hilary Hahn, Chee-Yun, Charles Yang, Soovin Kim, Karen Gomyo, Michael Feinstein, Itzhak Perlman, and Branford Marsalis. He has also served as Principal Conductor for New Albany Ballet’s Nutcracker production. This year, Mr. Biava conducted and played with the Bogota Philharmonic for two weeks in subscription concerts and recently conducted at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music conducting workshop with Mark Gibson and Gustav Meier. In the summer of 2012, Mr. Biava was cover-conductor for the Philadelphia Orchestra for their final concert in Saratoga Springs, New York, and that same year conducted Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 and Mozart’s Adagio and Rondo for violin. He also guest conducted the Clermont Symphony in a concert commemorating the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001. In 2011, he was re-engaged by the Guatemala National Symphony, where he performed the Beethoven Triple and conducted Strauss’ Don Juan. In 2010, he conducted performances of Puccini’s La boheme in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He also has conducted The Marriage of Figaro and repeated performances of La boheme with Opera Libera; an opera company founded in honor of the late John Douglas, famed opera director at Temple University. In the summer of 2008, he conducted performances of Salieri’s Prima la musica, poi le parole, and Mozart’s Der Schauspieldirektor in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Mr. Biava’s educational endeavors include the School of Orchestral Studies in Saratoga Springs—a program for young musicians that mirrors the repertoire of the Philadelphia Orchestra during the three weeks of their residency at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.

Come see our last show at 2pm today!

🎉Meet the Pianist: Narmina Aliyeva🎉A native of Baku, Azerbaijan, Narmina Aliyeva graduated from Azerbaijan State Conserv...
03/14/2026

🎉Meet the Pianist: Narmina Aliyeva🎉

A native of Baku, Azerbaijan, Narmina Aliyeva graduated from Azerbaijan State Conservatory with the Honors Diploma in piano and organ performance and pedagogy, subsequently earning a Master degree in both organ performance and collaborative piano at the same institution. Along with her work as a church organist, for the past twenty plus years, Narmina has been on the faculty at Capital University, teaching accompanying and Russian Diction. She also serves as a staff accompanist, rehearsing and performing operas and musicals with the Capital University Opera and Musical Theater Department, and giving recitals with instrumental and vocal students, faculty members and guest artists. Having had a vast experience performing different styles of music, Narmina is highly sought-after as accompanist and collaborative pianist in Columbus area.
In addition, one of her biggest passions became teaching piano to children for the past decade.

Come see our last show at 2pm today!

🎉Meet the Production Team 🎉The production team has worked very diligently behind the scenes to help out with the show! O...
03/13/2026

🎉Meet the Production Team 🎉

The production team has worked very diligently behind the scenes to help out with the show! Our production team includes:

Isaac Lewis 29’
Max Kramer 26’
Mikayla Kinchen 29’
Charolette Knicely 28’
Olivia Chaney 28’
JuWaun Hudson 29’
Nova Fenton 28’
Emi Hahn 27’
Aiden Piatt 27’
Reyli Xaysana 29’

Happy opening night! There’s still tickets available for tonight and tomorrow!

🎉 Meet the Cast: Sam Owens - Gianni Schicchi (March 14th) 🎉Sam Owens, baritone, is graduating this semester with a Bache...
03/12/2026

🎉 Meet the Cast: Sam Owens - Gianni Schicchi (March 14th) 🎉

Sam Owens, baritone, is graduating this semester with a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Capital University with a minor in Business Administration. At Capital, he has studied voice with Lynn Roseberry, Dr. Chad Payton, and Dr. Tammi Regensburger. He is a member and bass section leader of the Chapel Choir under director Dr. Lynda Hasseler. Sam has been a choral scholar and cantor at Christ Lutheran Church in Bexley, OH since 2020. He has been involved with Merit Theatre Company as an actor, conductor, vocal director, and arranger since 2018. Sam would like to dedicate this performance to his high school voice teacher, the late great Lincoln Chapman, who loved the music and comedy of Gianni Schicchi.

Come see Sam this Saturday! Get your tickets with the link in our bio!

🎉Meet the Cast: Max Kramer - Gianni Schicchi (March 13th) 🎉Max Kramer, baritone, is a senior Vocal Performance student a...
03/12/2026

🎉Meet the Cast: Max Kramer - Gianni Schicchi (March 13th) 🎉

Max Kramer, baritone, is a senior Vocal Performance student at the Capital University Conservatory of Music. Recent productions include The Apple Tree (Guest Artist - Adam) with the Columbus School for Girls, Amahl and the Night Visitors (King Melchior) with Music On Site Inc., The Crucible (Thomas Putnam) and Falstaff (Robin/Chorus) with Harrower Summer Opera and Songs for a New World (Man 2) at Capital University. He is an active performer of many genres and is the founding baritone of Luces Stellarum, a premier chamber vocal ensemble. Max was a winner of the 2023 Capital University Scholarship Competition. He placed 2nd in the 2025 Ohio NATS Upper-Level Musical Theatre Competition and 4th in the 2025 Ohio NATS Upper-Level Classical Competition, as well as receiving an honorable mention in the 2025 Mirabell Schloss Competition in Salzburg, Austria. Max is a student of Dr. Caroline Bergan.

Come see Max this Friday! (tomorrow) Link to the tickets in our bio!

🎉 Meet the Cast: Hannah Stewart, Nella, cover for Lauretta 🎉Hannah Stewart, soprano, is a senior majoring in Vocal Perfo...
03/12/2026

🎉 Meet the Cast: Hannah Stewart, Nella, cover for Lauretta 🎉

Hannah Stewart, soprano, is a senior majoring in Vocal Performance and Music Technology at Capital University. Her recent performance credits include The 80’s Show, A New Brain, and Revelation and Reinvention, and she appeared in Vignettes: Ellis Island with Capital University’s Department of Music. She has performed both nationally and internationally, with one of her most notable appearances taking place at Carnegie Hall. Hannah is a member of Capital University’s Chapel Choir and the founder of The Performer Platform, a business dedicated to supporting performers through education, resources, and creative development. She is the recipient of several honors, including the Summer Scholars Award and Boyd Fund (2024) and the Diversity and Inclusion Award (2024). Hannah has presented her research at Capital University’s 2025 Symposium and will present at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) in April 2026. She studies voice under Dr. Caroline Bergan.

Get your tickets to see Hannah and the rest of our talented cast now!

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