Schwob Opera Theatre at Columbus State University

11/16/2025

Join us for an exciting opera and musical theater scenes program today at 6:00pm in the River Center for the Performing Arts Studio Theater! There is something for eveyrone to enjoy with the thrill of soaring voices, comedy, drama, and all the fun that live theater has to offer!

09/08/2025

Join us this week as we welcome Michael Sumuel back to the stage of Legacy Hall!

04/10/2025

Check out these exciting features about our upcoming operas at the Springer Opera House this weekend!

04/03/2025

Schwob Opera Theatre at Columbus State University and the Schwob Opera Orchestra will present Suor Angelica and The Medium at the historic state theater of Georgia, The Springer Opera House, on April 12 & 13, 2025. Join us for this incredible double bill of opera! Tickets are now available!

The 2025 Schwob Opera Theater spring season will be a double bill of exciting lyric dramas, Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini and The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti. These two iconic operas will be performed in collaboration with the Schwob Opera Orchestra led by Professor Paul Hostetter. Performances

04/03/2025

02/21/2025

Congratulations to Rebecca Manseau, 2nd year MM in Voice Performance, on her selection as a semi-finalist for the Cascais Opera Competition in Portugal! The Cascais Ópera International Vocal Competition announced 44 candidates, hailing from 19 countries, chosen from a record 340 entries and totaling 49 countries. From April 23 to 30, Cascais will be the epicenter of operatic singing, welcoming candidates for a week of qualifying exams, masterclasses and a semi-finalists’ concert promoting the training and visibility of the participants. The competition culminates in the live Grand Final, on May 4, at 5 PM, in the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation’s Grand Auditorium, where the 8 finalists will perform some of the most iconic opera arias accompanied by the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Antonio Pirolli.

01/07/2025

Congratulations to current opera graduate student, Rebecca Manseau, on her performance at the Banská Bystrica Štátna Opera in the Czech Republic. She performed arias from Rusalka, Carmen, and Don Giovanni in concert with the State Opera Orchestra as one of the award winners of the International Singing Competition of Gabriela Beňačková! Rebecca will perform the role of Suor Angelica in our upcoming production this spring! Brava!
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11/09/2024

Congrats to our all involved in our production of Hansel and Gretel! Our production has been named the 2nd Place Award Winner by the American Prize!