The Queens College Opera Studio, co-directed by Bruce Norris and David Ronis, gives students the opportunity to perform complete operas and scenes from the standard operatic repertory.  Performance assignments for each semester are tailored to students’ individual needs in order to encourage maximum development of musical and dramatic skills.  In addition to weekly private musical coachings, students also participate in group sessions devoted to acting and movement techniques.  The 2007-2008 academic year featured a full production of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro as well as an abridged version of Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites.  During 2006-2007, the QC Opera Studio presented Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, performed with a professional ensemble of period instruments, plus a program of scenes from Die Zauberflöte, Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, Werther, Semiramide, L’Italiana in Algeri and Der Freischütz.  Each year, members of the Opera Studio participate in productions produced in collaboration with the Department of Drama, Theatre, and Dance.  These are presented with full orchestra at the Goldstein Theater and alternate yearly between operas and musical theater pieces. Recent productions have included Copland’s The Tender Land, Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, and, in 2006, the New York City premiere of Queens College faculty member Bruce Saylor’s Orpheus Descending.

Admission to Opera Studio is by audition.

The Marriage of Figaro: Discovery of Cherubino in chair.

The Marriage of Figaro: Act II Finale.

Dido and Aeneas: Sorceress and Witches.

Dido and Aeneas: Final tableau.