GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH OPERA PROGRAM

The Great Neck South High School Music Department has been involved in performing operas for the past fifty-one years. Our operas feature professional sets and costumes. We perform the score as written in the original language and provide English super-titles for our audience. To our knowledge, Great Neck South High School remains one of the only non-specialized public high schools in the nation with an active opera program. The opera is performed both on the stage and in the orchestra entirely by students attending Great Neck South High School. This year's graduating class of students leaves us having performed The Merry Widow, Die Fledermaus, The Tales of Hoffmann and Suor Angelica/Gianni Schicchi. We feel that it is important for our students to be exposed to opera through reading, listening, and attending performances. And most importantly, we believe that students will gain the deepest appreciation of this art form by actually performing it.

For more information about our opera program, contact Michael Schwartz, Instrumental Music Director/Conductor/Producer at: MSchwartz@greatneck.k12.ny.us or Dr. Janine Robinson, Musical Director: JRobinson@greatneck.k12.ny.us

Great Neck South High Opera Productions (since 2000)
  The Merry Widow (2020, 2009), Die Fledermaus (2019, 2012, 2004), 
The Tales of Hoffmann (2018, 2011, 2003), Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi (2017, 2010), 
Carmen (2016, 2006, 2000), The Marriage of Figaro (2015, 2008, 2001), 
The Magic Flute (2014, 2007, 2002), La Boheme (2013), Sweeney Todd (2005) 

 WILLIAM A. SHINE  GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH 
MUSIC DEPARTMENT 
2020 OPERA - 51st Season!
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THE MERRY WIDOW
Music by Franz Lehar
Comic Operetta in Three Acts performed in English
Performed with full orchestra, costumes and opera scenic drops

April 3rd & 4th, 2020 @ 7:30pm​

​Ruel E. Tucker Auditorium
Great Neck South High
341 Lakeville Road; Great Neck​​

For information: MSchwartz@greatneck.k12.ny.us
Tel. (516) 441-4851

​WILLIAM A. SHINE  GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH 
MUSIC DEPARTMENT 
2019 OPERA - 50th Golden Anniversary!

DIE FLEDERMAUS (The Bat) 
Comic Operetta in Three Acts 
Music by Johann Strauss
April 12, 2019 @ 7:30pm
April 13th "Gala Performance" @ 7:00pm

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​WILLIAM A. SHINE  GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
MUSIC DEPARTMENT 
Our 49th Annual Opera Production
​Presented
2018 OPERA
Les contes d'Hoffmann
(The Tales of Hoffmann)
Music by Jacques Offenbach
April 20 & 21, 2018 @ 7:30PM
The opera is fully staged with sets, costumes and orchestra.
If you have never seen a South High Opera, don't miss out!
For further information: Tel. (516) 441-4851 or E-mail: MSchwartz@greatneck.k12.ny.us
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WILLIAM A. SHINE  GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH 
MUSIC DEPARTMENT 
Presents 
OPERA 2017

Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi
Music by Giacomo Puccini
March 31 & April 1, 2017 @ 7:30PM

Suor Angelica Opera 2017

Gianni Schicchi Opera 2017

 CARMEN PHOTOS 2016
by Katelyn Lee

The Great Neck South High Music Department presented George Bizet's Opera CARMEN on Friday and Saturday, April 8th & 9th, 2016
at 7:30pm in the Ruel E. Tucker auditorium at Great Neck South High School; 341 Lakeville Road, Great Neck, NY 11020. 
The school is located directly off the Long Island Expressway,
Exit 33. On the Northern State Parkway it is Exit 25. 
This production was performed in French with English supertitles provided. For information about future productions, contact Michael Schwartz or Dr. Janine Robinson at (516) 441-4851. 

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART'S OPERA
Le Nozze di Figaro 
(The Marriage of Figaro 2015) 
Great Neck South High School

The Great Neck South High Music Department presented Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's comic opera 
Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) on Friday and Saturday, March 27th & 28th at 7:30pm 
at Great Neck South High School; 341 Lakeville Road, Great Neck, NY 11020 
This production was performed in Italian with English supertitles provided. 

GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH MUSIC DEPARTMENT STAGES
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART'S OPERA
Die Zauberflöte
(The Magic Flute) 
April 4 & 5, 2014

GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH MUSIC DEPARTMENT STAGES
  GIACOMO PUCCINI'S OPERA 
La Boheme
April 12th & 13th, 2013

2010 Opera Production: Aria from Gianni Schicchi

Photos from our Opera Productions:  Gianni Schicchi, Suor Angelica, The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro