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Orchesis will return to the in-person stage in November with a theme of “Where Dance Breathes.” Photo credit: Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities

Bienvenidos de nuevo al Browning Center

Lissete Landaverde August 27, 2021

Traducido por Lissete LandaverdeEl semestre de otoño de 2021 se acerca rápidamente y con eso viene nuevos planes para actuaciones y eventos organizados por Lindquist College of Arts and Humanities....

The Department of Performing Arts is planning on returning to in-person performances this fall. Photo credit: Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities

Welcome back to the Browning Center

Caitlyn Nichols August 27, 2021

The fall 2021 semester is approaching quickly, and it comes a new set of plans for performances and events put on by the Lindquist College of Arts and Humanities. This semester is especially exciting,...

Utah Opera announces its 2021-22 season schedule

Maykel Valladares June 7, 2021

After having to cut their last season short, the Utah Opera is returning to the Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theater for live performances in the 2021-22 season.“One of the things I miss most about...

Commencement speaker Tau Pupua performing at the Browning Center in 2011. Photo credit: Weber State University

Former NFL player, current opera star, lifelong Wildcat to inspire commencement

Joshua Kamp April 5, 2021

This year's commencement will feature Weber State University alum Ta'u Pupu'a, a former Wildcat with a unique resume.Pupu'a is a native of the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga, an archipelago consisting of...

Tau Pupua giving time to his audience before his 2011 performance at the Browning Center. Photo credit: Weber State University

Ex jugador de la NFL, actual estrella de ópera, Wildcat de toda la vida inspirará la graduación

Joshua Kamp April 5, 2021

Translated by Matias Pedreira. La Ceremonia de Graduación de este año contará con el ex alumno de la Universidad Weber State, Ta'u Pupu'a, un ex Wildcat con un currículum único.Pupu'a...

Photograph from the Pinafore Opera performance of four characters singing. (Paige McKinnon/The Signpost)

All aboard the H.M.S. Pinafore

Kierstynn King November 16, 2020

“H.M.S. Pinafore,” also coined as “The Lass That Loved A Sailor,” was performed virtually by the Department of Performing Arts Opera Ensemble Nov. 12.“H.M.S. Pinafore”...

All the performers in the first act set the expectations high for the rest of the performances (Israel Campa / The Signpost)

Begged, borrowed or stolen: a night at the Opera

Kierstynn King October 29, 2019

The Weber State University music department hosted their Opera Scenes night on Oct. 25, where students performed beloved scenes from acclaimed and historical operas, including “The Ride of the Valkyries,”...

Award-winning student composer to perform

March 19, 2015

How many undergraduate music students can claim they've been winning national composition competitions since their early teens? Derek Myler, a senior in Weber State University’s vocal program, is doing...

'Madame Butterfly' brings Italian opera to Weber State

March 1, 2015

On March 5-8, the Val A. Browning Center for Performing Arts will be filled with Italian and Japanese culture as the Weber State University's music department will perform Puccini’s opera “Madame...

WSU student participates in professional opera 'Pearl Fishers'

January 22, 2015

Being able to work in one’s chosen profession before graduation is an unattainable dream for many college students. Sometimes there are exams that have to be passed or certifications that have to be...

WSU students to compete in national opera competition

November 8, 2014

Bright lights, lavish costumes, tragic deaths, sumptuous infidelity and fierce competition will all mix together in one place. At first, opera might not seem like any of these things, but when multiple...

“Le Nozze Di Figaro” surprisingly entertaining

October 21, 2014

All my life I've been exposed to a narrow range of musical culture. It was usually rock music or the occasional musical. However, I've never been exposed to opera until I experienced my first opera,...

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