Opera is open by audition to full-time graduate students, although on rare occasions an exceptionally gifted undergraduate is admitted.
Auditions take place after matriculation.
Rota The Italian Straw Hat, Donizetti Don Pasquale, Chadwick The Padrone, and Weill The Threepenny Opera. NEC Opera Studio is a one-year program in which students study and perform opera scenes and serve as opera chorus in Opera Theater productions. Students who have completed one year in Opera Studio may audition for Opera Theater.