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The Southern Opera and Musical Theatre Company regularly offers students opportunities to perform in opera and musical theatre productions, as well as recitals and concerts. Fully staged productions have included Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, Mary Poppins, Carmen, The Mikado, and Rigoletto.
Over the years, opera and musical theatre stage productions were by all accounts, “epic.” From the landmark, sold-out production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera (Winner of the American Prize in Musical Theatre 2019) to Puccini’s masterwork, Turandot, which was presented in a joint production with the Mississippi Opera. Turandot was the largest operatic production ever produced in the state of Mississippi and completed a banner year for the Southern Opera and Musical Theatre Company. Offering students on-the-job training in all areas of production and performance, the program is a launching pad for many stage performers around the globe.
FALL SHOW!
Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
Friday and Saturday, November 6 and 7, 2026 – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 7, 2026 – 1 p.m.
Sunday, November 8, 2026 – 3 p.m.
The Thomas V. Fraschillo Stage at the Mannoni Performing Arts Center Auditorium
Tickets
On sale as part of the Symphony season this summer.
Individual tickets on sale September 5
About the Show
Blending soaring pop, electro, folk, and Broadway sounds into a “stunning and blazingly original” score, this genre-defying musical pulls audiences directly into a story of love, temptation, regret, and redemption. Be surrounded by music, movement, and emotion in a way few shows ever have.
Praised as “the most innovative… since Hamilton” and earning 12 Tony Award nominations, it redefined what modern musical theatre could be while collecting major honors including Obie and Off-Broadway Alliance Awards for Best New Musical. For a season celebrating the truly iconic, The Great Comet stands as a bold, once-in-a-generation experience, that doesn’t just tell a story but invites audiences to step inside it and feel it unfold around them.
Why Choose the Southern Opera and Musical Theatre Company at Southern Miss?
- Over 40 faculty members of dedicated teacher-artists
- Professional voice teachers and stage directors
- An active opera program producing multiple fully staged productions each year
- Frequent master classes and performances by musicians of international stature
Guest Artists
Professional Partnerships
