Department of Music
Church Fine Arts / 226
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89557-0049
Phone: (775) 784-6145
Fax: (775) 784-6896
Damon Stevens, D.M.A.
Director, Nevada Chamber Opera
Piano, Voice, Opera
Contact Information
- Office: 136
- Phone: (775) 682-9022
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Nevada Chamber Opera
Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe
Damon Stevens, Artistic Director
Doug Mishler, Stage Director
Barbara Land, Choreographer
March 30 and 31 at 7:30 p.m. and April 1 at 2 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall
Church Fine Arts Building
UNR’s Nevada Chamber Opera presents the Nevada premiere of Gilbert and Sullivan’s hilarious comic operetta, Iolanthe. Regarded as one of Sullivan’s most beautiful scores, Iolanthe is a topsy-turvy love story that dares to ask, what would happen if the government were taken over by a hostile group of… fairies? Both liberals and conservatives can agree that Iolanthe is just plain silly fun as this election year they unite to fight for love, fight for honor, and fight the fairies!
Ticket Prices: $15 General, $5 Students
Damon Stevens is Director of Nevada Chamber Opera for the University of Nevada, Reno. Since joining UNR’s faculty in 2003, he has musical directed numerous opera productions as well as the opera scenes courses. In addition, Dr. Stevens frequently directs the music for UNR's Nevada Repertory Company. His productions with them include Godspell, A...My Name Is Alice, The Threepenny Opera, and Footloose. His productions regularly earned critical acclaim from Opera News contributor, the late Jack Neal.
Dr. Stevens earned his Bachelor of Music degree from Arizona State University, summa cum laude, where he was named Outstanding Undergraduate Performance Major. He received his Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music, where he studied piano with Eugene and Elisabeth Pridonoff, song literature and vocal coaching with Kenneth Griffiths, and instrumental accompanying with Sandra Rivers.
In addition to directing the opera program, Dr. Stevens teaches private piano lessons, group piano classes, and coaches voice. He has performed both as soloist and collaborative pianist throughout the United States, Germany, and Poland in such diverse venues as radio, television, and concert halls.
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