Comedic, romantic and dramatic opera scenes were performed by the SF State opera workshop class at the annual "Opera Extravaganza" in Knuth Hall yesterday evening.

The performance was organized by instructor, Alissa W. Deeter, who teaches the opera workshop, a semester-long course that focuses on opera singing. "The program includes a compilation of well-known and not so well-known operas," she said. "Hansel and Gretel," "La Perichole" and "Dr. Miracle" were among the seven operas performed. Each skit ranged from three to 20 minutes.

Before the event, performers were scrambling in and out of the theater, using the bathroom across the hall as their dressing and vanity room. Once everyone was finished getting ready, friends and family gathered in the theater located in the Creative Arts building. Performers sat amongst the crowd, and after the end of each scene, the next set of singers would get up during applause and run to the stage for their performance.

"We have such a great turn out tonight," said student and performer, Joel Klein. "I am not apart of the workshop class, but I wanted to participate in the show so I am in the finale, 'Cosi fan tutte.'"

Junior, Kayleigh Loe dreams of being an opera singer and was excited to participate in her first “Opera Extravaganza” event. “We’ve been working on this all semester long and although we get graded on this, people in the Creative Arts department look forward to this all year.”

For senior, Marieke Schwartz, the event was her stage debut. “This is going to be my first time on stage,” she said. “I’ve sang in front of people, but this will be the first time I’m acting and on a big stage...surprisingly I’m not very nervous.”

According to the performer, the show went smoothly as planned.

“It was like watching a professional performance at the opera,” said student, Molly Anderson. “I had time to kill...and thought it would be cool to watch. It was definitely worth watching and even better that it was free.”