Introducing Charles Austin Piper as Bosun in HMS Pinafore and as Captain in Naughty Marietta.
Charles Austin Piper, baritone, performs and teaches across the Cleveland and Columbus area. He has performed with Opera Columbus, Cleveland Opera Theatre, Nightingale Opera Theatre, The Ohio Light Opera company, and now Opera Project Columbus.
Some of his major opera performances include Dick Deadeye in H.M.S Pinafore, Paul in If I Were You, Geppetto in The Adventures of Pinocchio, Top in The Tender Land, and Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus. He has been a featured bass soloist in Orff’s Carmina Burana, Faure’s Requiem, Handel’s The Messiah, and J.S Bach’s Lobet Gott in Seinen Reichen.
He has his Bachelor of Music degree from Otterbein University and his Master of Music degree from Kent State University. In 2018 he placed first in the graduate men category at Ohio NATS. That same year he also won the Herald Heiberg Liedersanger Preis in Graz Austria for outstanding lieder performance. He is currently a voice instructor and opera director at Otterbein University.
Join OPC as we present our Summer of Musicals:
June 6 & 8
HMS Pinafore: A classic light opera by the renowned duo Gilbert and Sullivan. We will set sail with this classic tale of love and social class aboard a British naval ship. Enjoy the comedic twists as the sailor Ralph Rackstraw and Josephine, the captain’s daughter, navigate the challenges of societal expectations.
June 13 & 15
Naughty Marietta: Naughty Marietta, the beloved operetta by Victor Herbert and Rida Johnson Young, sends us on adventure to 18th-century New Orleans with Marietta, a runaway French princess, as she seeks love and freedom with Captain Richard Warrington. This operetta is filled with mystery, humor, and romance.
Eric Gibson, Director
William Boggs, Conductor
The Lincoln Theatre