Opera in Lexington is achieving greatness, thanks to the University of Kentucky Opera Program and its Director, Dr. Everett McCorvey. The opera program at UK is one component of the overall voice program, which also includes the choral and music education programs. "The reason we have an opera program," says McCorvey, "is because most major league voices want to go into opera. You can't have a very successful recital career without having some sort of opera – most recitalists are opera singers who do recitals." UK offers undergraduate and graduate degrees that are oriented toward performance or music education.

Over the past ten years the UK Opera program has gone from being less than a blip on the national and international music school map to one of the most sought after programs in the country. The presence of Noemi Lugo, Everett McCorvey and Cliff Jackson started the ball rolling, along with the addition of John Nardolillo and Jefferson Johnson. McCorvey believes these voice teachers and conductors planted the seeds for the future.
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