Dennis Rupp, bass

In his Rimrock Opera debut, Dennis Rupp created the role of Agent Skuller in the world premiere of Alva Henderson’s Nosferatu. Also with RO, he sang the roles of Alcindoro, Benoit in La bohème and Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte. His Méfistophélès in Gounod’s Faust received an L.A. Emmy Award for Best Entertainment Feature. He has performed in the Shanghai International Arts Festival in China as Colline in La Bohème. Other roles include Sarastro in The Magic Flute; Prince Gremin, Don Alfonso; Leporello, Don Basilio; Hoffmann’s Four Villains, and Figaro, to name but a few. He has also bowed with Opera San José, Stockton Opera, Townsend Opera Players, Pocket Opera, Nova Opera, Pacific Repertory Opera, Bay Shore Lyric Opera, and Anchorage Opera. Mr. Rupp sings the title role in “The Night Harry Stopped Smoking” current touring cast.


Alissa Rose, soprano

A native of Billings, Ms. Rose spent three years in Germany, where she sang at the Städtische Bühnen Osnabrück the Städtische Bühnen Münster and the Stadttheater Bielefeld, as well as West German Radio. Ms. Rose has performed in Texas, Ohio, Montana and New York. Roles include Gretel, the Sand Man and Dew Fairy in Hansel and Gretel, Adele in Die Fledermaus, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Frasquita in Carmen, Berenice in L’occasione fa il ladro, the First Genie in Die Zauberflöte, Mrs. Fiorentino in Kurt Weill’s Street Scene, the shepherd boy in Tosca, and others. A Regional Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, she holds degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin College (Biochemistry), the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, and the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, in Germany

William M. Mouat
Director of Opera and Assistant Professor of Voice
325-670-1418
School of Music and Fine Arts
Music
Hardin-Simmons University



Dr. William M. Mouat, Assistant Professor of Vocal Music and Director of Opera has been on the faculty of Hardin-Simmons University since 2004. Recently, Dr. Mouat directed, produced and translated the dialogue for his first full production in Abilene, Tri-Collegiate Opera’s Die Fledermaus, which was staged at Abilene’s historic Paramount Theater on April 28 and 29, 2006. Past productions that Dr. Mouat has directed include H.M..S. Pinafore, The Mikado, Cosí fan tutte, La finta giardiniera, The Fiddler on the Roof, Oklahoma!, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Henry Mollicone’s The Face on the Barroom Floor, and Peter Brook’s La tragédie de Carmen. Prior academic posts include Ohio University, Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, and the University of Puget Sound, in Tacoma, Washington. Dr. Mouat completed his terminal degree in Opera Production at the University of Washington, and he also has a Master of Music degree with Distinction in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music. Dr. Mouat has performed in the United States and Canada, in leading and supporting baritone roles, with a number of regional opera companies, most notably the New York City Opera National Company, Seattle Opera, Opera Columbus, Des Moines Metro Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Banff Centre for the Arts, the Brevard Music Center, Boise Opera (now Opera Idaho), Houston Opera in the Heights and Tacoma Opera. Dr. Mouat resides in Abilene with his wife, Stephanie and their three children, Julianna, Nicole and Gavin.