![MeadowsOperaFreeforAll2](https://blog.smu.edu/meadows/files/2015/11/MeadowsOperaFreeforAll2.jpg)
In celebration of SMU’s Family Weekend, the Meadows Opera Theatre presented an electric assortment of scenes from opera and musical theatre that delve into volatile interpersonal dynamics: Battling brothers, secretive sisters, panicked parents! Scenes were presented from Fiddler on the Roof, Little Women, and Next to Normal. The show, in honor of Family Weekend, was entitled: “We are family–get up everybody and sing!”
Photographer Kim Leeson was on hand to capture the lunchtime performance at Meadows.
The award-winning Meadows Opera Theatre, under the direction of Hank Hammett, offers imaginative, diverse and cutting-edge productions of repertoire encompassing a wide range of opera, operetta, and musical theatre, providing extensive performance opportunities to vocal students at the undergraduate, graduate, performer diploma and artist diploma levels. A main focus of the multi-tiered program is intensive acting technique training, professional audition preparation, and its partnership with The Dallas Opera.
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![Vince Gover starred and wrote this scene From Trolius and Cressida - The Musical Comedy History Tragedy](https://blog.smu.edu/meadows/files/2015/11/p1607416468-5-1024x682.jpg)
![Scene from Next to Normal, with performances by Sydney Frodsham, Matt Moron, Marissa Pyron, and Christian Thrailkill](https://blog.smu.edu/meadows/files/2015/11/p1607415304-5-1024x682.jpg)
![Lizzy D'Apice and Shelby Fry performed this scene from Side Show: "Who will love me as I am?"](https://blog.smu.edu/meadows/files/2015/11/p1607418123-5.jpg)
![Every season, the Opera Free for All is showcased in the Bob Hope Lobby](https://blog.smu.edu/meadows/files/2015/11/p1607417563-5-1024x682.jpg)