Joseph Oparamanuike

Joseph Oparamanuike returns to the international scenes after over five years of re-introducing opera and teaching singing in his country, Nigeria. He founded Comic Opera House in Nigeria and later became the first Opera Head of the Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON).

He studied Master of Sacred Music in Choral Conducting at the University of Notre Dame with Prof. Mark Doerries and Prof. Nancy Menk, Master of Music in Opera and Post Graduate Diploma in Performance (Singing) at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with Scott Johnson through the support of the RCS Trust Fund’s Scholarship. He also holds Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music in Singing, Diploma of the Associated Board of Royal School of Music in Vocal Teaching and B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering.

He is currently pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts in Opera Performance at the University of Texas at Austin with Donnie Ray Albert. He also took singing lessons with Stephen Lancaster at the University of Notre Dame.

He sang the role of Rodolfo La Boheme at the first opera of the 2023/24 Butler Opera Center season. Other roles he has sung include Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Count Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Tonio in La Fille Du Regiment, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Nemorino in L’Elisir D’Amore, Prunier in La Rondine, Tito in La Clemenza di Tito and Alfredo (understudy) in La Traviata.