Opera fans will have the opportunity to hear a West Virginia University faculty member perform the music of Georg Frideric Handel, Richard Strauss and others during a free recital Tuesday (March 11).

Bass-baritone Eugene Galvin, a visiting assistant professor in WVU s Division of Music, will present a recital at 6 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall (Room 200A) of WVU s Creative Arts Center.

He will be assisted by music professor Robert Thieme, who directs the WVU Opera Theatre, and WVU students R.J. Nestor, James Rushin and Juliana Yap. The recital on the Evansdale Campus is free and open to the public.

In addition to Handel and Strauss, the program will include works by Gioacchino Rossini, Maurice Ravel, Tom Waits and Mitch Leigh. Galvin will also take special music requests from the audience.Praised in Opera News for hisrich voice and superb musicianship,Galvin has sung with the Washington, Wolf Trap, Cincinnati and many other operas.

In addition, he has worked with the Summer Opera Theater Co. most notably at Constitution Hall as Sarastro inThe Magic Fluteand as the title character inMarriage of Figarowith the New York Grand Opera.

Galvins roles also include Basilio, Don Giovanni, Colline, Dulcamara and Alidoro.

Recently, he has appeared as Gremin in Cleveland OperasEugene Onegin,in the Kennedy Center production of Marc BlitzsteinsReginawith Patti Lupone and as Pandolfe in Summer OperasCendrillon.He created two roles in Wolf Trap Operas critically acclaimed world premiere of John MustosVolpone.

On the concert stage, Galvin has performed with Ute Lemper and the National Symphony in Kurt WeillsSeven Deadly Sins,and with the Arlington Symphony and Williamsburg Symphonia. He was a regular featured performer in WMAL Radios annual live Christmas concert from the Kennedy Center and recently returned there as a bass soloist in theMessiahsing-along.

Galvin has also sung and directed his own translations of Gaetano DonizettisRitaand Pauline ViardotsCendrillon.He directed Opera Theater of Northern Virginias production ofPinocchio,adapted from the music of Gioacchino Rossini, and RossinisLoccasione fa il ladro.

Galvin has a doctorate in opera performance from the University of Maryland, where he studied with Dominic Cossa; a masters from the Catholic University of America; and a bachelors from Frostburg State University. He currently teaches voice at The Catholic University of America and University of Maryland, where he also directs the Opera Workshop.

For additional information, contact the WVU College of Creative Arts at 304-293-4841 ext. 3108.