Kalmen Opperman

Master Clarinetist & Teacher

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Professional Work



Scholarships: 

  • The late Simeon Bellison, principal clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic.


  • The late Ralph Maclean, principal clarinetist of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

  • Military Service: United States Military Academy Band.  West Point, New York


Principal Clarinetist: Broadway

  • La Cage Aux Folles

          Van Johnson, Gene Barry, George Hearn                  

  • Woman of the Year

          Lauren Bacall, Raquel Welch, Debbie Reynolds

  • Very Good Eddie

          Eddie Repole

  • Mack & Mabel

          Robert Preston, Bernadette Peters

  • Seesaw

          Michele Lee, Ken Howard

  • Applause

          Lauren Bacall

  • Dear World

          Angela Landsbury

  • Mame

          Angela Landsbury, Bea Arthur

  • 110 in the Shade

          Inga Swenson, Robert Horton

  • Ben Franklin in Paris

          Robert Preston

  • Oliver

          Georgia Brown, Clive Revel

  • Irma la Douce

          Elliot Gould, Keith Mitchell, Elizabeth Seal

  • Destry Rides Again

          Andy Griffith

  • Goldilocks

          Don Ameche, Elaine Stritch

  • L'il Abner

          Edie Adams, Stubby Key

  • Fanny

          Ezio Pinzam Walter Slezac, Florence Henderson

  • Arabian Nights

          Lauritz Melchoir

  • The Brass Ring

          Sidney Blackmer

  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

          Shirley Booth, Johnny Johnston

  • Peter Pan

          Boris Karloff, Jean Arthur

  • Sonja Henie Ice Revue

          Sonja Henie

 

Principal Clarinetist: Ballet

  • Ballet Theater

          Alicia Alonzo, Melissa Hayden, Igor Yousskevitch

  • Ballet de Paris

          Leslie Caron, Roland Petit, Colette Marchand

  • Ukrainian Folk Ballet

          Moiseyev Dance Company


Teaching: 

  • Brooklyn College of the City University of New York
  • Boston University
  • Catholic University of America
  • University of Hartford, Hartt School of Music
  • New York State University at Purchase
  • Indiana University
  • Trenton State College
  • New York University (Gallatin Division)



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