Kalmen Opperman



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)