Singer, educator and producer Gerald Dolter began singing at an early age and went on to obtain degrees in Voice and Arts Administration at Indiana University’s School of Music. In 1995 Gerald joined the Texas Tech School of Music before becoming the Director of TTU Opera Theatre in 1998. During this time, Gerald sought to program a wide variety of operatic works to expand both student and public interest in his field. His production of Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Into The Woods’ was staged not in a theatre, but in a hotel atrium, making use of trees, pools and shrubs to bring his vision to life. However, nothing represented Gerald’s visionary thinking more than when he created the musical theatre company, Lubbock Moonlight Musicals in 2006. The company opened the then named Wells Fargo Amphitheatre with a production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical Oklahoma! Moonlight Musicals has since gone on to become a staple of West Texas performing over 50 musicals since 2006. As a performer, Gerald has been recognized nationally and internationally winning several major awards, including the National Winner in the Metropolitan Opera Auditions in 1984, the Premio Galeffi at Italy’s Concorso International per Voci Verdiane in 1984, and collecting first place in the International Vocal completion in Ghent, Belgium in 1986. Gerald was the leading baritone with Germany’s Bremen Opera from 1985 to 1991 where he performed many diverse roles, and has amassed 96 operatic characterizations to date.
Gerald Dolter was inducted into the West Texas Walk of Fame in 2024.
