The department of performing arts at McNeese State University will present dramatic soprano Frances Fenton in a free guest artist recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, in Ralph Squires Recital Hall at the Shearman Fine Arts Center.

Fenton, who has sung world premieres of works by Richard Hundley, Henry Mollicone, John David Earnest and Philip Glass, will also present a master class at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, in Ralph Squires Hall. The class is free and open to the public.

Fenton is former director of the Vocal Division of the Arts in Hessen, Germany and has performed with the Zürich Opera, Oper Frankfurt, the Houston Grand Opera and Central City Opera. A graduate of the University of Texas and the University of Houston, she has sung with opera companies and orchestras in Austria, Brazil, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey and Wales. Fenton is a frequently requested performer for the U.S. State Department and has given master classes for Ashdod Chamber Opera in Israel.