Porgy & Bess
by George Gershwin
San Francisco Opera
Assistant Director
June 2009
Conductor: John DeMain
Francesca Zambello production
Madama Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
San Diego Opera
May 2009
Conductor: Edoardo Müller
Francesca Zambello production
La bohème
by Giacomo Puccini
Opera Omaha
April 2009
Conductor: Hal France
La Cenerentola
by Gioacchino Rossini
Orlando Opera
February 2009
Conductor: Leonardo Vordoni
Garnett Bruce production
La Cenerentola
by Gioacchino Rossini
Austin Lyric Opera
November 2008
Conductor: Robert Tweten
Garnett Bruce production
Madama Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
Utah Opera
October 2008
Conductor: Joseph Mechavich
Otello
by Guiseppe Verdi
Kentucky Opera
September 2008
Conductor: Stephen Crawford
Aspen Music Festival and School
Faculty
June-July 2008
Aida
by Guiseppe Verdi
San Diego Opera
April 2008
Conductor: Valéry Ryvkin
Die Zauberflöte
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
February—March 2008
Conductor: Stephen Hargreaves
The Yellow Wallpaper
by Catherine Reid
Peabody Opera
January—February 2008
Conductor: JoAnn Kulesza
Doctor Atomic
by John Adams
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Associate Director
December 2007—January 2008
Peter Sellers production
Chicago Sun Review
The Turn of the Screw
by Benjamin Britten
Peabody Opera
November 2007
Conductor: JoAnn Kulesza
Tosca
by Giacomo Puccini
Opera Cleveland
October 2007
Conductor: Richard Buckley
Singers: Brenda Harris, Alfredo Portilla, Gordon Hawkins
La Traviata
by Guiseppe Verdi
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Associate Director
September 2007
Conductor: Bruno Bartoletti
Singers: Elizabeth Futral, Renée Fleming
Frank Corsaro production
Turandot
by Giacomo Puccini
Kentucky Opera
September 2007
Conductor: Joseph Rescigno
Singers: Lise Lindstrom, Tonio DiPaolo
Reviews
Carmen
by Georges Bizet
Teater Hedeland, Denmark
August 2007
Lars Rudolfsson production
Der Rosenkavalier
by Richard Strauss
San Francisco Opera
Assistant Director
June—July 2007
Conductor: Donald Runnicles
Lotfi Mansouri/Sandra Bernhard production
Review
Porgy and Bess
by George Gershwin
Los Angeles Opera
Associate Director
April—May 2007
Conductor: John DeMain
Francesca Zambello production
Les contes d'Hoffmann
by Jacques Offenbach
Peabody Opera
March 2007
Conductor: Hajime Teri Murai
Rigoletto
by Guiseppe Verdi
Chattanooga Symphony and Opera
January 2007
Conductor: Robert Bernhardt
Macbeth
by Guiseppe Verdi
Vancouver Opera (Canadian debut)
November 2006
Conductor: Jonathan Darlington
Singers: Greer Grimsley, Jane Eaglen
Christopher Mattaliano production
Pagliacci
by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Pittsburgh Opera
October 2006
Conductor: Richard Buckley
Singers: Richard Leech, Mary Mills, Lester Lynch
Turandot
by Giacomo Puccini
Lyric Opera of Chicago
September 2006 / January 2007
Conductor: Bruno Bartoletti / Sir Andrew Davis
Singers: Andrea Gruber, Patricia Racette, Vladimir Galouzine, Johan Botha
David Hockney production
Review
Carmen
by Georges Bizet
Santa Fe Opera
Assistant Director
July 2006
Conductor: Alan Gilbert
Singers: Ann-Sophie von Otter, Beth Clayton, William Joyner
Lars Rudolfsson production
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
by Gioacchino Rossini
Utah Opera
May 2006
Conductor: Christopher Larkin
Singers: Daniel Belcher, Chad Freeburg, Adriana Zabala
Review
Turandot
by Giacomo Puccini
Cleveland Opera
March 2006
Conductor: Richard Buckley
Singers: Lise Lindstrom, Tonio DiPaolo
Review
Award: Winner of 2006 Northern Ohio Live's Awards of Achievement — Classical Music Event
Tosca
by Giacomo Puccini
Opera Pacific
November 2005
Conductor: Christian Badea
Review
Orfeo ed Euridice (original production)
by Christoph W. Gluck
Chattanooga Symphony and Opera
September 2005
Conductor: Robert Bernhardt
About this Production
Opening Celebration Concert
Ellie Caulkins Opera House
Opera Colorado
September 2005
Conductor: Stephen Lord
Singers: Renée Fleming, James Morris, Ben Heppner
La Cenerentola
by Gioacchino Rossini
Wolf Trap Opera
August 2005
Conductor: Dean Williamson
Vanessa
by Samuel Barber
San Diego Opera
April 2005
Conductor: Karen Keltner
Singers: Carol Vaness, Margaret Lattimore, John McVeigh
NY Times review of City Opera's 2007 Revival
The Alien Corn (world premiere)
Music by Thomas Benjamin
Libretto by Roger Brunyate
Peabody Opera
March 2005
Conductor: JoAnn Kulesza
Susannah
by Carlisle Floyd
Opera Columbus
February 2005
Conductor: Louis Salemno
Review
Jenufa
by Leos Janacek
Dallas Opera
Associate Director
November 2004
Conductor: Graeme Jenkins
Singers: Patricia Racette, Judith Forst, Robert Brubaker, Jay Hunter Morris
Francesca Zambello production
Madama Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
Houston Grand Opera
Associate Director
October 2004
Singers: Patricia Racette, Paul Charles Clarke
Francesca Zambello production
La Cenerentola (original production)
by Gioacchino Rossini
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
September 2004
Conductor: Ward Holmquist
Singers: Joyce diDonato, Steven Condy, Daniel Belcher, Jeffrey Picon
Designers: Keith Brumley (sets), Mary Traylor (costumes),
James Sale (lighting)
Review | About this Production
Der fliegende Holländer
by Richard Wagner
Austin Lyric Opera
March 2004
Conductor: Guido Ajmone-Marsan
Abduction from the Seraglio
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Peabody Opera
February 2004
Conductor: Edward Polochick
Carmen
by Georges Bizet
Palm Beach Opera
January 2004
Conductor: Julius Rudel
Designers: John Conklin (sets), Jane Greenwood (costumes), James Sale (lighting)
Review
La bohème
by Giacomo Puccini
Dallas Opera
December 2003
Conductor: Claus Peter Flor
Designers: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (sets), Peter J. Hall (costumes), Marie Barrett (lighting)
Madama Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
Opera Pacific
November 2003
Conductor: John DeMain
Francesca Zambello production
Tosca
by Giacomo Puccini
Houston Grand Opera
October 2003
Conductor: Antonello Allemandi
Designers: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (sets), Christopher Akerlind (lighting)
Reviews
Fidelio
by Ludwig van Beethoven
Chattanooga Symphony and Opera
September 2003
Conductor: Robert Bernhardt
La Clemenza di Tito (original production)
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolf Trap Opera
June 2003
Conductor: Steven Mosteller
Designers: Luke Hegel-Cantarella (sets & costumes), James Sale (lighting)
Review | About this Production
Madama Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
San Diego Opera
May 2003
Francesca Zambello production
La Traviata
by Guiseppe Verdi
Houston Grand Opera
Associate Director
April 2003
Frank Corsaro production
Rigoletto
by Guiseppe Verdi
Opera Grand Rapids
February 2003
Conductor: Robert Lyall
Cold Sassy Tree
by Carlisle Floyd
Opera Carolina
Co-directed with Ellen Douglas Schlaefer
February 2003
Bruce Beresford production
Review
Turandot
by Giacomo Puccini
featuring the new ending by Luciano Berio
Dallas Opera
January 2003
Review
La Traviata
by Guiseppe Verdi
Austin Lyric Opera
November 2002
La bohème
by Giacomo Puccini
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
September 2002
Conductor: Karen Keltner
Designers: John Conklin (sets), Martin Pakledinaz (costumes)
Reviews
Street Scene
by Kurt Weill
Wolf Trap Opera
August 2002
Conductor: Richard Bado
Designers: Adrianne Lobel (sets), Martin Pakledinaz (costumes)
Reviews
Carmen
by Georges Bizet
Washington National Opera
Assistant Director
May 2002
Ann-Margret Pettersson production
La Tragédie de Carmen
by Georges Bizet and Peter Brook
Yale Opera
April 2002
Madama Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
Pittsburgh Opera
March 2002
Francesca Zambello production
Tosca
by Giacomo Puccini
Opera Colorado
February 2002
Conductor: Richard Buckley
Designer: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (sets), James Sale (lighting)
Turandot
by Giacomo Puccini
Teatro di San Carlo, Napoli (Italian debut)
January 2002
David Hockney production
Jenufa
by Leos Janacek
San Francisco Opera
Associate Director
November 2001
Francesca Zambello production
Review
Gianni Schicchi/Pagliacci
by Giacomo Puccini and Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Knoxville Opera
September 2001
Madama Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
Cincinnati Opera
June 2001
Francesca Zambello production
The Pirates of Penzance
by Gilbert and Sullivan
Chattanooga Symphony and Opera
April 2001
Madama Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
New Orleans Opera
April 2001
Cold Sassy Tree
by Carlisle Floyd
San Diego Opera
March 2001
Bruce Beresford production
Review
The Pirates of Penzance
by Gilbert and Sullivan
Colorado Symphony
February 2001
Cold Sassy Tree
by Carlisle Floyd
Austin Lyric Opera
January 2001
Bruce Beresford production
Madama Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
Dallas Opera
November 2000
Francesca Zambello production
Pagliacci
by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Houston Grand Opera
Assistant Director
May 2000
Michele Assaf production
Cold Sassy Tree
by Carlisle Floyd
Houston Grand Opera
Assistant Director
April 2000
Bruce Beresford production
L'Elisir d'Amore
by Gaetano Donizetti
Houston Grand Opera
January 2000
Stephen Lawless production
Review
Aida
by Guiseppe Verdi
Eugene Opera
December 1999
Turandot
by Giacomo Puccini
Opera Grand Rapids
November 1999
Carmen
by Georges Bizet
Tulsa Opera
October 1999
Resurrection
by Tod Machover
Houston Grand Opera
Assistant Director
April 1999
Braham Murray production
Die Zauberflöte
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Opera Colorado
Associate Director
February 1999
Julius Rudel production
The Crucible
by Robert Ward
Washington National Opera
Assistant Director
January 1999
Bruce Beresford production
Turandot
by Giacomo Puccini
San Francisco Opera
September 1998
David Hockney production
Lulu
by Alban Berg
San Francisco Opera
Assistant Director
May 1998
Lotfi Mansouri production
Madama Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
San Diego Opera
Associate Director
March 1998
Francesca Zambello production
Porgy and Bess
by George Gershwin
Teatro La Fenice, Venezia
Stage Manager
November 1997
Amy Hutchison production
La bohème
by Giacomo Puccini
Washington National Opera
Associate Director
November 1996
Gian-Carlo Menotti production
La bohème
by Giacomo Puccini
Houston Grand Opera
Associate Director
January 1996
Herbert Ross production
Carmen
by Georges Bizet
Eugene Opera
January 1996