La Cenerentola
by Gioachino Rossini
Wichita Grand Opera
May 2025
Conductor: Whitney Reader
Turandot
by Giacomo Puccini
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
May 2025
Conductor: Carlo Montanaro
Le Nozze di Figaro
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Butler Opera Center, UT Austin
April 2025
Conductor: Douglas Kinney Frost
L'enfant et les sortilàges
by Maurice Ravel
Butler Opera Center, UT Austin
November 2024
Conductor: Douglas Kinney Frost
Le Nozze di Figaro
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Prague Summer Nights - Estates Theater
July 2024
Conductor: Craig Kier
Turandot
by Giacomo Puccini
Los Angeles Opera
May 2024
Conductor: James Conlon
Reviews
Pique Dame
by Pyotr Tchaikovksy
Butler Opera Center, UT Austin
April 2024
Conductor: Douglas Kinney Frost
Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci
by Pietro Mascagni and Ruggero Leoncavallo
Opera Carolina
October 2023
Conductor: James Meena
La bohème
by Giacomo Puccini
Utah Opera
October 2023
Conductor: Robert Tweten
Il Trionfo Dell'Onore
by Alessandro Scarlatti
La Musica Lirica (Italy)
July 2023
Conductor: Sara Chiesa
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
by Gioachino Rossini
Wichita Grand Opera
May 2023
Conductor: Joseph Rescigno
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
by Jacques Offenbach
Butler Opera Center, UT Austin
April 2023
Conductor: Douglas Kinney Frost
Falstaff
by Giuseppe Verdi
Palm Beach Opera
March 2023
Conductor: Antonello Allemandi
Pagliacci
by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Opera San Antonio
November 2022
Conductor: Francesco Milioto
Don Giovanni (semi-staged)
by Wolfang Amadeus Mozart
Chicago Symphony Orchestra- Ravinia Festival
August 2022
Conductor: James Conlon
Turandot
by Giacomo Puccini
Opera Grand Rapids
April 2022
Conductor: James Meena
Carmen
by Georges Bizet
Pittsburgh Opera
March 2022
Conductor: Antony Walker
Reviews
La scala di seta
by Gioachino Rossini
Peabody Opera Theatre (at Baltimore Theater Project)
February 2022
Conductor: Laurie Rogers
Carmen
by Georges Bizet
Palm Beach Opera
January 2022
Conductor: Antonello Allemandi
Don Giovanni
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Opera San Antonio
October 2021
Conductor: Robert Tweten
Don Giovanni
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Chicago Summer Opera
August 2021
Conductor: Johannes Löhner
Semele (Video Production)
by George Frideric Handel
Peabody Opera Theatre
March 2021
Conductor: Adam Pearl
The Seven Deadly Sins ∗CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19∗
by Kurt Weill
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
November 2020
Conductor: Marin Alsop
The Turn of the Screw (Video Production)
by Benjamin Britten
Peabody Opera Theatre
Fall 2020
Music Director: Eileen Cornett
Conductor: Sam Hollister
Porgy and Bess ∗CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19∗
by George Gershwin
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
November 2020
Conductor: David Charles Abell
Francesca Zambello production
Fidelio ∗POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19∗
by Ludwig van Beethoven
Washington National Opera
October 2020
Conductor: Robert Spano
Francesca Zambello production
Associate director
Don Giovanni ∗CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19∗
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Chicago Summer Opera
August 2020
Conductor: Codrut Birsan
New Production
Pagliacci ∗CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19∗
by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Portland Opera
June 2020
Conductor: George Manahan
Turandot ∗CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19∗
by Giacomo Puccini
Austin Opera
April 2020
Conductor: Timothy Myers
Carmen ∗POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19∗
by Georges Bizet
Pittsburgh Opera
March 2020
Conductor: Timothy Myers
Porgy and Bess
by George Gershwin
Atlanta Opera
March 2020
Conductor: David Charles Abell
Francesca Zambello production
Emilie
by Kaija Saariaho
Peabody Opera Theatre / Now Hear This
February 2020
Conductor: Courtney Orlando
The Hiding Tree
by Edward Barnes
Peabody Opera Outreach (Opera Delaware)
December 2019
Conductor: Eileen Cornett
Ariodante
by George Frideric Handel
University of Maryland
November 2019
Conductor: Craig Kier
La Traviata
by Giuseppe Verdi
Utah Opera
October 2019
Conductor: Steven White
Reviews
Porgy and Bess
by George Gershwin
Cincinnati Opera
July 2019
Conductor: David Charles Abell
Francesca Zambello production
Faust
by Charles Gounod
Opera San Antonio
May 2019
Conductor: Robert Tweten
Francesca Zambello production
Designed by Earl Staley
Porgy and Bess
by George Gershwin
Fort Worth Opera
April 2019
Conductor: Joe Illick
Francesca Zambello production
Faust
by Charles Gounod
Washington National Opera
March 2019
Conductor: Kerri-Lyn Wilson
Francesca Zambello production
Designed by Earl Staley
Reviews
Il Trittico
by Giacomo Puccini
Peabody Opera Theatre
March 2019
Conductor: Joseph Young
The Falling and the Rising
by Zach Redler
U.S. Army Field Band and Opera Memphis
January 2019
Conductor: Tyson Deaton
Candide (semi-staged)
by Leonard Bernstein
London Symphony Orchestra
December 2018
Conductor: Marin Alsop
Review
Candide (semi-staged)
by Leonard Bernstein
Utah Symphony
November 2018
Conductor: Thierry Fisher
Candide (semi-staged)
by Leonard Bernstein
Seoul Philharmonic
October 2018
Conductor: Thierry Fisher
Dialogues des Carmelites
by Francis Poulenc
Indiana University
October 2018
Associate Director
Conductor: Rani Calderon
Francesca Zambello production
La Traviata
by Giuseppe Verdi
Opera San Antonio
September 2018
Conductor: Francesco Milinoto
Review
Porgy and Bess
by George Gershwin
Seattle Opera
August 2018
Conductor: John DeMain
Francesca Zambello production
Reviews
Le nozze di Figaro
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Opera Grand Rapids
May 2018
Conductor: James Meena
Le nozze di Figaro
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Opera Carolina
April 2018
Conductor: Robert Moody
Out of Darkness
by Jake Heggie
Peabody Opera Theatre
February 2018
Conductor: Eileen Cornett
Tosca
by Giacomo Puccini
Pittsburgh Opera
October 2017
Conductor: Antony Walker
Turandot
by Giacomo Puccini
San Francisco Opera
September–December 2017
Conductor: Nicola Luisotti / Christopher Franklin
David Hockney production
Review
Porgy and Bess
by George Gershwin
Glimmerglass Festival
July 2017
Associate Director
Conductor: John DeMain
Francesca Zambello production
Madama Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
Austin Opera
April 2017
Conductor: Richard Buckley
Review
La Cenerentola
by Gioachino Rossini
El Paso Opera
March 2017
Conductor: Robert Tweten
Garnett Bruce production | Reviews
Le nozze di Figaro
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Peabody Opera Theatre
March 2017
Conductor: Steven White
Le nozze di Figaro
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Toledo Opera
February 2017
Conductor: James Meena
Faust
by Charles Gounod
Houston Grand Opera
October 2016
Conductor: Antonino Fogliani
Zambello production
Designed by Earl Staley
Reviews
The Magic Flute
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Michigan Opera Theater
May 2016
Conductor: James Meena
Madama Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
San Diego Opera
April 2016
Conductor: Yves Abel
Reviews
Aida
by Giuseppe Verdi
Utah Opera
March 2016
Conductor: Ari Pelto
The Ghost Train
by Paul Crabtree
Peabody at the B&O Railroad Museum
February 2016
Conductor: JoAnn Kulesza
American Stage Premiere
La Périchole
by Jacques Offenbach
Opera at the University of South Carolina, Columbia
November 2015
Conductor: Neil Casey
Madama Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
Opera San Antonio
October 2015
Conductor: Sebastian Lang-Lessing
Reviews
The Barber of Seville
by Gioachino Rossini
Opera and Ballet Theater at Indiana University, Bloomington
September 2015
Conductor: Paul Nadler
Candide (semi-staged)
by Leonard Bernstein
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
June 2015
Conductor: Marin Alsop
Feature Article: Martha Thomas, “A Fresh Crack at Candide,” BSO Overture
Reviews
Tosca
by Giacomo Puccini
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
April 2015
Conductor: Ward Holmquist
Reviews
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Peabody Opera at the Modell Lyric Opera House
March 2015
Conductor: Hajime Teri Murai
Scenery by Erhard Rom
Tannhäuser
by Richard Wagner
Lyric Opera of Chicago
February 2015
Assistant Director
Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis
Tim Albery production
Bonus: See The Figaro Sandwich co-designed by Garnett Bruce at the Eastman Egg Co., Chicago
Porgy and Bess
by George Gershwin
Lyric Opera of Chicago
November 2014
Assistant Director
Conductor: Ward Stare
Francesca Zambello production
Madama Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
Utah Opera
October 2014
Conductor: Robert Tweten
Madama Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
Glimmerglass Festival
Associate Director
July 2014
Conductor: Joseph Colaneri
Francesca Zambello production
The Magic Flute
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Washington National Opera
May 2014
Associate Director
Production Design: Jun Kaneko
Conductor: Philippe Auguin
Harry Silverstein production
Turandot
by Giacomo Puccini
Michigan Opera Theater
May 2014
Conductor: Valerio Galli
Reviews
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by Benjamin Britten
Peabody Opera Theatre
March 2014
Conductor: Hajime Teri Murai
Preview Article | Reviews
Pagliacci
by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Opera Naples
February 2014
Conductor: J. Ernest Green
Don Carlo
by Giuseppe Verdi
Austin Lyric Opera
November 2013
Conductor: Richard Buckley
Turandot
by Giacomo Puccini
The Dallas Opera
April 2013
Conductor: Marco Zambelli
Live simulcast at Dallas Cowboys Stadium on April 13
Army Goes to the Opera
Bravissimo Bel Canto!
(in concert)
Lyric Opera Baltimore
April 2013
Pianists: James Harp, Edward Polochick
The Magic Flute
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Opera Omaha
February 2013
Production Design: Jun Kaneko
Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury
Harry Silverstein production
Reviews
The Magic Flute
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Opera Carolina
January 2013
Production Design: Jun Kaneko
Conductor: James Meena
Harry Silverstein production
Tosca
by Giacomo Puccini
Opera Naples
December 2012
Conductor: Paul Nadler
Reviews
Pagliacci
by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Austin Lyric Opera
November 2012
Conductor: Richard Buckley
Reviews
Aida
by Giuseppe Verdi
Dallas Opera
October 2012
Conductor: Graeme Jenkins
The Magic Flute
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
San Francisco Opera
Assistant Director
June 2012
Director: Harry Silverstein
Production Design: Jun Kaneko
Conductor: Rory Macdonald
Turandot
by Giacomo Puccini
Austin Lyric Opera
April 2012
Conductor: Richard Buckley
Reviews
La Cenerentola
by Gioachino Rossini
Madison Opera
April 2012
Conductor: John DeMain
Reviews
Don Pasquale
by Gaetano Donizetti
Opera Memphis
March 2012
Conductor: Ari Pelto
Reviews
The Rake's Progress
by Igor Stravinsky
Peabody Opera Theatre
Modell Lyric Opera House
November 18—20, 2011
Conductor: Hajime Teri Murai
Read about grand opera's return to Baltimore
Lucia di Lammermoor
by Gaetano Donizetti
The Dallas Opera
October 2011
Conductor: Graeme Jenkins
Reviews
Turandot
by Giacomo Puccini
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Opening of the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
October 2011
New Production
Conductor: Ward Holmquist
Reviews
Turandot
by Giacomo Puccini
San Francisco Opera
September—November 2011
Conductors: Nicola Luisotti and Giuseppe Finzi
Simulcast to AT&T Park on September 25
Reviews
La Traviata
by Giuseppe Verdi
Madison Opera
April 2011
Conductor: John DeMain
Review
Les mamelles de Tirésias
by Francis Poulenc
L'enfant et les sortilèges
by Maurice Ravel
Peabody Opera Theatre
March 16—19, 2011
Conductor: Hajime Teri Murai
Don Giovanni
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Opera Omaha
February 2011
Conductor: JoAnn Kulesza
La Traviata
by Giuseppe Verdi
Austin Lyric Opera
November 2010
Conductor: Richard Buckley
Salome
by Richard Strauss
Washington National Opera
Associate Director
October 2010
Conductor: Phillippe Auguin
Francesca Zambello production
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
by Gioachino Rossini
Aspen Music Festival and School
July 2010
Conductor: Josep Caballé-Domenech
Lucia di Lammermoor
by Gaetano Donizetti
Green Mountain Opera Festival
June 2010
Conductor: Leo Vordoni
Madama Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
Dallas Opera
May 2010
Conductor: Graeme Jenkins
Francesca Zambello production
Review
Rigoletto
by Giuseppe Verdi
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
March 2010
Conductor: Ward Holmquist
Review
Le Nozze di Figaro
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Opera Omaha
February 2010
Conductor: Stephen Hargreaves
Review
Tosca
by Giacomo Puccini
Lyric Opera of Chicago
January 2010
Conductor: Stephen Lord
Singers: Violeta Urmana, Lucio Gallo, Marco Berti
Review
Carmen
by Georges Bizet
Utah Opera
January 2010
Conductor: Ari Pelto
Review
La bohème
by Giacomo Puccini
Austin Lyric Opera
November 2009
Conductor: Richard Buckley
Review
Pagliacci
by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Opera Omaha
October 2009
Conductor: Richard Buckley
Tosca
by Giacomo Puccini
Lyric Opera of Chicago
September 2009
Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis / Stephen Lord
Singers: Deborah Voigt, James Morris, Vladimir Galouzine
Die Zauberflöte
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Teater Hedeland
Associate Director
August 2009
Lars Rudolfsson production
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
Review
La Traviata
by Giuseppe Verdi
Peabody Opera
March 2009
Conductor: Hajime Teri Murai
La Cenerentola
by Gioachino Rossini
Orlando Opera
February 2009
Conductor: Leonardo Vordoni
Garnett Bruce production | Review
La Cenerentola
by Gioachino Rossini
Austin Lyric Opera
November 2008
Conductor: Robert Tweten
Garnett Bruce production
Madama Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
Utah Opera
October 2008
Conductor: Joseph Mechavich
Salt Lake Tribune Review
Otello
by Giuseppe Verdi
Kentucky Opera
September 2008
Conductor: Stephen Crawford
Aspen Music Festival and School
Faculty
June-July 2008
Aida
by Giuseppe Verdi
San Diego Opera
April 2008
Conductor: Valéry Ryvkin
Production Photos
Die Zauberflöte
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
February—March 2008
Conductor: Stephen Hargreaves
Production Photos
The Yellow Wallpaper
by Catherine Reid
Peabody Opera
January—February 2008
Conductor: JoAnn Kulesza
Production Photos
Doctor Atomic
by John Adams
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Associate Director
December 2007—January 2008
Peter Sellars production
Chicago Sun Review
The Turn of the Screw
by Benjamin Britten
Peabody Opera
November 2007
Conductor: JoAnn Kulesza
Production Photos
Tosca
by Giacomo Puccini
Opera Cleveland
October 2007
Conductor: Richard Buckley
Singers: Brenda Harris, Alfredo Portilla, Gordon Hawkins
Production Photos
La Traviata
by Giuseppe 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
Production Photos
Rigoletto
by Giuseppe Verdi
Chattanooga Symphony and Opera
January 2007
Conductor: Robert Bernhardt
Production Photos
Macbeth
by Giuseppe 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 Gioachino 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 Gioachino 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 Gioachino 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 Giuseppe Verdi
Houston Grand Opera
Associate Director
April 2003
Frank Corsaro production
Rigoletto
by Giuseppe 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 Giuseppe 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 Giuseppe 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