UPCOMING
SAN DIEGO OPERA
Project TBA
DIRECTOR
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
Albert Herring (new production), 2024
L'Elisir D'Amore (new production), 2023
SAN DIEGO OPERA
Resident Stage Director, 2018-2023
Tosca (new staging), 2023
The Falling and the Rising (performances cancelled), 2023
When I See Your Face Again: Unmasking the Music of Notorious Pandemics (scripted concert), 2021
All Is Calm; The Christmas Truce of 1914 (film presentation), 2020
Aida (new staging), 2019
All Is Calm: The Christmas truce of 1914∞ (new production), 2018
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Director of Opera Theatre, 2018-2023
L'Amant Anonyme (new production with new English dialogue), 2023
La Verbena de la Paloma (zarzuela), 2021
The Seven Deadly Sins (new film), 2021
Amahl and the Night Visitors (streaming radio play), 2020**
RE: Euridice/Orfeo: The Orpheus Operas of Peri and Gluck (new productions), 2020
Flight (new production), 2018
BERLIN OPERA ACADEMY
Die Zauberflöte (new production), 2022
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY
Albert Herring (new production), 2020**
MUSIC ACADEMY INTERNATIONAL/TRENTINO MUSIC FESTIVAL (ITALY)
La Clemenza di Tito (new production), 2019
THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
L'Amico Fritz (new production), 2018
L'Italiana in Algeri (new production), 2018
SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY
The Seven Deadly Sins (new production), 2017
The Telephone (new production), 2017
A Hand of Bridge (new production), 2017
Die Zauberflöte (new production), 2017
Albert Herring, 2016
MIAMI CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
The Turn of the Screw (new production), 2016
Albert Herring (new production), 2015
OPERA SANTA BARBARA
L'Elisir d'Amore (new staging), 2016
MINNESOTA OPERA
Ariadne auf Naxos (revival director), 2015
SAINT PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
The Turn of the Screw‡ (new concert staging), 2014
GREEN MOUNTAIN OPERA FESTIVAL
Director of the Emerging Artist Program, 2014
The Rape of Lucretia∂ (new production), 2014
Friends and Family: Music of the Near and (Not So) Dear‡, 2014
Gala Concert‡, 2013
Emerging Artist Showcase‡, 2013
SUGAR CREEK OPERA
Die Fledermaus‡ (new concert staging), 2014
GULF COAST SYMPHONY (FL)
La Traviata (new co-production), 2013
CENTER CITY OPERA THEATER
La Traviata (new co-production), 2013
Satan's Bride: Maren of Vardø (workshop production), 2013
A Recipe for Opera§ (new touring production), 2012
A Woman in Morocco, 2012 (libretto reading for new opera by Daron Hagen and Barbara Grecki)
TULSA OPERA
The Elixir of Love§∂ (remount), 2011
The Elixir of Love§∂ (new touring production), 2010
PALM BEACH OPERA
Orfeo ed Euridice∂ (new production), 2010
OPERA IN THE OZARKS
Carmen (new production), 2010
AUSTRO-AMERICAN MOZART ACADEMY IN SALZBURG
Don Giovanni (new production), 2013
Le Nozze di Figaro (new production), 2012
SARAH AND ERNEST BUTLER OPERA CENTER, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Susannah∞ (new production), 2008
Les Contes d’Hoffmann*, 2007
Orpheus in the Underworld, 2007
Don Giovanni*, 2006
Die Fledermaus*, 2006
MARTHA-ELLEN TYE OPERA THEATRE, THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
The Turn of the Screw∞ (new production), 2012
Roméo et Juliette (new production), 2012
L'Euridice (Peri) (new concert staging), 2011
SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Dido and Aeneas (new production), 2010
A Game of Chance (new production), 2009
A Question of Taste (new production), 2009
A Hand of Bridge (new production), 2009
CHAUTAUQUA OPERA, APPRENTICE ARTIST OPERALOGUE SCENES PROGRAM
The Magic Flute†, 2011
Luisa Miller†, 2011
The Cunning Little Vixen†, 2008
The Elixir of Love†, 2007
Carmen†, 2007
CHAUTAUQUA OPERA, STUDIO ARTIST OPERA SCENES PROGRAM
Les Contes d’Hoffmann*, 2011
La Rondine*, 2011
A Little Night Music*, 2011
Hamlet*, 2011
Werther*, 2011
Six Characters in Search of an Author*, 2008
Werther*, 2008
The Taming of the Shrew*, 2008
Albert Herring*, 2008
Les Contes d’Hoffmann*, 2008
Ariadne auf Naxos*, 2007
The Crucible*, 2007
L’Amico Fritz*, 2007
A Midsummer Night’s Dream*, 2007
La Bohème*, 2007
Così fan tutte*, 2007
CENTRAL CITY OPERA, BONFILS-STANTON FOUNDATION ARTISTS TRAINING PROGRAM, OPERA A LA CARTE
The Tender Land*, 2009
Giulio Cesare*, 2009
Le Nozze di Figaro*, 2009
Don Giovanni*, 2009
Così fan tutte*, 2009
DRUID CITY OPERA WORKSHOP SCENES PROGRAM, THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
Falstaff *, 2012
The Rape of Lucretia*, 2012
Mignon*, 2012
Der Rosenkavalier*, 2012
Don Giovanni*, 2012
Falstaff*, 2011
Little Women*, 2011
Fidelio*, 2011
La Bohème*, 2011
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
SAN DIEGO OPERA
El último sueño de Frida y Diego (Lorena Maza, Director), 2022
Roméo et Juliette (Matthew Ozawa, Director), 2022
Così Fan Tutte (Timothy Nelson, Director), 2022
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Keturah Stickann, Director), 2021
La Bohème (Keturah Stickann, Director), 2020
Carmen (Kyle Lang, Director), 2019
Three Decembers (Karen Tiller, Director), 2019
Rigoletto (Michael Cavanagh, Director), 2019
LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO
Nabucco (Matthew Ozawa, Director), 2016
The Merry Widow (Susan Stroman, Director), 2015
SEATTLE OPERA
Ariadne auf Naxos (Chris Alexander, Director), 2015
Semele (Tomer Zvulun, Director), 2015
Tosca (Jose Maria Condemi, Director), 2015
Don Giovanni (Christopher Alexander, Director), 2014
Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Christopher Alexander, Director), 2014
The Consul (Peter Kazaras, Director), 2014
Rigoletto (Linda Brovsky, Director), 2014
NEW YORK CITY OPERA
The Turn of the Screw (Sam Buntrock, Director), 2013
GREEN MOUNTAIN OPERA FESTIVAL
Don Giovanni (James Darrah, Director), 2013
Albert Herring (James Darrah, Director), 2013
FLORIDA GRAND OPERA
Don Giovanni (John Pascoe, Director/Sara Erde, Choreographer), 2011
CHAUTAUQUA OPERA
The Magic Flute (Jay Lesenger, Director), 2011
Luisa Miller (Jay Lesenger, Director), 2011
Così fan tutte (2nd) (Jay Lesenger, Director), 2008
Operatic Animals‡, Chautauqua Opera/Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra (Jay Lesenger, Director), 2008
The Cunning Little Vixen (Jay Lesenger, Director), 2008
La Traviata (2nd) (A. Scott Parry, Director), 2008
Street Scene (Jay Lesenger, Director), 2007
Carmen (John Kramar, Director), 2007
Werther (2nd) (Jay Lesenger, Director), 2007
Once Upon a Mattress (Jay Lesenger, Director), 2007
MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE
The Mikado (Michael Scarola, Director/Dan Knechtges, Choreographer), 2010
CENTRAL CITY OPERA
A Little Night Music (Ken Cazan, Director), 2009
TULSA OPERA
L’Elisir d’Amore (Michael Scarola, Director), 2009
Hänsel and Gretel (Tara Faircloth, Director), 2009
La Bohème (Stanley M. Garner, Director), 2008
DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND DANCE, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Big Love (play) (Fran Dorn, Director), 2008
SARAH AND ERNEST BUTLER OPERA CENTER, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
The Turn of the Screw (Robert DeSimone, Director), 2007
Les Chansons de Bilitis, Claude Debussy International Congress, Butler Opera Center (Robert DeSimone, Director), 2006
L’Enfant Prodigue, Claude Debussy International Congress, Butler Opera Center (Robert DeSimone, Director), 2006
La Chute de la Maison Usher, Claude Debussy International Congress, Butler Opera Center (Robert DeSimone, Director), 2006
CHOREOGRAPHER
TULSA OPERA
L’Elisir d’Amore, Soldier’s Rifle Choreography (Michael Scarola, Director), 2009
SET DESIGN
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
L'Elisir D'Amore, 2023
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
L'Amant Anonyme, 2023
TRENTINO MUSIC FESTIVAL/MUSIC ACADEMY INTERNATIONAL
La Clemenza di Tito, 2019
SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY
The Seven Deadly Sins, 2017
The Telephone, 2017
A Hand of Bridge, 2017
Die Zauberflöte (co-designer), 2017
SAINT PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
The Turn of the Screw‡, 2014
GREEN MOUNTAIN OPERA FESTIVAL
The Rape of Lucretia∂, 2014
AUSTRO-AMERICAN MOZART ACADEMY IN SALZBURG
Don Giovanni, 2013
Le Nozze di Figaro, 2012
TULSA OPERA
The Elixir of Love§∂, 2011 and 2010
PALM BEACH OPERA
Orfeo ed Euridice∂, 2010
PROJECTION DESIGN
SAN DIEGO OPERA
Così Fan Tutte, 2022 (media creation for one projection)
TRENTINO MUSIC FESTIVAL/MUSIC ACADEMY INTERNATIONAL
La Clemenza di Tito, 2019
THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
L'Amico Fritz, 2018
L'Italiana in Algeri, 2018
SOUND DESIGN
SAN DIEGO OPERA
All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, 2018
CREATOR/WRITER/LIBRETTIST
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
L'Amant Anonyme (new English dialogue), 2023
SAN DIEGO OPERA
When I See Your Face Again: Unmasking the Music of Notorious Pandemics (scripted concert), 2021
TBD
TBA (a new operatic project), Librettist, 2013-present
CENTER CITY OPERA THEATRE
A Recipe for Opera, 2012-13
TULSA OPERA
The Elixir of Love, Adaptation and English Dialogue, 2010 and 2011
PRODUCER
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
La Verbena de la Paloma (zarzuela), 2021
The Seven Deadly Sins (new film), 2021
Amahl and the Night Visitors (streaming radio play), 2020**
RE: Euridice/Orfeo: The Orpheus Operas of Peri and Gluck (new productions), 2020
Flight, 2018
MOORES OPERA CENTER, THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
What’s Opera, Duck? (2017)
The Love for Three Oranges (2017)
The School for Scandal (2018)
L’Amico Fritz (2018)
L’Italiana in Algeri (2018)
BROADWAY MASTER CLASS SERIES
An Evening with Andrew Lippa, New York, NY, 2005
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS (AS A SINGER)
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro), Minnesota Opera (tour), 2001
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro - cover), Chautauqua Opera, 2000
ll Barbiere di Siviglia (Fiorello), Chautauqua Opera, 2000
Ariadne auf Naxos (Harlekin - cover), Chautauqua Opera, 2000
Street Scene (Harry Easter - cover), Chautuaqua Opera, 2000
An Evening of Opera Highlights (Featured Soloist), Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, 2000
An Evening of Opera Pops (Featured Soloist), Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, 2000
Don Giovanni (Masetto), Lake George Opera Festival, 1999
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (premiere) (Pied Piper), Virginia Opera, 1998
Traveling (Richard Gordon, arr.) (Featured Soloist), Chautauqua Opera Cabaret, 1996
AWARDS
NATIONAL FINALIST, THE CHARLES NELSON REILLY PRIZE IN STAGE DIRECTION (2022)
The Seven Deadly Sins, San Diego State University, 2022
NATIONAL FINALIST, THE AMERICAN PRIZE IN VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE (2022)
The Seven Deadly Sins, San Diego State University, 2022
NATIONAL SEMI-FINALIST, THE AMERICAN PRIZE IN OPERA PERFORMANCE (2022)
The Seven Deadly Sins, San Diego State University, 2022
WINNER, CRAIG NOEL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SPECIAL EVENT (2018)
All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, San Diego Opera, 2018
FINALIST, THE AMERICAN PRIZE IN STAGE DIRECTION (2016)
Albert Herring, Miami Music Festival, 2015
WINNER, THE AMERICAN PRIZE IN OPERA PERFORMANCE (2013)
The Turn of the Screw, Martha-Ellen Tye Opera Theatre, The University of Iowa, 2012 (click
HERE for more info)
RUNNER-UP, OPERA PRODUCTION COMPETION, NATIONAL OPERA ASSOCIATION (2011-2012)
The Turn of the Screw, Martha-Ellen Tye Opera Theatre, The University of Iowa, 2012 (click
HERE for more info)
WINNER, OPERA PRODUCTION COMPETION, NATIONAL OPERA ASSOCIATION (2007-2008)
Susannah, Butler Opera Center, The University of Texas at Austin, 2008 (click
HERE for more info)
∞Award Winning
*Scene performed as part of a larger program
**Performances cancelled due to COVID-19
†Scenes performed as part of a lecture series
‡Staged concert or Semi-Staged opera performance
§Tour
∂Young artist program performance