Schedule

Schedule:

Directing Flicka, a film about the life of Frederica Von Stade
with Paper Wings Films.

New productions with Atlanta Opera and L’Opera de Montréal

Co-directing, with choreographer Yayoi Kambara, IKKAI, a multimedia dance installation about Japanese incarceration camps in the United States during World War II.

Stewart Wallace’s Harvey Milk—Rescheduled

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Joby Talbot and Gene Scheer's Everest
SUMMER 2021
A Graphic Novel Opera Film
Opera Parallèle
 
Philip Glass’ In the Penal Colony
Streaming Begins April 2021 
Opera Parallèle and Days and Nights Festival, Carmel
 
Jonathan Dove/Angelis: Flight
An Opera Film
April 23-25, 2021
Seattle Opera 
 
Jonathan Dove’s Flight— POSTPONED
January 25-February 2, 2020
Minnesota Opera
Ordway Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota
https://mnopera.org/season/2019-2020/flight/

Stewart Wallace’s Harvey Milk — POSTPONED
May 15-17, 2020
Opera Parallèle
The Blue Shield Theater of California at YBCA
https://operaparallele.org/harvey-milk/

Miguel Zenó Golden City Suite — POSTPONED
Immersive Theatrical Design
May 7-8, 2020
SFJazz Center, San Francisco
https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/miguel-zenon-golden-city-suite/

Lee Hoiby's Bon Appétit
February 16-17, 2020
Opera Parallèle
Hayes Street Grill, San Francisco
https://operaparallele.org/bonappetit/

Jonathan Dove’s Flight
January 25-February 2, 2020
Minnesota Opera
Ordway Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota
https://mnopera.org/season/2019-2020/flight/

Richard Strauss' Elektra
November 12, 15, 17, 19, and 20, 2019
Minnesota Opera
Ordway Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota
https://mnopera.org/season/2019-2020/elektra/

Laura Kaminsky’s Today It Rains
March 28-31, 2019
Libretto by Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed
A co-commissioned with Opera Parallèle and American Opera Projects
https://operaparallele.org/today-it-rains/

New York Performance Fall 2019
Rachel Portman’s The Little Prince
December 7, 8, 9, 2018
Opera Parallèle
https://operaparallele.org/little-prince-2018/

Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold
November 10, 13, 15, 17, 2018
Opéra de Montréal
https://placedesarts.com/en/event/op%C3%A9ra-de-montr%C3%A9al-das-rheingold

Philip Glass' In the Penal Colony
October 5, 7,  2018
Opera Parallèle and Days and Nights Festival, Carmel

New production in Collaboration with Philip Glass

Gordon Getty’s Usher House and Canterville Ghost
June 22 and 24, 2018
LA Opera
https://www.laopera.org/season/1718-Season/Usher/

Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold
Phoenix: April 6-8, 2018
Tucson: April14-15, 2018
Arizona Opera
https://www.azopera.org/performances/das-rheingold

Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti and Jake Heggie’s At the Statue of Venus
February 15,16,17(2x perf), 18 (2x perf) 2018
Opera Parallèle
SFJazz Center, San Francisco
https://operaparallele.org

Rachel Portman’s The Little Prince
December 1-3, 2017
Opera Parallèle
Cowell Theater, San Francisco
https://operaparallele.org/

Gordon Getty’s Usher House and Canterville Ghost
October 19 and 21, 2017
Center for Contemporary Opera
The Kaye Playhouse, New York, NY
http://centerforcontemporaryopera.org/season-20172018/usher-house-the-canterville-ghost/

Lembit Beecher’s Sophia’s Forest
September 8 and 9, 2-17
World Premier Workshop Performance
Black Box Theatre of Drexel University’s URBN Center Annex in Philadelphia
http://lembitbeecher.com/treeofsound/

Philip Glass’ Les Enfants Terribles
May 26-28, 2017
Opera Parallèle
Hume Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
https://operaparallele.org/

Jonathan Dove’s Flight
February 10-12, 2017
Opera Parallèle
YBCA Theater, San Francisco
https://operaparallele.org/

Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold
November 12, 15, 17, 19, and 20
Minnesota Opera
Ordway Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota
http://www.mnopera.org/season/2016-2017/das-rheingold/

Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
UCSC Opera Theater
June 2-5, 2016
UCSC Recital Hall
http://santacruztickets.com

Peter Maxwell Davies’ The Lighthouse
April 29-May 1, 2016
Opera Parallèle
Zspace, San Francisco
http://operaparallele.org

Terence Blanchard’s Champion
February 19, 20 ,21, 23, 24, 26, 27, and 28, 2016
Opera Parallèle
SFJazz Center, San Francisco
http://operaparallele.org

Carlos Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors
Directed by Sheila Willey, Artistic Director, Brian Staufenbiel
UCSC Children’s Opera
December 6, 2015, 11 AM and 2 PM
UCSC Recital Hall
http://santacruztickets.com

Chris Pratorius’ Amazing Grace
Directed by Krista Wigle, Creative Director Brian Staufenbiel
Opera Parallèle's Hands-On-Opera Program
November 12 and 14, 2015
African American Art and Culture Complex
http://operaparallele.org

Darius Milhaud’s Médée
September 25, 2015
Mills College, Oakland

Mozart's Die Zauberflöte
June 25 and 26, 2015
Astoria Music Festival, Oregon
http://www.astoriamusicfestival.org/pages/program.html

Rachel Portman’s Little Prince
UCSC Opera Theater
June 4-7,  2015
UCSC Recital Hall
http://santacruztickets.com

Tarik O’Regan’s Heart of Darkness
May 1 and 2, at 8pm, and May 2 and 3 at 2pm, 2015
Opera Parallèle Zspace, San Francisco
http://operaparallele.org

Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking
February 20 and 21, at 8pm and 22, at 2pm, 2015
Opera Parallèle
YBCA, San Francisco
http://operaparallele.org

Chris Pratorius’  My Head is Full of Colors
Directed by Sheila Willey,  Artistic Director, Brian Staufenbiel
UCSC Children’s Opera
February 14th, 2015, 11 AM and 1 PM
UCSC Recital Hall
http://santacruztickets.com

Recording of Paul Nauert’s Chamber Music
Producer and Soloist — Decca Records
November 2014

Adam Gorb's Anya17
June 20, 21, and 22, 2014
Opera Parallèle Marines’ Memorial Theater
http://operaparallele.org

 

Kirke Mechem's Tartuffe
May 29-31; June 1, 2014
UCSC Recital Hall
http://santacruztickets.com

Luna Pearl Woolf's Mélange à Trois (a voiceless opera)
May 16, 2014
Pollack Hall, McGill University
Commissioned by Percussionist Krystina Marcoux
Artistic Residency at the Banff Center (March 2014)

Weill's Mahagonny and Poulenc's The Breasts of Tirésias
April 25, 26, and 27, 2014
Opera Parallèle YBCA, San Francisco
http://operaparallele.org

Peter Maxwell-Davies's The Spiders’ Revenge
Directed by Roma Olvera, Creative Director Brian Staufenbiel
Opera Parallèle's Hands-On-Opera Program
November 2nd, 2013, 1 PM
California Academy of Sciences
http://operaparallele.org/back-to-school-for-opera-parallele/

Jake Heggie’s At the Statue of Venus
October 24, 2013 Opera Parallèle
At the General’s Residence at Fort Mason, and includes a reception and silent auction.
http://operaparallele.org

Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire 
October 7, 2013 at 8 PM
Concert Hall at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music  Nonsemble 6
http://www.nonsemble6.com/

Luna Pearl Woolf's Angel Heart
Cal Performances in Hertz Hall on Oct. 6th, 2013 at 5 p.m. 
http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu/performances/2013-14/for-families/angel-heart.php
New York’s Carnegie Hall, in Zankel on Monday, October 21, 2013 | 7 PM
http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2013/10/21/0700/PM/Angel-Heart-a-music-storybook/

David Del Tredici's Dracula
Saturday, October 5, 2013 at 08:00 PM
BluePrint new music series, SF Conservatory
http://calendar.sfcm.edu/index.php?eID=25

UCSC Opera for Children
Saturday, March 1st, 2013, Noon and 3 PM
UCSC Recital Hall
http://santacruztickets.com

Dante De Silva's Prince of Madness
Presented as a First Installment of the GraphicOpera Project
June 7, 2013 at 7 PM
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Sol Joseph Recital Hall
http://operaparallele.org

Mozart's Cosi fan tutti
May 30, 31; June 1, 2, 2013
UCSC Recital Hall
http://santacruztickets.com

Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti and Barber's A Hand of Bridge
April 26 and 27, 2013 at 8 PM; April 28, 2013 at 2 PM
Opera Parallèle
Zspace, San Francisco
http://operaparallele.org

Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire
A Fully-Staged Version with Nonsemble 6
Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 7:30 PM
Stanford Dinkelspiel
http://santacruztickets.com
http://www.nonsemble6.com/

Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire
A Fully-Staged Version with Nonsemble 6
Friday, April 19, 2013 at 7:30 PM
UCSC Recital Hall
http://santacruztickets.com
http://www.nonsemble6.com/

Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire
A Fully-Staged Version with Nonsemble 6
Friday, April 12, 2013 at 7:30 PM
Salle Piano, San Francisco
http://santacruztickets.com
Event Invite

Menotti's Chip and His Dog
(UCSC Opera for Children: West Coast Premier)
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013, noon and 3 PM
UCSC Recital Hall
http://santacruztickets.com

Golijov's Ainadamar, Fountain of tears
February 15-17, 2013
Opera Parallèle
YBCA, San Francisco
http://operaparallele.org

Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire
October 4, 2012 at 8 pm, 2012
Concert Hall at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Nonsemble http://www.nonsemble6.com/

Mozart's Die Zauberflöte
June 29, May 1, 2012
Astoria Music Festival, Oregon
http://www.astoriamusicfestival.org/pages/program.html

Mark Adamo's Little Women
June 1-4, 2012
UCSC Recital Hall
http://santacruztickets.com

John Harbison's The Great Gadsby
Mid-February, 2012
Opera Parallèle
YBCA, San Francisco
http://operaparallele.com

Ronald Perera's The Araboolies of Liberty Street
Directed by Brendan Hartnett, Artistic Director/producer, Brian Staufenbiel
(UCSC Opera for Children: West Coast Premier)
March 4th, 2012, 11 AM and 2 PM
UCSC Recital Hall
http://santacruztickets.com

Celius Dougherty's Many Moons (UCSC opera for Children)
UCSC Opera Program
Directed by graduate student Jesse Avshalomov,
Conducted by UCSC graduate Thomas Purtill,
Under guidance of UCSC opera program artistic director Brian Staufenbiel
UCSC Recital Hall
http://arts.ucsc.edu

Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella
August 2011
Festival Opera
http://www.festivalopera.org

Virgil Thomson’s Four Saints in Three Acts
August 2011
Opera Parallèle in collaboration with SF MOMA
YBCA, San Francisco
http://operaparallele.org

Britten's Albert Herring
June 2-5, 2011
UCSC Recital Hall
http://arts.ucsc.edu/news_events/opera-albert-herring

Allen Shearer's Riddle Me (Opera for Children)
(World Premier, commissioned work for UCSC Opera Theater)
March 6th, 2011
UCSC Recital Hall
http://arts.ucsc.edu/news_events/riddle-me

Glass' Orphée
February 26 & 27, 2011
Opera Parallèle
Herbst Theater, San Francisco
http://operaparallele.com

Glass' Orphée Opera Installation
Friday Night at the De Young Museum with preview of Orphée
January 28, 2011
http://operaparallele.com

Puccini's Madama Butterfly
July 2010
Festival Opera
http://www.festivalopera.org

Berg's Wozzeck
June 2010
Astoria Music Festival
http://www.astoriamusicfestival.org/pages/wozzeck.html