2019
La Straniera
Bellini
Director of Production/Stage Manager
Maestro al cembalo: Will Crutchfield
Violino principale e capo d’orchestra: Jakob Lehmann
Lighting Designer: Devon Allen
Assistant Stage Manager: Anthony Rigaglia
La Gazza Ladra
Rossini
Director of Production/Stage Manager
Maestro al cembalo: Rachelle Jonck
Violino principale e capo d’orchestra: Jakob Lehmann
Lighting Designer: Devon Allen
Assistant Stage Manager: Anthony Rigaglia
Unique Elements
- This year we added more staging with props and scenery. We also added an Assistant Stage Manager to help run backstage and take care of props.
- We transferred both productions to Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Rose Theatre. We had one 8 hour day to lead in, hang and focus lights and set up the orchestra. Then 4 hours to light the show, 2 hours with performers onstage, and a performance. My proudest moment was when the Master Electrician asked us what stop of the tour we were on since load in and tech went so smoothly!
2018
Tancredi and Tancredi Rifatto
Rosinni
Director of Production/Stage Manager
Maestro al cembalo: Will Crutchfield
Violino principale e capo d’orchestra: Jakob Lehmann
Lighting Designer: Devon Allen
Medea in Corinto
Mayer
Director of Production/Stage Manager
Maestro al cembalo: Jonathan Brandani
Violino principale e capo d’orchestra: Jakob Lehmann
Lighting Designer: Devon Allen
Unique Elements:
- Helped to create a brand new company and manage all production aspects of the festival.
- Had one 8 hour day to load in, set up orchestra, hang and focus lights, cue and have a dress rehearsal for a 3.5 hour opera.
- Called 3 different opera’s over a 3 day period.
- Managed a total of 10 pre-opera lectures, 5 pre-opera serenades, a chamber concert, a scenes program, an aria program and a Masterclass with Jennifer Larmore on top of 5 performances of 3 different operas over a 9 day period.
- Acted as Company Manager, housing and taking care of 100 people on campus.
- The orchestra played on period instruments modeled on those used in early 19th century opera, tuned to A430. They were also arranged in the (audience level) pit as was common during the time the opera’s were written, with the strings split evenly on either side and the winds and brass facing each other. There was no conductor, but rather the orchestra (and singers) were lead by Lehmann (on violin) and Crutchfield/Brandani (on fortepiano).
- Received rave reviews by Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Observer, The Classical Review, ConcertoNet, OperaMetro, Opera Wire, Arts Journal, America Rossini Society among others.