Directing [Opera, Theatre, Film]
Les pêcheurs de perles by Georges Bizet
The Dallas Opera
Co-Stage Director – James Smith
Co-Stage Director – Shawna Lucey
Conductor – Nicole Paiement
Choreographer – Eboni Adams
Set & Costume Designer – Zandra Rhodes
Lighting Designer – Lee Fiskness
Dallas, Texas, Mar. ’22
Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Stage Director – James Smith
Original Production – Shawna Lucey
Director of Puppetry and Puppet Designer – Paul Mesner
Conductor – Piotr Wiśniewski
Set Designer – Stven C. Kemp
Lighting Designer – Michael Clark
Costume Designer – Nancy Robinson
Kansas City, Missouri, Dec. ’21
Carmen (Film) by Georges Bizet, Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music
Co-directors – James Smith and Isabel Milenski
Production Designer – James Smith
Conductor – Dmitry Glivinskiy
Brooklyn, New York, May ’21
Pùnkitititi! by Doug Fitch, Florian Willeitner & Stephen Greco
Salzburg Marionette Theatre / Mozarteum
Co-directors – Doug Fitch and James Smith
Set, Costume, Puppet Design – Doug Fitch
Conductor – Florian Willeitner
Salzburg, Austria, Jan. ’20
The Magic Flute, Mozart
Hofstra University
Conductor – Mark Shapiro
Set Designer – Jian Jung
Costume Designer – Nina Vartanian
Lighting Designer – Paul Hudson
Hempstead, New York, Feb. ’20
The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart
Hofstra University
Conductor – Mark Shapiro
Set Designer – Jian Jung
Costume Designer – Nina Vartanian
Lighting Designer – Paul Hudson
Hempstead, New York, Feb. ’19
Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck
Emerald City Opera
Conductor – Caleb Harris
Costume Designer – Mimi Hill
Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Jul. ’11
Pagliacci, Leoncavallo
Pocket Opera of New York
Conductor – Ryan Dudenbostel
Lighting Designer – Clifton Taylor
New York, New York, Mar. ’10
La bohème, Puccini
West Bay Opera
Conductor – Bryan Nies
Designer – Jean-François Revon
Palo Alto, California, Oct. ’09
The Gift of the Magi, David Conte and Nick Giardini
West Coast Premiere
Trinity Lyric Opera
Conductor – John Kendall Bailey
Designer – Patrick Brandon
San Francisco, California, Dec. ’08
Amahl and the Night Visitors, Menotti
Trinity Lyric Opera
Conductor – John Kendall Bailey
Designer – Patrick Brandon
San Francisco, California, Dec. ’08
Merola Grand Finale, Various Composers
Merola Opera Program at the San Francisco Opera Center
Conductor – Joel Revzen
San Francisco, California, Aug. ’08
Brundibár, Hans Krása & Tony Kushner
Commonwealth Opera
Conductor – Colin Britt
Set Designe – Margaret Duford
Costume Designer – Coriana Hunt Swartz
Amherst, Massachusetts, Mar. ’08
L’Enfant et les sortilèges, Ravel
Opera North
Conductor – Louis G. Burkot
Woodstock, Vermont, Aug. ’05
The Gondoliers, Gilbert and Sullivan (Choreographer)
Opera North
Conductor -Louis G. Burkot
Director – Ron Luchsinger
West Lebanon, New Hampshire, Aug. ’05
Le Docteur miracle, Bizet
French Institute / Manhattan Opera Theatre
Conductor – Yoon Jae Lee
New York, New York, Oct. ’04
Trouble in Tahiti, Bernstein
Manhattan Opera Theatre
Conductor – Yoon Jae Lee
Costumes – Timothy Church
New York, New York, Feb. ’04
The Maids, Jean Genet
Green Sea Theatre
Set and Costume Designer – Adrian Linford
Lighting Designer – Randy Harmon
New York, New York, Oct. ’07
The Bald Soprano, Eugène Ionesco
Green Sea Theatre
Set and Costume Designer -Adrian Linford
Lighting Designer -Sebastian Adamo
Sound Designer – Dan Schuy
New York, New York, Jul. ’07
Laughing Wild, Christopher Durang
Green Sea Theatre
Set and Costume Designer – Nona Wethersby
Lighting Designer – Christopher Robinson
Sound Designer – Katie Saung
New York, New York, Dec. ’06
Naomi in the Living Room, Christopher Durang
Open Circle Arts
New York, New York, Mar. ’05
Before Breakfast, Eugene O’Neill
TSI/Playtime, Eugene O’Neill Festival
New York, New York, Jan. ’05
Apprentice Opera Scenes, Various Composers
Opera North Young Artist Program
Bradford, Vermont, Aug. ’05
Associate Directing, Assistant Directing & Dramaturgy
The Barber of Seville by Giochino Rossini CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
New Production – Stephen Barlow
Conductor – Corrado Rovaris
Set and Costume Deisgn – Andrew Edwards
Lighting – Howard Hudson
Assistant Director – James Smith
The Santa Fe Opera, June 2020
St. John the Baptist by Alessandro Stradella CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
New Production – Christopher Alden
Conductor – Stephen Stubbs
Set and Costume Design – Marsha Ginsberg
Lighting – Amith Chandrashaker
Assistant Director – James Smith
Opera Omana, March 2020
Bluebeard’s Castle by Béla Bartók
Erwartung by Arnold Schoenberg
Director / Designer – Bengt Gomér
Conductor – Jaap van Zweden
Assistant Director – James Smith
The New York Philharmonic, September 2019
The Pearl Fishers by Georges Bizet
Director – Shawna Lucey
Conductor – Timothy Myers
Set Design – Jean-Marc Puissant
Costumes – Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Lighting – Rick Fisher
The Santa Fe Opera, June 2019
Le Grand Macabre by György Ligeti
Production – Doug Fitch
Conductor – Alan Gilbert
Costumes – Catherine Zuber
Lighting – Clifton Taylor
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
Hamburg International Music Festival, May 2019
Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi
Director – Shawna Lucey
Conductor – Riccardo Frizza
Scenery & Costumes – Adrian Linford
Lighting – Eric Watkins
Assistant Director – James Smith
The Dallas Opera – Dallas, Texas, April, ’19
Artemisia, Laura Schwendinger – World Premiere
Production – Christopher Alden
Conductor – Lidya Yankovskaya
Set and Costume Designer -Ika Avaliani
Lighting Designer – Amith Chandrashaker
Trinity Wall Street – New York, March, 19.
The Flying Dutchman, Richard Wagner
Production – Christopher Alden
Conductor – Emmanuel Villaume
Set and Costume Designer -Allen Moyer
Lighting Designer – Anne Militello
The Dallas Opera – Texas, Oct. 18
Pan, Marcos Balter
World Premiere
Project&
Doug Fitch – Director
The Kitchen, New York, March ’18
Petrushka, Stravinsky
New York Philharmonic / Giants Are Small
Doug Fitch – Director
Barbican Centre, London, April. ’15
A Dancer’s Dream: Two Works by Stravinsky
The Fairy’s Kiss / Petrushka
New York Philharmonic / Giants are Small
Doug Fitch – Director
New York, New York, Jun. ’13
The Cunning Little Vixen, Janáček
New York Philharmonic / Giants are Small
Doug Fitch – Director
New York, New York, Jun. ’11
Le Grand Macabre, Ligeti
New York Philharmonic / Giants are Small
Doug Fitch – Director
New York, New York, May. ’10
Die Fledermaus, Strauss
Hofstra Opera Theater
Isabel Milenski – Director
Hempstead, New York, Jan. ’10
Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart
Juilliard Opera Theater
Isabel Milenski – Director
New York, New York, Feb. ’09
Albert Herring, Britten
Merola Opera Program at The San Francisco Opera Center
Peter Kazaras – Director
San Francisco, California, Aug. ’08
Cendrillon, Massenet
The Santa Fe Opera
Laurent Pelly – Director
Santa Fe, New Mexico, Jul. ’06
Street Scene, Weill
Opera Theatre of St. Louis
James Robinson – Director
St. Louis, Missouri, Jun. ’06
Albert Herring, Britten
Merola Opera Program at The San Francisco Opera Center
Peter Kazaras – Director
San Francisco, California, Jul. ’08
L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Monteverdi
Hofstra Opera Theater
Isabel Milenski – Director
Hempstead, New York, Jan. ’09
Rodelinda, Handel
Portland Opera
John Copley – Production
Portland, Oregon, Jan. ’08
Ariodante, Handel
The San Francisco Opera
John Copley – Production
San Francisco, California, July ’08
Norma, Bellini
Portland Opera
Roy Rallo – Director
Portland, Oregon, Jan. ’07
Norma, Bellini
Opera Colorado
James Robinson – Production
Denver, Colorado, Feb. ’06
Tosca, Puccini
Portland Opera
Peter Rothstein – Director
Portland, Oregon, Nov. ’05
Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart
Opera Colorado
James Robinson – Director
Denver, Colorado, Apr. ’05