Creative Team
José Luis Gómez
Conductor
First Prize at the 2010 International Sir Georg Solti Conductors’ Competition in Frankfurt; Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, La bohème, Frankfurt Opera; La Cenerentola, Stuttgart Opera; La Forza del Destino, New National Theatre Tokyo; Don Carlo and Norma, The State Opera Tbilisi; La Traviata, Sacramento Philharmonic, Teatro di Coccia Novara; Romeo & Juliet, Opera de Tenerife; La bohème, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Teatro di Coccia Novara; Music Director, Tucson Symphony Orchestra
John de los Santos,
Director & Choreographer
Rusalka, Manhattan School of Music; Master Class, Charleston Opera Theater; Before Night Falls, Opera Southwest; Frida, Opera Orlando; The Christmas Spider, Opera Louisiane; Don Giovanni, Wolf Trap Opera; Aida, Utah Festival Opera; Ghosts, San Diego Opera
Ashley Soliman
Costume Design
Fantastic Mr. Fox, Opera Omaha; Rusalka, Manhattan School of Music; I AM, Camille A. Brown & Dancers; Double Helix, Bay Street Theater; Angel Island, BAM & Beth Morrison Projects; The Rake’s Progress, The Juilliard School; Sweet Potato Kicks The Sun, Santa Fe Opera
Chad R. Jung
Lighting Design
Arizona Opera, Atlanta Opera, Austin Opera, Dallas Opera, The Florentine Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Minnesota Opera, Opera de Montreal, OPERA San Antonio, Opera Australia, Ballet Hispanico, Ballet Austin, The Washington Ballet, Texas Christian University
Anne Nesmith
Wig & Makeup Designer
Wolf Trap Opera, Atlanta Opera, Seiji Ozawa Music Festival, Hyogo Performing Arts Center, Washington National Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Boston, Ford’s Theatre, Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, The Washington Ballet, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Casey Kaleba
Intimacy & Fight Coordinator
Guthrie Theatre, Folger Theatre, Round House Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Spoleto Festival USA, Studio Theatre, Washington National Opera, Castleton Festival
Costume Design Assistant: Chloe Levy
Lighting Design Assistant: Jamie Milligan
Wig & Makeup Design Assistant: Melissa Sibert
Originally directed by Anne Bogart
Scenery and properties designed by Riccardo Hernandez, constructed by Glimmerglass Festival, and jointly owned by Minnesota Opera and Glimmerglass Festival
Select costumes designed by James Schuette and originally created for Glimmerglass Festival
Music & Production Staff
Blair Salter
Principal Coach
David Hanlon
Cover Conductor
William Woodard
Chorus Master/Coach
Pei Hsuan Lin
Assistant Chorus Master/Coach
Jocelyn Dueck
French Diction Coach
Vladimir Soloviev
Supertitles
Jessica Burton
Assistant Director
Gina Hays
Production Stage Manager
Diane Lin and Arturo Fernandez Jr.
Assistant Stage Managers