• Tosca
• Fall 2009 Opera Workshop

TOSCA: Stage Director

The Lowell House Opera, the oldest continuously performing opera company in New England, seeks a Stage Director for its February–March 2010 production of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca. The work will be performed in Italian with projected English supertitles, with full costumes and staging, and with full orchestra. The production will include approximately 70 cast members, 120 orchestra members, and 50 technical staff members. Though the Lowell House Opera is based at Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts) and provides valuable opera performance experience to Harvard students, it also includes many students and emerging professionals in the greater Boston area and features professional opera performers from the United States, Canada, and Europe. Channing Yu serves as Music Director. Performances take place in the beautiful Lowell House Dining Hall, which is converted to an opera house for the production run. Auditions for cast will be held in October 2009 and staging rehearsals will begin in late January 2010. Performances are scheduled for February 24, 26, 27, 28; and March 3, 5, 6, 2010; all are evening performances. Some principal roles will be doubly cast.

This is an excellent opportunity for an operatic stage director to direct a full production of one of the central operas of the repertory. Applicants for stage director should have previous experience directing opera, opera scenes, or theater. Familiarity with Italian is strongly preferred. Preference is given to applicants based in the greater Boston area. There is no age limit. Note: This is an unpaid position.

Note: The Stage Director application process is now closed. For more information, please contact Lily Kass, President, at LHO@hcs.harvard.edu.