How to Direct an Opera

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Tip 1 - How to direct an opera

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Attila Balogh | permalink

What's the difference between directing a play and stage-directing an opera?

For further reading: http://ask.metafilter.com/120126/How-to-direct-an-opera ^[1]

Tip 2 - Who Should Direct an Opera Production?

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Janie Rother | permalink

Opera company directors often speak of a need for fresh theatrical values. But as Fred Plotkin writes, "'fresh values' only ...
Tags: npr, new york, WQXR, WNYC, arts, culture, classical, music, news, public, radio

For further reading: http://www.wqxr.org/story/210089-who-should-direct-opera-production/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - "But What I Really Want to do is Direct" - On Site Opera

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Wilhelm 77 | permalink

In September 2013, OSO Artistic Director Eric Einhorn took part in an Opera America’s panel called “But What I Really Want to Do is Direct.” Watch the complete panel discussion here. Finding support and training can be hard — breaking … Continued

For further reading: http://osopera.org/really-want-direct/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - Top Ten: What is the Hardest Opera to Direct? - OperaPulse

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Louis Bienvenu | permalink

+*-OperaPulse fans, you have created our Top Ten list! We’ve compiled your comments from Facebook, Twitter and interviews to provide the answer to last week’s question: “What is the most difficult opera to direct?” 10. Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots 9. Weill’s Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny 8. Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea 7. Puccini’s Tosca 6. …

For further reading: https://www.operapulse.com/explore-opera/features/top-10/top-ten-what-is-the-hardest-opera-to-direct/ ^[4]