Spotlight on Productions: Anticipated Designer Debuts in 2008-2009 04-21-2008 From the whimsical world of Maurice Sendak's fairytale Hansel and Gretel to the romantic grandeur of John Pascoe's classic 17th Century French setting for Cyrano, OCP strives to make every moment at the opera as theatrically striking as it is musically moving. Next season, Opera Company General and Artistic Director Robert B. Driver collaborates with two new designers on the opening and closing productions of the season. Driver also introduces a dynamic creative team to audiences for Turandot and produces a favorite, returning OCP production at the Academy of Music. Plus, stay tuned for details on an intimate production of The Rape of Lucretia at the Perelman Theater. FidelioDirector Robert B. Driver’s new concept is realized with sets and costumes by famed minimalist artist Jun Kaneko, and a lighting scheme by Drew Billiau. The Italian Girl in AlgiersDirector Stefano Vizioli returns to lead this visually rich production by veteran designer Paul Shortt, with costumes by Richard St. Clair. TurandotThe Canadian team of Director Renaud Doucet and Set and Costume Designer André Barbe make their OCP debut with this lush new production. L’enfant et les sortilèges and Gianni SchicchiDirector Robert B. Driver joins these one-act operas with a 1930s European setting by Italian designer Guia Buzzi in her U.S. design debut.
From the whimsical world of Maurice Sendak's fairytale Hansel and Gretel to the romantic grandeur of John Pascoe's classic 17th Century French setting for Cyrano, OCP strives to make every moment at the opera as theatrically striking as it is musically moving. Next season, Opera Company General and Artistic Director Robert B. Driver collaborates with two new designers on the opening and closing productions of the season. Driver also introduces a dynamic creative team to audiences for Turandot and produces a favorite, returning OCP production at the Academy of Music. Plus, stay tuned for details on an intimate production of The Rape of Lucretia at the Perelman Theater.
FidelioDirector Robert B. Driver’s new concept is realized with sets and costumes by famed minimalist artist Jun Kaneko, and a lighting scheme by Drew Billiau.
The Italian Girl in AlgiersDirector Stefano Vizioli returns to lead this visually rich production by veteran designer Paul Shortt, with costumes by Richard St. Clair.
TurandotThe Canadian team of Director Renaud Doucet and Set and Costume Designer André Barbe make their OCP debut with this lush new production.
L’enfant et les sortilèges and Gianni SchicchiDirector Robert B. Driver joins these one-act operas with a 1930s European setting by Italian designer Guia Buzzi in her U.S. design debut.
