“the production is beautiful to behold… stunning” Santa Fe new Mexican
Santa Fe Opera 2017
Design Gary McCann
LX design Paul Hackenmueller
Video Driscoll Otto
Venera Gimadieva, Tim Mix, Barry Banks, Meredith Arwady, Kevin Burdette
Conductor Emmanuel Villaume
Photos Evalyn Bemis, Paul Horpedahl
“Mr. Curran, in his overdue Covent Garden debut, ensures that the modern accouterments are tellingly used to work hand-in-hand with a taut staging of the core drama.”
George Loomis, New York Times, April 2011
“A Russian rarity proves to be a real treasure in a production set amid the trappings of new money.”
…[a] compelling study of power and powerlessness in Curran's staging.
…this is a riveting performance of a violent, delirious melodrama.”
Anna Picard, The Independent, April 2011
ROH COVENT GARDEN
DESIGNER KEVIN KNIGHT
LIGHTING DESIGNER DAVID JACQUES
CAST: POPLAVSKAYA, REUTER, POPOV, GUBANOVA, BURCHALADZE, ELDER
PHOTOS BY BILL COOPER
“a triumphant Carmen” Philadelphia Tribune
“Philly’s new production of ‘Carmen’ is worthy of binge-watching.A successful step forward in Opera Philadelphia’s quest to attract millennials.” BillyPenn
Opera Philadelphia 2018
Design Gary McCann
LX design Paul Hackenmueller
Daniela Mack. Leroy Evans, Adrian Timpau, Musa Ngqungwana
Conductor Yves Abel
Garsington Opera 2019
Designer set and costume Kevin Knight
LX design Howard Hudson
Choreography Darren Royston, Paul Curran
Conductor Jac van Steen
Natalya Romaniew, Brendan Gunnell, Joshua Bloom, Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts, Stuart Jackson, Lara Marie Mueller, Peter Savidge, Heather Shipp, Anne Marie Owens, Paul Whelan
“ This Traviata makes news” Philadelphia Enquirer
LA TRAVIATA
NATIONAL OPERA BUCHAREST OCT 2014
OPERA PHILADELPHIA 2015
DESIGN GARY MCCANN
LX DESIGN PAUL HACKENMUELLER
LISETTE OROPESA, AURELIA FLORIAN, SIPHIWE MCKENZIE, CHRISTINA EREMIA, ALEK SHRADER, IOAN PASCU, IOAN HOTEA, LUCIAN CORCHIS, STEPHEN POWEL, JARETT OTT, KATHERINE PRACHT, ROY HAGE, IORDACHE BASALIC, ALEXANDER PRIOR
PHOTOGRAPHER FLORIN ARTIST
BECOMING SANTA CLAUS
DALLAS OPERA 2015
DESIGNER GARY MCCANN
LX DESIGN PAUL HACKENMUELLER
VIDEO DESIGN DRISCOLL OTTO
JONATHAN BLALOCK, JENIFER RIVERA, MATTHEW BOEHLER, HILA PLITMAN, LUCY SHAUFER, KEITH JAMESON, KEVIN BURDETTE
“seemed to fly by, thanks to the stellar quality of the music making and plenty of inventive and engaging staging” Limelight
“This is a totally wonderful production” Daily Review
INTERNATIONAL HANDEL FESTSPIELE GOTTINGEN
EMILY FONS LA ROSA, ANNA STARUSHKEVYCH, ANNA DEVIN, IRINA DZIASKO, CHRISTOPHER LOWREY, MAARTEN ENGELTJES, EDWARD GRINT, NJAL SPARBO, LAURENCE CUMMINGS
DESIGN - GARY MCCANN
LX DESIGN - KEVIN TREACY
PHOTOS THEODORO DA SILVA
“the Scottish director kept the dramatic line taut and moved the action along with the fluidity of cinema”
“A bloody good show” Chicago Tribune
LYRIC CHICAGO 2008
DESIGNER KEVIN KNIGHT
LIGHTING DESIGNER DAVID JACQUES
CAST MARLIS PETERSON, WOLFGANG SCHON, JILL GROVE, SIR ANDREW DAVIS
“A production for our times” NY Times
“shows how powerfully direct an opera it can be, as it proves in this new production directed by Paul Curran. “ The Guardian
“A production that rises to the special “ Financial times
DEATH IN VENICE BENJAMIN BRITTEN
GARSINGTON OPERA 2015
CONDUCTOR STEUART BEDFORD
DESIGNER KEVIN KNIGHT
LX DESIGN BRUNO POET
PAUL NILON, CELESTIN BOUTIN, WILLIAM DAZELY
photographer CLIVE BARDA
DESIGNER ROBERT INNES HOPKINS
LIGHTING DESIGNER DAVID JACQUES
CAST: IAN STOREY, BRIGITTE PINTER, TUIJA KNIHTILLA, CHUNG
PHOTOGRAPHER MICHELE CROSERA
A ‘La Donna del Lago’ With Melting Tenderness at the Met NYTIMES
Santa Fe Opera
Metropolitan Opera
Didonato, Brownlee, Barbera, Florez, Osborn, Pizzolato, Barcellona, Lord , Mariotti
photos Ken Howard
“In a production that stands as Santa Fe’s crowning achievement this season” Denver Post
Peter Grimes.” SANTA FE OPERA 2005
DESIGNER ROBERT INNES HOPKINS
LIGHTING DESIGNER RICK FISHER
CAST: ANTHONY DEAN GRIFFEY, CHRISTINE BREWER, ALAN OPIE, ALAN GILBERT
PHOTOGRAPHER PAUL HORPEDAHL
NORWEGIAN NATIONAL OPERA 2010
CAST: HENRIK ENGELSVIKEN/NILS HARALD , SOLVEIG KRINGLEBOTN, JOHN FIORE
PHOTOGRAPHER ERIK BERG
EKATERINBURG OPERA, RUSSIA
DESIGNER GARY MCCANN
LIGHTING DESIGNER EVGENI VINOGRADOV
PHOTOGRAPHER POLINA STADNIK
CAST: ALEXEI TIKHOMIROV/STANISLAV SHVYETS, MLADA KHUDOLEI/IRINA RINDZUNER, GARY AGADGIANIAN, GUTTLER
LYRIC OPERA CHICAGO
CHRISTINE BREWER, DEBORAH VOIGT, JILL GROVE, ROBERT DEAN SMITH, FRANZ HAWLATA, STACY TAPPAN, ANDREW DAVIS
DESIGNER KEVIN KNIGHT
LIGHTING DESIGN DAVID JACQUES
“ The ideal modern production” Il Sole 24 Ore
LA SCALA, MILAN 2005
DESIGNER KEVIN KNIGHT
LIGHTING DESIGNER DAVID JACQUES
CAST: PIECZONKA, GAMBILL, LANG, TATE
CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY 2008
DESIGNER KEVIN KNIGHT
LIGHTING DESIGNER DAVID JACQUES
CAST: NICOLA BELER CARBONE, OLEG BALASHOV, TIM NOBLE, RICHARD BRADSHAW
MARIINSKY THEATRE
DESIGNER PAUL EDWARDS
LIGHTING DESIGN DAVID JACQUES
CAST: MARIA GULEGHINA, VALERY ALEXEEV, VALERY GERGIEV
ROME OPERA
DESIGNER KEVIN KNIGHT
LIGHTING DESIGNER DAVID JACQUES
CAST: PETER ROSE, ANTHONY DEAN GRIFFEY, ELI DEHN, CLAUDIA BOYLE, CONLON
TEATRO SAN CARLO NAPLES
DESIGNER/LIGHTING DESIGNER PAUL CURRAN
CAST: LILLIAN WATSON, BRIAN ASAWA, CONAL COAD, STEUART BEDFORD
NCCP BEIJING, OPERA HONG KONG
NORWEGIAN NATIONAL OPERA
DESIGNER GAO GUNAGJIAN
COSTUME DESIGNER PAUL EDWARDS
LIGHTING DESIGNER DAVID JACQUES
SANTA FE OPERA, LOS ANGELES OPERA
DESIGNER KEVIN KNIGHT
LIGHTING DESIGNER RICK FISHER
CAST: ALEK SCHRADER, JANIS KELLY/CHRISTINE BREWER, KATE LYNDSEY/DANIELA MACK, JILL GROVE/RONITA NICOLE MILLER, SIR ANDREW DAVIS/JAMES CONLON
ROYAL OPERA COPENHAGEN
SET DESIGN MIA STENSGAARD
COSTUMES ANJA VANG KRAAGH
LIGHTING DESIGNER BRUNO POET
CAST: SINEBUNDEGAARD, ROY CORNELIUS SMITH/JOSE CURA, PALLE KNUDSON
PHOTOGRAPHER MIKLOS SZABO
TEATRO LIRICO CAGLIARI, ITALY
DESIGNER PAUL EDWARDS
LIGHTING DESIGNER DAVID JACQUES
CAST: MICHELLE BREEDT, PATRIZIA CIOFI, CARMELA REMIGIO, EMMANUEL VILLAUME
GOTHAM CHAMBER OPERA NYC
DESIGNER COURT WATSON
LIGHTING DESIGNER PAUL HACKENMUELLER
VIDEO DESIGN DRISCOLL OTTO
CAST: HELEN DONATH, JOHN CHEEK, DANIEL MONTENEGRO, JESSICA RIVERA, MAEVE HOGLUND, NEAL GOREN
PHOTOGRAPHERS RICHARD TERMINE GEORGE MOTT
“Paul Curran’s Tosca, the finale for the COC 2016/17 season, is filled with electric and memorable performances and is anything but shabby…breathtaking” Globe and Mail
“Strengthened at all points by … the staging. Curran’s deployment of the chorus was superb”
Robert Everett – Green, The Globe and Mail, January 2012
TOSCA CANADIAN OPERA
NORWEGIAN NATIONAL OPERA
MY SECOND PRODUCTION OF TOSCA
DESIGNER KEVIN KNIGHT
LIGHTING DESIGNER DAVID JACQUES
PHOTOS BY ERIK BERG
CAST: ITZIAR GALDOS/ELENA PANKRATOVA, HENRIK ENGELSVIKEN/MIROSLAV DVORSKY, JASON STEARNS, JOHN FIORE
ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC LONDON
CONDUCTOR LAURENCE CUMMINGS
CAST
MORGAN PEARCE, FILIPA VAN ECK, LOUISE ALDER, ANNIE FREDRICKSON.
SANTA FE OPERA
DESIGNER ROBERT INNES HOPKINS
LIGHTING DESIGNER RICK FISHER
CAST: TEDDY TAHU RHODES, PETER ROSE, BILL BURDEN, LUCAS MEACHUM, KEITH JAMESON, ALAN GILBERT
THEATER AUGSBURG
DESIGNER KEVIN KNIGHT
CAST: JOHANNES MARTIN KRANZLE
TEATRO COMUNALE BOLOGNA 2005
DESIGNER KEVIN KNIGHT
LIGHTING DESIGNER BRUNO POET
CAST CARMEN GIANATTASIO/DMITRA THEODOSSIOU, MIROSLAV DVORSKY, LEO NUCCI/ ANGELO VECCIA, MARIANNE CORNETTI/MZIA NIORADZE, CARLO RIZZI
PHOTOGRAPHER PRIMO GNANI
NORWEGIAN NATIONAL OPERA
DESIGNER KEVIN KNIGHT
LIGHTING DESIGNER DAVID JACQUES
CAST: SOLVEIG KRINGLEBOTN/VALERIA STENKINA, HENRIK ENGELSVIKEN/MIROSLAV DVORSKY, EIVIND BULLBERG JENSEN
PHOTS ERIK BERG
GARSINGTON OPERA
DESIGNER KEVIN KNIGHT
LIGHTING DESIGNER BRUNO POET
CAST: LISA SAFER, ADRIAN THOMPSON, MAJELLA CULLUGH, STEUART BEDFORD
PHOTOGRAPHER SARAH PLAYFAIR
TEATRO LA FENICE VENICE 2005
DESIGNER KEVIN KNIGHT
LIGHTING DESIGNER DAVID JACQUES
CAST: JUNE ANDERSON, ROBERTO SACCA, SCOTT MCALLISTER, BIRGIT REMMERT, STEFAN ANTON RECK
GRAN TEATRO LA FENICE VENICE
DESIGNER KEVIN KNIGHT
LIGHTING DESIGNER FABIO BARATIN
CAST: IAN STOREY, SUMI JO, ELIZABETH WHITEHOUSE,
ILDIKO KOMLOSI, MARCELLO VIOTTI
PHOTOGRAPHER MICHELE CROSERA
PHOTOS MICHELE CROSERA
WEXFORD FESTIVAL OPERA
DANIELA BRUERA, ENRICO MIRABELLI, SIMONE ALBERGHINI, SIMON EDWARDS, MASSIMILIANO TONSINI, TEREZA MATLOVA, ELENA TRAVERSI, SIMEON ESPER, RICARDO FRIZZA
DESIGNER KEVIN KNIGHT
LX DESIGN GIUSEPPE DIORIO
PHOTOS BY DEREK SPIERS, CLIVE BARDA
SPOLETO USA CHARLESTON
THEODORA HANSLOW, HOO RYOUNG-HWANG, JESUS GARCIA, PHIL COKORINOS, JULIEN REYNOLDS, SILVIO BARBATO
DESIGN KEVIN KNIGHT
LX DESIGN RICK FISHER
TEATRO SAN CARLO, NAPLES 2002
DESIGNER KEVIN KNIGHT
CAST: JULIANNE BANSE, OLAF BÄR, METTE EJSING, JEFFREY TATE
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