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ARTS CURRICULUM VITAE
JOSEPH GRIENENBERGER
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INTRODUCTION: CAREER OVERVIEW
A staunch veteran of more than 300 projects, with over twenty years of professional experience in a broad
range of genres and capacities. Respected by associates for the craftsmanship, talent, intelligence, and sense
of humor brought to every project. Noted for detail attentiveness, passion for the art, creativity, energy,
deferential commitment to authors’ true intentions, benevolent mentoring skills for fledgling performers, an
amiably collaborative attitude toward colleagues, and a resolute aversion to mediocrity. Variously regarded
by colleagues as a “true Renaissance man” and a “jack-of-all-trades” whose array of duties has included:
 Actor
 Composer
 Technical Director
 Singer
 Arranger/Transcriber
 Sound Designer
 Director
 Orchestrator
 Set/Props Designer
 Choreographer
 Teacher/Coach/Adjudicator
 Casting Director
 Commercial Talent
 Dialectician
 P.R./Marketing
 Pianist/Keyboardist
 Stage Crewmember
 Writer
 Musical Director/Conductor
 Contractor
 Producer
Approaches theatre music from its dramatic foundation. Successfully guided many directed performers to
truly commit to the work at hand, instead of simply regarding the material as a mere vehicle for showcasing
their talents. Thoroughly subscribes to the tenet that a mediocre-voiced artist who can really act a song is
significantly more interesting than a glorious-voiced performer who merely employs a theatrically bland
“park and bark” technique. Earned accolades from performers, audiences, producers, and critics.
CURRENT
AND PAST ASSOCIATIONS INCLUDE:
 San Diego Opera
 San Diego Repertory Theatre
 The Old Globe Theatre
 National Theatre for Children
 La Jolla Playhouse
 Lyric Opera San Diego
 North Coast Repertory Theatre
 Moonlight Amphitheatre
 Ensemble Theatre of San Diego
[Formerly San Diego Comic Opera]
THEATRE AND OPERA DIRECTORS INCLUDE:
 Bruce Beresford
 Carlisle Floyd
 Mark Lamos
 Sharon Ott
 Lotfi Mansouri
 Sam Woodhouse
 J. Sherwood Montgomery
AFFILIATIONS:
 Jack O’Brien
 Ian Campbell
 John Copley
 Mark Wing-Davey
 Stuart Ross
 Rhoda Levine
 Kathy Brombacher
 Actors’ Equity Association
 American Guild of Musical Artists
CONDUCTORS INCLUDE:
 Richard Bonynge
 Edoardo Müller
 Karen Keltner
 Kenneth Montgomery
 Martin Wright
 Leon Natker
 Hollace Koman Jones
 American Federation of Musicians (Local 325)
 Actors Alliance of San Diego
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I. ARTISTIC PRODUCTION
1. STAGE DIRECTION
Fully committed to “telling the story” as the author(s) intended. Dedicated to the seemingly little-known fact that taking the
pains to approach “old warhorse” shows as if they are brand new allows them to regain their vitality and significance. Highly
adept at getting performers to ‘spit out the words’ without sounding like they are over-enunciating.
ENSEMBLE THEATRE
OF SAN DIEGO [Founding Artistic Director]
Company in operation 1984-88. Stage/Music Director for all productions. Set Designer for most productions.
 The Baker’s Wife
 The Mystery of Edwin Drood
 She Loves Me
 Come Back to the Five & Dime, Jimmy Dean
 Our Town
 The Threepenny Opera
 Company
 Pacific Overtures
 Tintypes
 The Fantasticks
 The Robber Bridegroom
 Working
BLACK RABBIT THEATRE
 Get a Clue! [author, composer, set designer]
COMPASS THEATRE
 A Tuna Christmas [co-director, music coordination, props creation/coordination]
DISCOUNT COMIC OPERA
 The Grand Raffle 2000
 Invocation & Instructions to the Audience
 Less Miserables [parody]
 Of Mouse and Man
 So Long, Farewell, Get Out!
VARIOUS PRODUCERS
 The Greatest Songs You’ve Never Heard (Self-produced at various venues)
 Broadway Lost on Tour (Cabaret entertainment for UCSD Healthcare’s 2001 Benefit Gala)
 Amahl and the Night Visitors (Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church)
2. MUSICAL DIRECTION / VOCAL COACHING / CONDUCTING
Critically acclaimed for the passion, flair, expression, and polished precision with which both vocals and orchestra are imbued.
Developed a unique music part-tape technique that has proven indispensable at rapidly teaching difficult music to performers
with weak musical skills. Noted for meticulous detail, thorough preparation, and truly serving the composers’ intentions.
Deduced the simple but vital key to performing intricate patter lyrics (especially those of Sondheim), the lack of which causes
many productions to suffer.
[Note: In addition to the following projects, have conducted exhaustive studies of the complete works of Sondheim,
Bernstein, Weill, Kander/Ebb, Bock/Harnick, Rodgers/Hammerstein, Gilbert/Sullivan, Offenbach, Rossini, and Mozart.]
SAN DIEGO OPERA
Opera for Kids by Kids  Nationally acclaimed Education & Outreach school residency program (19982001)
Musical/Vocal Director; conductor; repetiteur; arranger; score preparation; rehearsal/performance pianist
THE OLD GLOBE THEATRE
How the Grinch Stole Christmas  Assistant Musical Director; repetiteur; rehearsal pianist
The Boswell Sisters (World Premiere)  Assistant Musical Director; repetiteur; rehearsal pianist
Music Theatre International/NAMT 2001 Conference  Assistant Musical Director; rehearsal pianist
THE LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE
Blood Wedding  Assistant Musical Director; vocal coach; repetiteur; vocalist [on audio tape used in performances]
SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE
Burning Dreams (World Premiere)  Vocal Coach; repetiteur; rehearsal pianist
SLEDGEHAMMER THEATRE
Alice in Modernland (World Premiere)  Vocal Director; repetiteur; score editor/preparation; rehearsal pianist
[NOTE: Handled most of the actual Music Direction duties for this project]
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MUSICAL DIRECTION (Continued)
LYRIC OPERA SAN DIEGO [formerly San Diego Comic Opera]
Fiddler on the Roof  Musical/Vocal Director; conductor; arranger/re-orchestrator; dialect coach; rehearsal pianist
Fiddler on the Roof  Musical/Vocal Director; assistant conductor; dialect coach; rehearsal pianist
Candide  Musical/Vocal Director; assistant conductor; dialect coach; rehearsal pianist
A Little Night Music  Musical/Vocal Director; assistant conductor; re-orchestrator; performance keyboardist
A Little Night Music  Musical/Vocal Director; assistant conductor; rehearsal pianist
Anything Goes  Musical/Vocal Director; assistant conductor; Finale arranger/re-orchestrator; rehearsal pianist
Mame  Musical/Vocal Director; assistant conductor; dialect coach; rehearsal pianist
Gigi  Musical/Vocal Director; assistant conductor; dialect coach; rehearsal pianist
Some Enchanted Evening  Musical/Vocal Director; arranger; onstage performance pianist
Love Letters  Musical/Vocal Director; music coordinator [songs added to Gurney play]; onstage performance pianist
Hit the Deck!  Musical/Vocal Director; arranger/transcriber; rehearsal/onstage performance pianist
The Best of “Pirates” and “Pinafore”  Musical/Vocal Director; rehearsal/onstage performance pianist (2000)
The Best of “Pirates” and “Pinafore”  Musical/Vocal Director; rehearsal/onstage performance pianist ( 2004)
[Above three projects co-produced with the San Diego Maritime Museum and performed aboard the tallship Star of India]
NORTH COAST REPERTORY THEATRE
Marry Me a Little  Musical/Vocal Director; conductor; rehearsal/onstage performance pianist
MOONLIGHT AMPHITHEATRE
The Wizard of Oz (Royal Shakespeare Company/MGM version)  Musical/Vocal Director; performance pianist
South Pacific  Musical/Vocal Director; arranger; dialect coach; rehearsal pianist
SAN DIEGO JUNIOR THEATRE
Pippi Longstocking  Musical/Vocal Director; conductor; arranger/re-orchestrator; dialect coach
THE FRITZ THEATRE
Sweeney Todd  Assistant Musical Director; score consultant; rehearsal pianist
Pacific Overtures  Musical Director; orchestral reduction completed
LA JOLLA STAGE COMPANY
Man of La Mancha  Assistant Musical Director; dialect coach; rehearsal/performance pianist
CORONADO PLAYHOUSE
The Coronado Follies  Musical Director; co-conceiver; arranger/transcriber; singer; onstage performance pianist
COLLEGES/SCHOOLS [Musical/Vocal Director for all; Conductor for most]
 Big River
 Bye Bye Birdie
 Cabaret *
 The Fantasticks
 Fiddler on the Roof
 A Funny Thing…Forum
*New orchestrations provided
 Godspell
 Grease
 Guys & Dolls *
 Man of La Mancha
 The Music Man
 Pippin
 Robber Bridegroom *
 1776 *
 Sweeney Todd
 West Side Story
 Wonderful Town *
 Working *
3. CASTING
Collaborated on casting the above-listed projects at San Diego Opera, Lyric Opera San Diego, Sledgehammer Theatre, North
Coast Repertory Theatre, Moonlight Amphitheatre, Ensemble Theatre of San Diego, San Diego Junior Theatre,
colleges/schools, and self-produced projects. Scrutinized each project’s materials to glean the best selections to use for
quickly yet thoroughly evaluating auditionees. Generated breakdowns and fliers for several productions.
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4. DIALECTICIAN / TRANSLATOR
Extensive work in grand opera provides the language dexterity to supply translations, pronunciation guidance, and dialect
coaching for the many works that contain dialects and foreign words/phrases. Devised quick techniques for drilling authentic
vowel, consonant, and inflection procedures for most major world dialects.
LYRIC OPERA SAN DIEGO
Fiddler on the Roof  Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian [including translations]
MOONLIGHT AMPHITHEATRE
South Pacific  French, Polynesian, diverse American (e.g. authentic Arkansan) [including translations]
SAN DIEGO JUNIOR THEATRE
Pippi Longstocking  Swedish [including translations]
LA JOLLA STAGE COMPANY
Man of La Mancha  Spanish, Latin [including translations]
SCHOOL PRODUCTIONS
Big River  Various American (Midwestern, Southern)
Cabaret  British, German, French, Yiddish [including translations]
Fiddler on the Roof  Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian [including translations]
Guys & Dolls  Various New Yorker (Brooklyn, Bronx)
Man of La Mancha  Spanish, Latin [including translations]
The Music Man  Irish, American Midwestern
The Robber Bridegroom  Appalachian, Southern
1776  Scottish, various American (New Englander, Bostonian, Southern)
Sweeney Todd  Italian, various British (Regency, East End, authentic Cockney) [including translations]
West Side Story  Spanish, diverse New Yorker [including translations]
Wonderful Town  Irish, Greek, various American (New Yorker, Midwestern)
Working  Spanish, diverse American [including translations]
5. COACH / TEACHER
Established current studio practice circa 1987. Focus on coaching, but occasionally do formal teaching (within the context of
working on actual material). Student proficiency ranges from beginner through advanced, in both amateur and professional
classifications. All theatre/concert disciplines:
 Voice (opera, art song, musical theatre)
 Acting (drama, comedy)
 Dialects (multiple American/British and most major world regions)
 Sprechstimme (particularly in the repertoires of Kurt Weill and Stephen Sondheim)
 Diction
 Improvisation
 Audition Preparation (including repertoire selection)
II. AUTHORSHIP
1. FORMAT, REPERTOIRE, CONTINUITY SCRIPTS
Conceived thematic formats, selected repertoire to support scenarios, and wrote humorous and/or informative patter to propel
story lines. Tailored material to individual artists, target audiences, producer specifications, etc. Project highlights include:
 The Greatest Songs You’ve Never Heard (revue of obscure theatre and cabaret music)
 Broadway Lost on Tour (entertainment for UCSD Healthcare’s 2001 Benefit Gala)
 Sondheim & Friends (duo concert)
 Passages (solo recital)
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2. SKETCHES FOR ‘DISCOUNT COMIC OPERA’
 Of Mouse and Man (opera parody based on Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men)
 La Forza del Miss Muffett (semi-improvised one-act opera)
 So Long, Farewell, Get Out! (closing number for final performance)
 The Grand Raffle 2000 (extended interactive sketch)
 Send in the Clowns (parody of “crossover” artists)
3. PARODY LYRICS
SAN DIEGO OPERA DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Corporate-specific lyrics set to standard operatic arias, for Corporate Council “Networking Italian Style” Luncheon
LYRIC OPERA SAN DIEGO
Topical references for productions of The Mikado [three productions] and H.M.S. Pinafore
DISCOUNT COMIC OPERA
Numerous lyric revisions of other material
4. ORIGINAL WORKS
 The Revisit (screenplay)
 A {P.C.} Christmas Carol (stage play)
 Get a Clue! (stage play) [commissioned and produced by Black Rabbit Theatre, 2005]
III. MUSIC PRODUCTION
1. COMPOSITION
 Three Shakespeare Songs, for baritone and piano
 Our Town, incidental music (act preludes)
 Five Pieces After Bernstein, Rorem, Sondheim, Weill and Vaughan Williams (pastiche piano solos)
 Berta Backstage at Boheme, one-act opera for soprano, actor, and piano
 Great Expectations, musical (based on the Charles Dickens novel)
 Notre Dame de Paris, opera (based on the Victor Hugo novel) [currently in development]
 Piano Sonata, No. 1
 String Quartets, Nos. 1-7
2. ORCHESTRATION
Swiftly adapted or expanded existing materials to meet production needs. Tailored to theatre acoustics (e.g. mic’d vs.
unmic’d) and stringently avoided overpowering the singers/text in vocal sections. Utilized pastiche components to match the
score’s tone and the composers’ styles.
 A Little Night Music (Lyric Opera San Diego)  Reduction of original from 25 parts to 13
 Fiddler on the Roof (Lyric Opera San Diego)  Composed and orchestrated dance/underscoring extensions
 Pippi Longstocking (San Diego Junior Theatre)  Composed and orchestrated dance extensions
[Please see “Colleges/Schools” in Musical Direction area on page 3 for additional projects]
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3. ARRANGEMENT
CONCERT
 Old American Songs by Aaron Copland, arranged for voice and 2 pianos
 Hermit Songs by Samuel Barber, arranged for voice, piano, strings, and winds
 Passages (solo concert), various songs arranged for voice, piano, and cello
THEATRE
 South Pacific (Moonlight Amphitheatre)  Overture/underscoring edits
 Some Enchanted Evening (Lyric Opera San Diego)  Revised 2-piano accompaniment
 Hansel & Gretel (San Diego Opera Education & Outreach)  Score revision, incidental music composition
 Various vocal arrangements for Discount Comic Opera and individual artists
[Please see “Recording Transcription” section directly below for additional projects]
4. RECORDING TRANSCRIPTION
Chord charting, piano accompaniments, vocal harmonies, and/or key transpositions. Most projects have involved transcribing
band/orchestra charts and then reducing them to artistic yet viable piano accompaniments (i.e. creating arrangements
designed specifically for piano). Occasionally involved tailoring to an individual pianist’s particular strengths or weaknesses.
 Hit the Deck! (Lyric Opera San Diego)
 The Coronado Follies (Coronado Playhouse)
 The Greatest Songs You’ve Never Heard
 Broadway Lost on Tour
 Various material for Discount Comic Opera and many individual artists
5. SCORE EDITING / PREPARATION
SLEDGEHAMMER THEATRE
Alice In Modernland (World Premiere)  Final preparation of full piano-vocal score.
THE OLD GLOBE THEATRE
The Boswell Sisters (World Premiere)  Score/chart proofreading, assistant to music director Brad Ellis and
orchestrator Peter Matz.
SAN DIEGO GILBERT & SULLIVAN COMPANY [now Lyric Opera San Diego]
The Savoy Theatre Cat (World Premiere)  Coordinated orchestral charts from various sources, including
rewriting illegible manuscripts, devising medleys, and collaborating on overture creation.
IV. TECHNICAL PRODUCTION
1. PRODUCER / CONTRACTOR / P.R.
Presentation of numerous concerts, revues, and other theatrical productions. Duties included fee/rental negotiations, creating
marketing materials (including display advertisements), designing playbills, and obtaining performance rights & unpublished
manuscripts from writers such as Stephen Sondheim, Adam Guettel, and the Estate of Leonard Bernstein. (Other associated
duties such as writing, casting, and repertoire selection are detailed elsewhere in this c.v.) Project highlights include:
 The Greatest Songs You’ve Never Heard
 Broadway Lost on Tour
 Sondheim & Friends
 Passages
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2. TECHNICAL DIRECTION
 National Theatre for Children [two tours]  Devised set placement/alterations for a vast array of theatre decks
and functioned as de facto Electrician. Also served as Company Manager.
3. SOUND DESIGN
 Hansel and Gretel (San Diego Opera Education and Outreach)  Determined sound requirements at each facility.
Devised mic placements and set sound levels. Trained students to be running crew. Three-year project (18 schools).
 Marry Me a Little (North Coast Repertory Theatre)  Created pre-show music using obscure recordings.
 A Tuna Christmas (Compass Theatre)  Coordinated music and sfx recordings, edited/mixed sound.
4. PROPS
 A Tuna Christmas [creation, acquisition]
 The Greatest Songs You’ve Never Heard [creation, acquisition]
 Broadway Lost on Tour [creation, acquisition]
 Discount Comic Opera’s The Grand Raffle 2000 [acquisition]
5. STAGE CREW
 Hansel and Gretel (San Diego Opera Education & Outreach school residency)  Load in/load out
 Pinocchio (National Theatre for Children)  Load in/load out, running crew (two tours)
 The Sorcerer (Lyric Opera San Diego)  Load in/load out, running crew
 Discount Comic Opera  Load in/load out, running crew (10+ productions)
V. PERFORMANCE
Portrayals noted for their energy, intelligence, theatrical savvy, and dialect authenticity. Special skills include character
voices, Sprechstimme, diction agility for patter songs, improvisation (comedic and dramatic), and writing parody lyrics
(topical references). [Sidebar: One of the few artists in the world to have done all 13 of the Gilbert & Sullivan works.]
THEATRE AND OPERA DIRECTORS INCLUDE:
 Bruce Beresford
 Carlisle Floyd
 Sharon Ott
 Lotfi Mansouri
 Sam Woodhouse
 Kirsten Brandt
 J. Sherwood Montgomery
 Jack O’Brien
 Des McAnuff
 John Copley
 Mark Wing-Davey
 Francesca Zambello
 Andrew Traister
 Kathy Brombacher
CONDUCTORS INCLUDE:
 Richard Bonynge
 Edoardo Müller
 Karen Keltner
 Kenneth Montgomery
 Martin Wright
 Leon Natker
 Hollace Koman Jones
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1. THEATRE
SAN DIEGO OPERA
The Barber of Seville
Dialogues des Carmelites
The Passion of Jonathan Wade
The Passion of Jonathan Wade
La Boheme
La Traviata
Peter Grimes
Don Quixote
Madama Butterfly
Sergeant
Thierry
Union Soldier (1991)
Union Soldier (1996)
Customs Sergeant
Commissioner
Burgess
Bandit [speaking rôle]
Registrar
LAMB’S PLAYERS THEATRE
The Fantasticks
El Gallo
LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE
Blood Wedding
NATIONAL THEATRE
FOR
Moon Singer (also vocal director)
CHILDREN
Pinocchio [National Tour]
Pinocchio [National Tour]
Gino (1992)
Gino (1993)
LYRIC OPERA SAN DIEGO [formerly San Diego Comic Opera] [Associate Artist]
[Principals]
[Supporting]
The Mikado
The Mikado
The Mikado
The Grand Duke
Utopia, Limited
The Merry Widow
Ruddigore
A Funny Thing Happened . . . Forum
H.M.S. Pinafore
Iolanthe
Princess Ida
Princess Ida
The Desert Song
Yeomen of the Guard
H.M.S. Pinafore
Trial by Jury
Songs for a Queen [E & O Tour, 1983-86]
Cox & Box
Trial by Jury
The Mikado
The Mikado
The Pirates of Penzance
Die Fledermaus
The Pirates of Penzance
The Pirates of Penzance
The Pirates of Penzance
The Pirates of Penzance
Patience
La Perichole
Ko-Ko (1996)
Ko-Ko (1999)
Ko-Ko (2005)
Ludwig
King Paramount
Baron Mirko Zeta
Robin Oakapple
Senex
Sir Joseph Porter
Strephon
King Gama (1995)
King Gama (2004)
Bennie Kidd
Wilfred Shadbolt
Dick Deadeye
The Judge
Gilbert / Sullivan / D’Oyly Carte [rôles in rep]
Mr. Bouncer
Counsel for the Plaintiff
Pish-Tush (1984)
Pish-Tush (1987)
Sergeant of Police
Dr. Blind
Samuel (1983) (Pirate King/Maj. Gen. understudy)
Samuel (1986) (also backstage conductor)
Samuel (1993) (also backstage conductor)
Samuel (2003) (Maj. Gen. u/s, backstage conductor)
Colonel Calverley
Don Pedro de Hinoyosa
Continued
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LYRIC OPERA SAN DIEGO (Continued)
The Gondoliers
The Gondoliers
A Victorian Concert
The Best of Comic Opera [15th anniversary gala]
A Toast to the 25th [25th anniversary gala]
Florodora
Mame
Trial by Jury
The Beggar’s Opera
Princess Ida
Orpheus in the Underworld
The Zoo
The Savoy Theatre Cat
The Sorcerer
Giorgio (Giuseppe understudy)
Antonio
Featured Singer / Pianist
Featured Performer
Featured Performer
Capt. Donegal
Mother Burnside (also music director)
Foreman
Ben Budge
Guron
Morpheus
Brandy Man
D’Oyly Carte Pianist
Ensemble (John Wellington Wells understudy)
LYRIC OPERA SAN DIEGO / SAN DIEGO MARITIME MUSEUM (performed aboard the tallship Star of India)
The Best of “Pirates” & “Pinafore”
The Best of “Pirates” & “Pinafore”
The Best of “Pirates” & “Pinafore”
Major-General / Sir Joseph (1996)
Major-General / Sir Joseph (1997)
Major-General / Sir Joseph (2002)
LA JOLLA STAGE COMPANY
Charlemagne [Guest Artist]
Pippin
MOONLIGHT AMPHITHEATRE
My Fair Lady
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Sweeney Todd
A Little Night Music
She Loves Me
Into the Woods
Col. Pickering
Rev. Crisparkle (Chairman Understudy)
Featured Ensemble (Todd Understudy)
Mr. Lindquist
Headwaiter
Cinderella’s Father (Narrator Understudy)
STARLIGHT MUSICAL THEATRE
My Fair Lady
The Vagabond King
Lord Boxington / Servant / Cockneys
Villon’s Page
LYRIC DINNER THEATRE
Fiddler on the Roof
Oliver!
The Sound of Music
Oklahoma!
Lazar Wolf
Bill Sykes [also Production Dialect Coach]
Max Detweiler
Jud Fry
DISCOUNT COMIC OPERA
The Seven Deadly Scenes
MARY STAR
OF THE
The Man [also Musical Arranger]
SEA CHURCH
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Melchior (1991) [Guest Artist]
Melchior (1999) [Guest Artist and Stage Director]
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY OPERA WORKSHOP
Street Scene
Steve Sankey [Guest Artist; last-minute replacement]
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GROSSMONT COLLEGE OPERA WORKSHOP
Njegus [Guest Artist]
The Merry Widow
Pre-Professional School Highlights
GROSSMONT COLLEGE
Laura
Shelby Carpenter
PATRICK HENRY HIGH SCHOOL
Cabaret
The Boyfriend
A Christmas Carol
The Would-Be Gentleman
Ernst Ludwig
Alphonse
Marley’s Ghost / Old Fezziwig / Undertaker
Dancing Master
GAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Charlotte’s Web
Wilbur
2. SAN DIEGO OPERA CHORUS
AGMA contract with one of the Top Ten opera companies in North America. “Core” chorister since 1989.
PRODUCTION
DIRECTOR
CONDUCTOR
Lohengrin
Peter Grimes
Rigoletto
The Elixir of Love
Faust
Verdi Requiem
Lucia di Lammermoor
Fidelio
Don Pasquale
Boris Godunov [San Diego Soviet Arts Festival]
La Boheme
Dialogues of the Carmelites
The Daughter of the Regiment
The Magic Flute
Cosi fan tutte
Die Fledermaus
The Passion of Jonathan Wade [World Premiere]
La Traviata
Der Rosenkavalier
The Marriage of Figaro
The Merry Widow
Carmen
The Barber of Seville
Madama Butterfly
Don Giovanni
The Pearl Fishers
Rigoletto
The Tales of Hoffmann
Rusalka
Lucia di Lammermoor
Macbeth
La Boheme
Tosca
The Elixir of Love
The Passion of Jonathan Wade
Cinderella
Aida
Carmen
The Italian Girl in Algiers
Jay Lesenger
Richard Gregson
Robert Tannenbaum
Lou Galterio
Francesca Zambello
none
Rhoda Levine
Robert Tannenbaum
Wolfgang Weber
Nathaniel Merrill
John Copley
Bliss Hebert
Lou Galterio
Wolfgang Weber
John Copley
Wolfgang Weber
Carlisle Floyd
Wolfgang Weber
Wolfgang Weber
John Copley
Lou Galterio
Rosalind Elias
John Copley
Adelaide Bishop
Wolfgang Weber
Johnathon Pape
Wolfgang Weber
Wolfgang Weber
Wolfgang Weber
Johnathon Pape
Wolfgang Weber
Lesley Koenig
Bliss Hebert
John Cox
Carlisle Floyd
Linda Brovsky
Dejan Miladinovic
James de Blasis
Leon Major
Theo Alcantara
James Lockhart
Edoardo Müller
Willie Anthony Waters
Karen Keltner
Thomas Fulton
Edoardo Müller
Edward Downes
Karen Keltner
Jansoug Kakhdze
Edoardo Müller
Richard Bonynge
Richard Bonynge
Karen Keltner
Thomas Schuback
Karen Keltner
Kenneth Montgomery
Edoardo Müller
Heinz Fricke
Edoardo Müller
Karen Keltner
Kees Bakels
Edoardo Müller
Edoardo Müller
Edoardo Müller
Karen Keltner
Elio Boncompagni
Richard Bonynge
Albert Rosen
Willie Anthony Waters
Edoardo Müller
Edoardo Müller
Edoardo Müller
Karen Keltner
Kenneth Montgomery
Karen Keltner
Michelangelo Veltri
Richard Bonynge
Karen Keltner
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SAN DIEGO OPERA CHORUS (Continued)
PRODUCTION
DIRECTOR
CONDUCTOR
The Conquistador [World Premiere]
La Traviata
Turandot
The Barber of Seville
Romeo and Juliet
The Marriage of Figaro
Falstaff
Of Mice and Men
Cosi fan tutte
Un Ballo in Maschera
Il Trovatore
Lohengrin
Don Giovanni
La Boheme
The Magic Flute
Faust
Cold Sassy Tree [World Premiere]
Idomeneo
Aida
Verdi Requiem
Rigoletto
Ariodante
Tosca
Don Pasquale
The Flying Dutchman
Fidelio
Norma
Otello
Turandot
The Pearl Fishers
Don Carlo
Kátya Kabanová
La Traviata
Simon Boccanegra
Vanessa
La Boheme
The Barber of Seville
Lucia di Lammermoor
Carmen
Julius Caesar in Egypt
The Magic Flute
Boris Godunov
Samson and Delilah
Il Trovatore
Wozzeck
Tannhäuser
Maria Stuarda (Mary, Queen of Scots)
Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci
Aida
The Pearl Fishers
Tosca
Don Quixote (Don Quichotte)
Rigoletto
Peter Grimes
Nabucco
Romeo and Juliet
La Traviata
Turandot
Der Rosenkavalier
Faust
Carmen
Sharon Ott
Wolfgang Weber
Lotfi Mansouri
Michael Hampe
Bliss Hebert
Lesley Koenig
Ian Campbell
Rhoda Levine
Leon Major
Michael Hampe
Ian Campbell
Andrew Sinclair
Michael Hampe
Sharon Ott
Michael Hampe
Linda Brovsky
Bruce Beresford
Lotfi Mansouri
Andrew Sinclair
none
Bruce Beresford
John Copley
Ian Campbell
David Gately
David Edwards
Michale Hampe
John Copley
Sonja Frisell
Lotfi Mansouri
Andrew Sinclair
Lotfi Mansouri
Ian Campbell
Ian Campbell
Lotfi Mansouri
Garnett Bruce
Ian Campbell
Lotfi Mansouri
Andrew Sinclair
Mark Lamos
John Copley
Michael Hampe
Lotfi Mansouri
Lotfi Mansouri
Stephen Lawless
Des McAnuff
Michael Hampe
Andrew Sinclair
Lotfi Mansouri
Garnett Bruce
Andrew Sinclair
Andrew Sinclair
Ian Campbell
Lotfi Mansouri
John Copley
Lotfi Mansouri
Cynthia Stokes
Andrew Sinclair
Lotfi Mansouri
Lotfi Mansouri
David Gately
Sonja Frisell
Karen Keltner
Richard Bonynge
Edoardo Müller
Karen Keltner
Richard Bonynge
Edoardo Müller
Edoardo Müller
Karen Keltner
Peter Erckens
Edoardo Müller
Edoardo Müller
Heinz Fricke
Leopold Hager
Richard Bonynge
John Fiore
Richard Bonynge
Karen Keltner
Edoardo Müller
Edoardo Müller
Edoardo Müller
Karen Keltner
Kenneth Montgomery
Edoardo Müller
Edoardo Müller
Karen Keltner
Christof Perick
Richard Bonynge
Edoardo Müller
Edoardo Müller
Karen Keltner
Edoardo Müller
John Fiore
Edoardo Müller
Edoardo Müller
Karen Keltner
Edoardo Müller
Edoardo Müller
Richard Bonynge
Karen Keltner
Kenneth Montgomery
Christof Perick
Valéry Ryvkin
Karen Keltner
Edoardo Müller
Karen Keltner
Gabor Ötvös
Edoardo Müller
Edoardo Müller
Valéry Ryvkin
Karen Keltner
Edoardo Müller
Karen Keltner
Edoardo Müller
Steuart Bedford
Edoardo Müller
Karen Keltner
Renato Palumbo
Edoardo Müller
Christof Perick
Karen Keltner
Edoardo Müller
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3. CABARET / INDUSTRIALS
Various Concerts/Revues
Creator, producer, director, writer, performer, P.R./marketing
Discount Comic Opera
Writer, co-director, performer, pianist, musical arranger (10+ years)
San Diego Opera Education & Outreach performances
 Corporate Council “Networking Italian Style” Luncheon (performer and writer)
 “An Evening of British Composers”
 “Words and Music” Middle School Residency (co-production with La Jolla Playhouse)
UCSD Healthcare Benefit Gala, 2001
“Broadway Lost on Tour”  Producer, writer, arranger, director/choreographer, performer
The Bright Side
Touring club act. Performer for two years. Conventions, industrials, special events, and county fairs throughout the U.S.
4. TELEVISION
Commercial and promotional endeavors for then-current projects.
 Starlight Musical Theatre Presents “My Fair Lady” (commercial)  Featured performer
 KUSI-TV News promos (performances and interviews)  The Mikado
[Lyric Opera San Diego productions]
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Fiddler on the Roof
5. CONCERTS
Vocal soloist for countless classical music concerts since 1981. Highlights include:
 The Creation (Haydn), Pacific Beach Presbyterian Church
 Messiah (Handel), 10+ churches
 Tomas Luis da Victoria Choir (charter member), various churches (repertoire included Vaughan Williams’ Mass in C )
 The Many Moods of Christmas (arranged Robert Shaw), La Jolla Presbyterian Church
 Requiem (Duruflé), St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
 Cantata on Four Saints (K. Nielsen), Mary Star of the Sea [West Coast premiere]
 Fantasia on Christmas Carols (Vaughan Williams), La Jolla Presbyterian Church
Extensive work as vocal soloist/section leader for several San Diego County churches, including:
 St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
 La Jolla Presbyterian Church
 Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church
 Mission Hills United Church of Christ
 Chula Vista Community Congregational Church
 32nd Street Naval Chapel [Protestant]
6. PIANIST
Noted for extensive repertoire knowledge, employing appropriate amounts of expansiveness and subtlety, truly supporting
vocalists, and making the accompaniment an equal but unobtrusive partner in the music. A veteran of innumerable concerts,
theatre projects, and freelance performances [very conservative estimate: 60+]. A few highlights include:
THEATRES [Rehearsals and performances, in addition to projects listed in Musical Director section on page 2]
 Ringling Brothers-Barnum & Bailey Circus – Substitute keyboardist in several cities during 2000-01 tour
 The Best of Comic Opera – Lyric Opera San Diego (1994 Fifteenth Anniversary Gala)
 A Victorian Concert – Lyric Opera San Diego
 The Savoy Theatre Cat – Lyric Opera San Diego
 20+ Concerts with individual artists
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SAN DIEGO CITY SCHOOLS
 Pop & Classical Vocal Festivals – Freelance Pianist and Vocal Coach, 1979-85
 Arts Renaissance Cuyamaca [summer arts camp] – Staff Pianist, 1982 & 1983
 Patrick Henry High School Choral Department – Pianist and T.A., 1982-83
AUDITIONS
 Freelance for Individual Artists, 1981-present
 Lyric Opera San Diego
 Sledgehammer Theatre
 The Fritz Theatre
 National Theatre for Children
 San Diego Junior Theatre
VI. EDUCATION & MEMBERSHIPS
1. TRAINING
Extensive self-studies in theatre history, set/costume design, playwriting, composition, and orchestration. Studies with private
teachers/coaches include the following:
 Voice – Martin Wright (San Diego Opera); Robert Austin (University of San Diego); David Glissman
 Piano – Barbara Marlis (former professor, New England Conservatory and Oberlin College)
 Acting – Andrew Traister (The Old Globe Theatre)
 Shakespeare Master Classes – Jonathan McMurtry (The Old Globe Theatre)
 Arranging/Orchestration – Peter Matz; Brad Ellis; Samuel Adler (currently professor at The Juilliard School)
 Chorus Master Pedagogy – Martin Wright (San Diego Opera); Timothy Todd Simmons (San Diego Opera)
2. AFFILIATIONS
 Actors’ Equity Association
 American Guild of Musical Artists
 Dramatists Guild of America
 American Federation of Musicians
 Actors Alliance of San Diego