Opera Stage Direction Certificate Program
Frustrated with the lack of programs specifically tailored to train Opera Directors? Tired of learning this important craft as “additional” information when studying the direction of a play? How do you become an accomplished operatic stage director? “It seems to be an elusive pathway for some – imagined to be an innate talent that evolves …
Video Master Class Series
Acting & Movement Skills for Singers
Video Master Classes for Singers: 13 Videos On-Demand So many Opera singers are not confident in their acting skills, and feel intimidated in rehearsals and auditions. If you are worried about upcoming auditions or getting back into rehearsal after some time away, I can help you. I understand how challenging it is to commit …
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Carmen
Review Quotations Very impressive to me was the difficulty of the physical actions required while singing sometimes complex vocals, whether dancing, sitting or lying down.…stage director Chuck Hudson seems to have accomplished quite a feat with such an expansive work and the performances by each of the lead actors seemed to be as good as …
William Tell
Review Quotations In presenting this difficult and massive opera, Wichita Grand Opera did itself proud… I think that this will probably be the only time in my life that I will get to see a traditional William Tell, performed as the libretto demands, given the narcissistic willfulness of so many contemporary directors… And you know …
Le Nozze di Figaro
Review Quotations Winner of the 2012-2013 Austin Critics’ Table Award for Best Opera Production Strong voices, excellent acting…fabulously entertaining: In Austin Lyric Opera’s “Figaro,”…the pleasures are many: Sexual innuendo, bedroom stowaways and intricate schemes gave the audience belly-laughs…its characters actually come across as flesh and blood people instead of “types.”… the principals bring a charisma …
Taming of the Shrew (Opera)
Der Wilderspenstigen Zahmung
Video Excerpt https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/56097163 Review Quotations Taming of the Shrew – 4 Stars out of 5: WAAPA’s presentation of The Taming of the Shrew brings several layers of highly-skilled entertainment to the Geoff Gibbs Theatre, in the Australian premiere of Herman Goetz’s opera…Chuck Hudson has worked with some fine young talent to bring out their best, …
Taming of the Shrew (Opera)
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