Opera in Conversation | Inspiration, Process and Insights

Opera in Conversation is a series of three sessions surrounding Opera Omaha mainstage productions that features creatives, scholars, and other public figures.

These FREE events exist to foster cross-disciplinary exploration of art, big questions, and community connections.

Join Opera Omaha on Tuesday, October 1 at the Joslyn Castle Carriage House for our first Don Giovanni Opera in Conversation.

The first Opera in Conversation will feature artists of the creative team. Artists will share their inspiration, creative process, and some behind the scenes insights from the upcoming performances. Director Kristine McIntyre and conductor Judith Yan will join forces to reveal the inspirations and techniques being used in the rehearsal room while exploring what it takes to mount this iconic opera.

Admission is FREE, advance registration is requested.

Kristine McIntyre, Director

Kristine McIntyre makes her Opera Omaha debut directing Don Giovanni. Ms. McIntyre has directed more than 100 operas with a focus on new, contemporary, and American works, including the world premieres of Hometown to the World at the Santa Fe Opera, A Thousand Acres for Des Moines Opera, and the first opera written to be performed in a planetarium, Galaxies in Her Eyes. She recently directed her first opera film, Unknown, for UrbanArias, and directed the premieres of Jane Eyre for the Center for Contemporary Opera, John Brown for Lyric Opera of Kansas City, The Place Where You Started at Art Share LA, and Mirror Game. She collaborated with several companies on the filming of her bilingual Spanish-English adaptation of The Barber of Seville, one of the many operas she has adapted and directed for education and community opera programs throughout the country. Ms. McIntyre began her opera career at the San Francisco Opera and then spent eight years on the directing staff of the Metropolitan Opera.

Judith Yan, Conductor

Judith Yan returns to Opera Omaha after last conducting Suor Angelica. Equally adept at symphony, opera, and ballet, Ms. Yan has held Staff Conductor positions at San Francisco Opera, Canadian Opera Company, and National Ballet of Canada. Recent performances include Suor Angelica with Opera Omaha, Madama Butterfly with New Orleans Opera, The Rape of Lucretia with San Francisco Opera (Merola), La Boheme with Vancouver Opera, Orfeo with Kentucky Opera, Swan Lake with Korean National Ballet, Don Quixote for Hong Kong Ballet, plus 8 symphonic programs for Saskatoon Symphony, with works ranging from Beethoven’s Symphony 9 to Hans Richter’s Recomposed: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons. A strong supporter of new works, Ms. Yan has conducted numerous world-premieres, including An American Dream by Jack Perla/Jessica Murphy for Seattle Opera, Dracula by Krzysztof Pastor with music by Wojciech Kilar for West Australian Ballet, Ours by John Estacio/Robert Chafe, and February by Laura Kaminsky/Lisa Moore for Opera on the Avalon, of which she has been the Principal Conductor since 2010.

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