Little Women – Past Performances
Houston Grand Opera
Houston, TX
March 13 & 15, 1998 (Première)
Peter Webster, stage director
Christopher Larkin, conductor
Civic Opera Theatre
Kansas City, MO
February 4-6, 2000
Linda Ade Brand, stage director
Ruben Reynolds, conductor
Houston Grand Opera*
Houston, TX
March 3, 5, 7, 11, 12, 17, 18, 2000 (Revival)
Peter Webster, stage director
Patrick Summers, conductor
Civic Opera Theatre
Leawood, KS; Kansas City, MO
February 5-7, 2001 (Revival)
Linda Ade Brand, stage director
Ruben Reynolds, conductor
Opera Pacific
Irvine, CA
May 12, 13, 15, 16, 18 – 20, 2001 (West Coast Première)
Peter Webster, stage director
Christopher Larkin, conductor
Central City Opera
Central City, CO
June 30—August 4, 2001
Joshua Major, stage director
Ted Baril, conductor
Ash Lawn-Highland Summer Festival
Charlottesville, VA
July 28, 29; August 3, 12, 17, 2001
Sharyn Pirtle, stage director
Christopher Larkin, conductor
Great Performances
Television Première
August 29, 2001
Co-production: Houston Grand Opera, WNET-TV, PBS
Directed for television by Brian Large
Nationwide Telecast
Utah Opera Company
Salt Lake City, UT
November 1, 2001—December 30, 2002
Concert Performance
Indiana University Opera Theater
Bloomington, IN
February 1, 2, 8, 9, 2002
Vincent Liotta, stage director
Anderson University
Anderson, IN
February 15-17, 2002
Laurel Goetzinger, stage director
Fritz Robertson, conductor
Opera Omaha
Omaha, NE
March 6, 8, 10, 2002
Joshua Major, stage director
Hal France, conductor
Southeastern Louisiana University
Hammond, LA
March 18, 2002
Minnesota Opera
Minneapolis, MN
April 13, 16, 18, 20, 21, 2002
Colin Graham, stage director
Jeffrey Domoto, conductor
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
May 10-12, 2002
Opera In The Ozarks
Eureka Springs, AK
June 27-July 18, 2002
Vern Sutton, stage director
Glimmerglass Opera
Cooperstown, NY (co-production with New York City Opera)
July 6, 8, 14, 28; August 3, 8, 9, 12, 15, 17, 25, 2002
Rhoda Levine, stage director
John DeMain, conductor
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
Santa Cruz, CA
August 2-4, 2002
Peter Kazaras, stage director
Marin Alsop, conductor
Chautauqua Opera
Montclair, NY/Chautauqua, NY
August 2-5, 2002
Robin Guarino, stage director
Southern Nazarene University
November 1, 3, 2002
Bethany, OK
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ
December 1, 5-8, 2002
New York City Opera
New York, NY
March 23-April 8, 2003 (New York Première)
Rhoda Levine, stage director
George Manahan, conductor
Opera Nuova
Edmonton, AB, Canada
June 14-15, 2003
Kim Mattice Wanat, stage director
Bay Area Summer Opera Theater
San Francisco, CA
July 24, 26, 2003
Yefim Maizel, stage director
Jun Nakabayashi, conductor
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC
November 21, 23, 2003
Marsha Paludan, stage director
David Holley, conductor
Opéra de Ciudad Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico
November 25-27, 2003 (Mexico Première)
Peter Webster, stage director
Echinique Benjamin Juarez, conductor
Depauw University
Greencastle, IN
January 14, 2004
Westminster Choir College
Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ
April 29, 30, May 1, 2, 2004
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
May 21, 22, 2004
Noel Koran, stage director
Andrew Bisantz, conductor
De Paul University
Chicago, IL
May 22, 23, 2004
Lyric Opera Cleveland
Cleveland, OH
June 16, 19, 20, 24, 2004
Mark Adamo, stage director (Début)
James Lowe, conductor
Oscar Seagle Young Artists Association, Inc.
Schroon Lake, NY
July 21-24, 2004
Richard Kagey, stage director
Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
October 29, 31 2004
Fort Worth Opera
Fort Worth, TX
January 7, 9, 2005
David Gately, stage director
Christopher Larkin, conductor
Dunster Opera Studio
Dunster Opera House
Cambridge, MA
May 17 – 19, 24 – 26, 2005
Dayton Opera
Dayton, OH
April 2, 8, 10, 2005
Sandra Bernhard, stage director
Neal Gittleman, conductor
New York City Opera
2005 World Expo Tokyo/Nagoya, Japan (Japan Première)
Rhoda Levine, stage director
George Manahan, conductor
Boston Opera Project
Concord, MA/Somerville, MA
June 10, 11, 17, 18, 2005
Sarah Meyers, stage director
Michelle Alexander, conductor
Intermezzo Opera
Hartford, CT
July 22, 24, 29, 30, 2005
Steve Osgood, conductor
Skylight Opera Theatre
Milwaukee, WI
September 16 – 18, 21, 23 – 25, 27, 28, 30, October 1, 2, 2005
Mark Adamo, stage director
Richard Carsey, conductor
Opera Moda
Chicago, IL
October 21-23, 2005
Michael La Tour, stage director
Anna Benneweg, conductor
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN (co-production with Knoxville Opera)
November 11-13, 2005
James Fellenbaum, conductor
Knoxville Opera Company
Knoxville, TN (co-production with University of Tennessee)
November 19, 20, 2005
Carroll Freeman, stage director
Christy Lee, conductor
New England Conservatory Opera
Boston, MA
December 9-11, 2005
Marc Astafan, stage director
Douglas Kinney Frost, conductor
Kentucky Opera
Louisville, KY
January 26, 27, 29, 2006
David Gately, stage director
Joe Rescigno, conductor
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL
March 31, April 2, 2006
Brett Mitchell, conductor
University of Arizona Opera Theatre
Tucson, AZ
April 7, 9, 2006
Charles Roe, stage director
Thomas Cockrell, conductor
West Chester University
West Chester, PA
December 8, 2006
Center City Opera
Philadelphia, PA
January 14, 2007
Jonathon Loy, stage director
Andrew Kurtz, conductor
Wichita State University Symphony Orchestra
Mark Laycock, conductor
February 8, 2007 (Concert Performance)
Wichita, KS
Oberlin Opera Theatre
Oberlin, OH
March 14, 16-18 2007
Jonathon Field, stage director
Christopher Larkin, conductor
Stoughton Opera Company
Stoughton, WI
May 12-13, 2007
Andrew Abrams, stage director
Christopher Ocasek, conductor
State Opera of South Australia
Adelaide Festival Playhouse, Adelaide, Australia
May 19, 22, 24, 26, 29, 31, June 2, 2007 (Australia Première)
Adam Cook, stage director
Timothy Sexton, conductor
Summer Opera Theatre Company
Washington, DC
June 14-24, 2007
David Grindle, stage director
Kate Tamarkin, conductor
dell’Arte Opera Ensemble
New York, NY
July 15, 2007
Christopher Fecteau, conductor
Peachtree Modern Opera
Atlanta, GA
October 28-30, November 2-4, 2007
Katherine Newton, stage director
Kristine Bengtson, conductor
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS
November 8-11, 2007
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO
November 15-17, 2007
Brian Clay Luedloff, stage director
Julián Gómez-Giraldo, conductor
Opera Delaware
Wilmington, DE
May 4, 9, 10, 2008
Leland Kimball III, stage director
David Lawton, conductor
International Vocal Arts Institute
Tel Aviv, Israel (Israel Première)
July 31, 2008
Lawrence Edelson, stage director
Brian DeMaris, conductor
Brevard Music Center
Brevard, NC
August 2, 2008
David Gateley, stage director
Christopher Larkin, conductor
University of Indiana
Bloomington, IN
October 22-30, 2010
Michael Ehrman, stage director
Kevin Noe, conductor
Boston Opera Collaborative
Boston, MA
November 5-14, 2010
Emilia Allen, stage director
Michael Sakir, conductor
Pensacola Opera
Pensacola, FL
January 21-23, 2011
Dugg McDonough, stage director
Jerome Shannon, conductor
Utah Opera
Salt Lake City, UT
March 12-18, 2011
Kelley Robinson, stage director
Christopher Larkin, conductor
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
March 24-27, 2011
Robert Swedberg, stage director
Christopher Lees, conductor
*It was from this engagement that the Great Performances telecast (August 2001) and the concomitant Ondine CD of the complete opera were subsequently drawn.