COLORADO LIGHT OPERA DIRECTORS 2008

Katherine Myers
Producing Artistic Director, Colorado Light Opera/Stage Director, A Little Night Music
Katherine received her Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Colorado at Boulder and holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from SUNY-Buffalo. Formerly the Director of Education and Outreach for Opera Colorado, Katherine created the Opera Colorado Outreach Ensemble and was directly responsible for the commission of the bi-lingual opera La Curandera in addition to serving as stage director for the world premiere. Additional directing credits include Die Fledermaus, The Magic Flute, Hansel and Gretel, Bastien and Bastienna, Man of La Mancha, The Island of Tulipatan, Gallantry, and Monkey See, Monkey Do. Roles include Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), Lucia (The Rape of Lucretia), Miss Jessel (The Turn of the Screw), Tessa (The Gondoliers), and Lola (Gallantry).  Musical theater credits include Eliza Doolittle (My Fair Lady), Marian Paroo (The Music Man), Luisa (The Fantasticks), and Nanette (No, No, Nanette). 

Timothy Myers
Music Director
With a rapidly expanding repertoire encompassing a wide variety of symphonic works and more than 50 operas, TIMOTHY MYERS is emerging as an important new American conductor. Of his Palm Beach Symphony debut with an all-Mozart program the Palm Beach Daily News said: “… his touch with Mozart was undeniably fine. The entire concert was delivered with taste, refinement, sparkle, grace…in short, just what one wants from Mozart.”

Mr. Myers’ 2007–2008 engagements include assistant to James Conlon and the New York Philharmonic for Zemlinsky’s A FLORENTINE TRAGEDY, a debut with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, and associate conductor for VANESSA at New York City Opera. He also conducts LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR with Opera Company of North Carolina and Asheville Lyric Opera, and DON PASQUALE with Anchorage Opera.

Mr. Myers’ 2006-2007 engagements included a debut with the Jerusalem Symphony (broadcast program), three performances of Grieg’s PEER GYNT with the American Symphony; two subscription series with the Palm Beach Symphony; L’ELISIR D’AMORE with Asheville Lyric Opera; DON GIOVANNI at Florida State Opera; and assistant conductor for the London BBC Symphony’s recording of ARIANE ET BARBE-BLEUE.

Engagements for the 2005 – 2006 season included a debut with the American Symphony at the Bard Music Festival; associate conductor for ARIANE ET BARBE-BLEUE and IL VIAGGIO A REIMS at New York City Opera; and engagements with the Asheville Lyric Opera and Palm Beach Symphony. Mo. Myers also completed his two-year appointment as the Associate Conductor of Palm Beach Opera, where he led performances of HANSEL AND GRETEL, LA BOHÈME, AÏDA and DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, in addition to covering several productions.

As the Associate Conductor and Chorus Master of Central City Opera from 2003 – 2005, Mo. Myers conducted performances of LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN, MADAMA BUTTERFLY, L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI, PAUL BUNYAN, GABRIEL’S DAUGHTER (Mollicone), and THE STUDENT PRINCE.

In 2002, at the invitation of Marilyn Horne, Timothy was a faculty member at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, CA. His international activity has included engagements in the United Kingdom and Czech Republic, as well as performances in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Nick Sugar
Stage Director, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying