Christine Seitz

Opera Directing Experience



Complete Operas:

Così fan tutte, Mozart; University of Nevada Las Vegas, March, 2008.

Alcina, Handel; University of Nevada Las Vegas, November, 2007.

La Bohème, Puccini; University of Nevada Las Vegas, March, 2007.

Albert Herring, Britten; University of Nevada Las Vegas, November, 2006.

The Magic Flute, Mozart; University of Nevada Las Vegas, March, 2006.

Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi, Puccini; University of Kentucky Opera Theatre, Lexington Kentucky, October, 2005.

Don Giovanni, Mozart; University of Nevada Las Vegas, March, 2005.

Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi, Puccini; University of Nevada Las Vegas, March, 2004.

Die Fledermaus, Johann Strauss; University of Nevada Las Vegas, March, 2003.

Little Red Riding Hood, Seymour Barab; Opera Las Vegas Educational Outreach, March, 2003.

Don Giovanni, Mozart; Pine Mountain Music Festival, July, 2002.

Così fan tutte, Mozart; Luther College, May, 2002.

Falstaff, Verdi; Pine Mountain Music Festival, June, 2000.

The Barber of Seville, Rossini; Florentine Opera Educational Performances, March, 2000.

Carmen, Bizet; Pine Mountain Music Festival, June, 1999.

La Traviata, Verdi; Friends of Opera in Oshkosh, May, 1999.

La Traviata, Verdi; Pine Mountain Music Festival, June, 1998.

Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart; Pine Mountain Music Festival, July, 1998.

Madama Butterfly, Puccini; Pine Mountain Music Festival, May and June, 1997.

Il barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini; Pine Mountain Music Festival, June, 1997.

Susannah, C. Floyd; Pine Mountain Music Festival, June, 1996.

The Ballad of Baby Doe, D. Moore; University of Wisconsin, Madison, April, 1996.

La Bohème, Puccini; Pine Mountain Music Festival, June, 1995.

I Pagliacci, Leoncavallo; Pine Mountain Music Festival, June, 1994.

Suor Angelica, Puccini; Pine Mountain Music Festival, June, 1994.

The Magic Flute, Mozart; Pine Mountain Music Festival, June, 1993.

Gianni Schicchi, Puccini; Pine Mountain Music Festival, June, 1992.



Operas in Concert:

The Crucible, Robert Ward; University of Nevada Las Vegas, April, 2005.



Opera Scenes:



UNLV Opera Workshop, Graduates and Undergraduates, Fall, 2007.

Scenes from:

Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart

Don Giovanni, Mozart

La Cenerentola, Rossini

Der Freischütz, Weber

Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti

Tosca, Puccini

The Land of Smiles, Lehar

The Turn of the Screw, Britten

The Consul, Menotti

Susannah, Floyd

Little Women, Adamo



Des Moines Metro Opera, Apprentice Program, Summer, 2007.

Scenes from:

Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Mozart

Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart

Fidelio, Beethoven

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Wagner

Samson et Dalila, Saint-Saëns

Les contes d'Hoffmann, Offenbach

Falstaff, Verdi

The Consul, Menotti

Dialogues des Carmelites, Poulenc



UNLV Opera Workshop, Graduates and Undergraduates, Fall, 2006.

Scenes from:

L'egisto, Cavalli

Giulio Cesare, Handel

Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart

Il barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini

L'elisir d'amore, Donizetti

Die Fledermaus, J. Strauss

Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck

Arabella, R. Strauss



Des Moines Metro Opera, Apprentice Program, Summer, 2006.

Scenes from:

Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart

Così fan tutte, Mozart

La clemenza di Tito, Mozart

Mefistofele, Boito

Carmen, Bizet

La Bohème, Puccini

Elektra, R. Strauss

Hugh the Drover, Vaughan-Williams

The Consul, Menotti

The Turn of the Screw, Britten

Vanessa, Barber



UNLV Opera Workshop, Graduates and Undergraduates, Fall, 2005.

Scenes from:

Serse (Xerses), Handel

Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart

Così fan tutte, Mozart

Fidelio, Beethoven

The Merry Wives of Windsor, Nicolai

Don Pasquale, Donizetti

Falstaff, Verdi

La Bohème, Puccini

The Turn of the Screw Britten

The Ballad of Baby Doe, Moore

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Britten



UNLV Opera Workshop, Graduates and Upper Level Undergraduates, Fall, 2004.

Scenes from:

Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Mozart

Così fan tutte, Mozart

Don Pasquale, Donizetti

Orpheus in the Underworld, Offenbach

Un ballo in Maschera, Verdi

Macbeth, Verdi

Carmen, Bizet

Manon, Massenet

Rusalka, Dvorák

Der Rosenkavalier, R. Strauss

Ariadne auf Naxos, R. Strauss



UNLV Opera Workshop, Entry Level Undergraduates, Fall, 2004.

Scenes from:

Dido and Aeneas, Purcell

Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart

Fidelio, Beethoven

L'elisir d'Amore, Donizetti

The Mikado, Gilbert and Sullivan

The Yeomen of the Guard, Gilbert and Sullivan



UNLV Opera Workshop, Fall, 2003.

Scenes from:

Il mondo della luna, Haydn

Idomeneo, Mozart

The Magic Flute, Mozart

Norma, Bellini

La Cenerentola, Rossini

Der Freischütz, Weber

La Traviata, Verdi

Falstaff, Verdi

Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky

Porgy and Bess, Gershwin



Studio North Opera; Lovers and Lunatics, February, 2003 and Outreach performances, Summer, 2003.

Scenes from:

Il mondo della luna, Haydn

Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti

Rigoletto, Verdi

Don Carlo, Verdi

Werther, Massenet

Ariadne auf Naxos, Richard Strauss



UNLV Opera Workshop Class, Fall, 2002, and outreach performances, Spring, 2003.

Scenes from:

L'Incoronazione di Poppea, Monteverdi

Così fan tutte, Mozart

Die Zauberflöte, Mozart

Il barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini

Suor Angelica, Puccini

La Bohème, Puccini

Esperanza, David Bishop



Luther College Opera Performance Class, Fall, 2001.

Scenes from:

Xerxes, Handel

Orfeo and Euridice, Gluck

Il barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini

Der Rosenkavalier, R. Strauss

Susannah, Floyd



The Ballad of Baby Doe, selected scenes, Douglas Moore; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, January, 2001.



Luther College Opera Performance Class, Fall, 2000.

Scenes from:

Dido and Aeneas, Purcell

Don Giovanni, Mozart

Così fan tutte, Mozart

The Barber of Seville, Rossini

Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck

Ariadne auf Naxos, Richard Strauss

The Ballad of Baby Doe, Douglas Moore

The Crucible, Robert Ward

Esperanza, David Bishop



My First Trip to the Opera, a staged educational presentation; Florentine Opera, September, 2000.



Dorian Opera Festival, July, 1999.

Scenes from:

Così fan tutte, Mozart

Fidelio, W. A. Beethoven

The Italian Girl in Algiers, Rossini

Don Pasquale, Donizetti

The Bartered Bride, Smetena



University of Wisconsin Opera Workshop, 1995 - 1996.

Scenes from:

Dido and Aeneas, H. Purcell

Così fan tutte, W. A. Mozart

Die Zauberflöte, W. A. Mozart

The Merry Wives of Windsor, O. Nicolai

Carousel, Rodgers and Hammerstein



Opera Chunks, University of Wisconsin Opera Workshop, 1993 - 1994.

Scenes from:

L'Italiana in Algieri, G. Rossini

La Bohème, G. Puccini;

Albert Herring, B. Britten

The Turn of the Screw, B. Britten