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Michael Ehrman, Director Michael Ehrman has won acclaim for his productions at such companies as Houston Grand Opera, Greater Miami Opera, Minnesota Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Atlanta Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, and Chicago Opera Theater. He recently was applauded for his 2006 staging of the 50th Anniversary The Ballad of Baby Doe at Central City Opera, a company where he has directed eighteen productions, including a new Vanessa in 2005 and the world-premiere of Henry Mollicone’s Gabriel’s Daughter in 2003. Other recent works include Street Scene for the Minnesota Opera, Noye’s Fludde for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Die Zauberflöte and The Mikado for the Colorado Symphony, and The Barber of Seville and The Sound of Music for Tulsa Opera. Ehrman’s staging of the musical Carnival was named on several of Chicago’s “Ten Best” lists for 2005. He is a regular guest director for the prestigious opera program at Indiana University, where he has staged Faust, The Ballad of Baby Doe, Romeo et Juliette, and Manon, and will return in 2007-08 for both Susannah and Le Nozze di Figaro. Other recent productions include: The Crucible and Romeo et Juliette for Indianapolis Opera, The Tales of Hoffmann for Connecticut Opera, The Ballad of Baby Doe for Utah Opera and Indianapolis Opera, Carmen for Virginia Opera, and The Magic Flute for Wolf Trap. He staged the American Opera Series in Central City from 1996-1999, including the fortieth anniversary Ballad of Baby Doe (recorded by Newport Classics), Susannah, The Crucible, and Street Scene. Other works in his repertoire include Albert Herring, La Bohème, Cavalleria Rusticana. Cosi fan Tutte, Dialogues des Carmelites, Eugene Onegin, Falstaff, Hansel and Gretel, L’incoronazione di Poppea, Macbeth, Madama Butterfly, Le Nozze di Figaro, Pagliacci, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Rigoletto, Tosca, La Traviata , and Turn Of The Screw. Mr. Ehrman has extensive experience as a teacher and as author/director of many educational opera programs. He was Director of Opera at Northwestern University, for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and at Roosevelt University/Chicago College of Performing Arts. He has also directed at Yale University, University of Kentucky, Hartt School of Music, and Shenandoah University. He served on the artistic staffs and was Stage Director/Acting Coach for the Young Artist Programs at Central City Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Wolf Trap, Greater Miami Opera, Virginia Opera, Lake George Opera, Utah Opera, The Israeli Vocal Arts Institute, Intermezzo Young Artist Program, the Brevard Music Center, and the New National Theater, Tokyo. Ehrman recently directed the Chicago premiere of Ronald Perera’s The Yellow Wallpaper, Le Nozze di Figaro at the Hartt School and The Sound of Music and Carmen at the Brevard Music Center. Other engagements included Falstaff for Indianapolis Opera, La Bohème and Camelot at the Brevard Center, and Susannah and Le Nozze di Figaro at Indiana University. Future projects include Die Zauberflöte at Tulsa Opera, a revival of his Susannah at Central City, and a new Cendillon at Indiana University. Other companies where Mr. Ehrman has worked include: Augusta Opera, Berkshire Opera Festival, Birmingham Opera, Dayton Opera, Hidden Valley Opera, Knoxville Opera, Opera Carolina, Opera Columbus, Opera Memphis, Orlando Opera, Piedmont Opera Theater, Pittsburgh Opera Theatre, San Francisco Opera Merola Program, Texas Opera Theatre. This production of La Bohème marks his debut with Mercury Opera Rochester. |