First Coast Opera's 2021-22 Season will be announced in Summer 2021.
Past Programs
Cox & Box/Penelope Ann's Revenge (world premiere) - May 4-9, 2021 Artistic Director/Composer of P.A.R./Mr. Box First Coast Opera/A Classic Theatre, Saint Augustine, FL America's Singing Sweethearts - Jeanette MacDonald/Nelson Eddy - April 10, 2021 Artistic Director First Coast Opera, Saint Augustine, FL The Impresario (Mozart) / Prima la Musica, Poi le Parole (Salieri) - January 29 & 31, February 12 & 13, 2021 Music Director/Conductor Joint production by Alabama School of the Arts (Mobile, AL) and First Coast Opera (Saint Augustine, FL)
Penelope Ann's Revenge - A Reading - August 30, 2020 Composer Online Stream by First Coast Opera, Saint Augustine, FL The Little Prince (Portman) - March 21 & 22, 2020 (Rehearsed but cancelled due to COVID-19) Artistic Director/Conductor First Coast Opera, Saint Augustine, FL
Evening of Arias: Bel Canto - February 29, 2020 Artistic Director First Coast Opera, Saint Augustine, FL
The Mikado - February 13 & 14, 2020 Conductor University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL
H.M.S. Pinafore - January 4 & 5, 2020 Sir Joseph Porter First Coast Opera, Saint Augustine, FL
FloTunes Concert - December 8, 2019 Music Director Florida School of the Arts, Palatka, FL
Pasta & Puccini - a dinner theater event - October 26, 2019 Artistic Director First Coast Opera, Saint Augustine, FL
The Trial of B. B. Wolf - May 9, 2019 B. B. Wolf First Coast Opera at Romanza Festivale of the Arts, Saint Augustine, FL
Family Opera Festival - March 30 - April 7, 2019 Featuring L'enfant et les sortileges (Ravel), Little Red Riding Hood (Barab), The Trial of B. B. Wolf (Tucker) Artistic Director First Coast Opera, Saint Augustine, FL
A Tribute to Marian Anderson - March 1 - 3, 2019 Artistic Director First Coast Opera, Saint Augustine, FL and Players By The Sea, Jacksonville Beach, FL
The Consul - February 22 & 24, 2019 Conductor University of Mobile, Mobile, AL Le Nozze di Figaro - January 5 & 6, 2019 Conductor First Coast Opera, Saint Augustine, FL
Flotunes Concert - December 2, 2018 Music Director Florida School of the Arts - Palatka, FL
Bernstein's Broadway - October 11 & 13, 2018 Artistic Director First Coast Opera, Saint Augustine, FL
The Owl and the Pussycat, Staged Reading - August 3-5, 2018 Felix Friends of First Coast Opera, Corazon - Saint Augustine, FL
First Coast Opera at Romanza Festivale - May 4, 2018 Artistic Director St. Augustine Art Association - Saint Augustine, FL
Flotunes Concert (Road Trip) - April 15, 2018 Music Director Florida School of the Arts/St. John's River State College - Palatka, FL La Boheme - March 9, 10, & 11, 2018 Conductor University of North Florida Opera Theater, Jacksonville, FL
First Coast Opera Gala - February 24, 2018 Artistic Director
I Pagliacci with The Stranger's Tale - February 10 & 11, 2018 Conductor and Stage Director First Coast Opera, Saint Augustine, FL
Holiday Traditions/Amahl and the Night Visitors - December 13, 2017 Producer and Conductor First Coast Opera/EMMA Concert Association, Saint Augustine, FL
Flotunes Concert (Island Holiday) - December 3, 2017 Music Director Florida School of the Arts, Palatka, FL
The Trial of B. B. Wolf - November 9, 10, 12 & 16-19, 2017 Composer Central Florida Vocal Arts, Orlando, FL
Opera's Most Haunting Melodies - October 27 & 29, 2017 Concert Producer, Tenor, & Emcee First Coast Opera, Saint Augustine and Ponte Vedra, FL
Cosi fan Tutte - October 20 & 22, 2017 Conductor Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL
Gilded: Arias & Accolades - May 7, 2017 Concert Producer & Tenor First Coast Opera/St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL
Two Trials - March 16 & 18, 2017 featuring Trial by Jury (Gilbert & Sullivan) and The Trial of B. B. Wolf (Sheeley & Tucker) Producer and Conductor First Coast Opera, St. Augustine, FL
Music Masters Lecture - January 10, 2017 The Emil Maestre Music Association Inc., St. Augustine, FL
Madama Butterfly - January 6 and 8, 2017 Producer First Coast Opera, St. Augustine, FL
Mario Lanza: Hollywood Tenor - October 28 and 29, 2016 Concert Producer First Coast Opera, St. Augustine and Bunnell, FL
The Student Prince - July 28, 29, 30, 31, 2016 Hubert Orlando Light Opera, Orlando, FL
Sweet Emmaline: The Musical Journey of Debbie McDade - May 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 2016 (world premiere) Voice-Over Whistler A Classic Theatre, St. Augustine, FL
An Afternoon in Paris - May 6, 2016 Concert Producer and Vocalist First Coast Opera, St. Augustine, FL
Cabaret d'Edith Piaf - April 16, 2016 Producer, Host, and Vocalist First Coast Opera, St. Augustine, FL
La Vie Parisienne - January 9, 2016 Producer and Conductor First Coast Opera, St. Augustine, FL
Opera Paris (staged scenes) - November 14, 2015 Producer and Director First Coast Opera, St. Augustine, FL
I Pagliacci - October 23 & 25, 2015 Conductor Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL
The Crystal Concert - May 9, 2015 Producer and Emcee First Coast Opera, St. Augustine, FL
A Little Night Music - February 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 2015 Conductor Syracuse Opera, Syracuse, NY
Don Giovanni - January 9, 2015 Producer and Conductor First Coast Opera, St. Augustine, FL
Masterclass - Young Artist Programs Q & A - December 2, 2014 University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Getting to Know You - November 8, 2014 Concert Producer and Emcee First Coast Opera, St. Augustine, FL
General Director, Opera Saratoga (formerly Lake George Opera), Saratoga Springs, NY, 2005 - 2014 Productions Conducted: The Medium, Tartuffe, The Pirates of Penzance, Don Pasquale, Carmen, Viva la Mamma, Die Fledermaus, The Mighty Casey, Trial by Jury, HMS Pinafore, The Magic Flute
General Director, Sorg Opera, Middletown, OH, 2000 - 2005 Productions Conducted: The Pirates of Penzance, The Mighty Casey, Carmen, Babes in Toyland, La Boheme, Ariadne auf Naxos, Patience, The Medium, I Pagliacci, The Mikado, L'histoire du soldat, The Stranger's Tale