“The Lyric Opera’s Dazzling “Roméo et Juliette” is a Night Divine” “He is a master of movement, with crisp, dramatic staging that keeps the action exciting and clear.….Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette,” in a stunning production that …
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Director/Fight Director | Romeo et Juliette | Lyric Opera of Kansas City
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Intimacy & Fight Director | Don Giovanni | Minnesota Opera
Zerlina/Masetto were framed as a couple in a consensual BDSM relationship. As the StarTribune put it: “Director Keturah Stickann's pro-female concept is boldly imaginative, as the opera's three lead sopranos prove far more than just victims of a womanizing protagonist.”
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Intimacy & Fight Director | Romeo and Juliet | San Diego Opera & San Antonio Opera
Interview with Doug Scholz-Carlson about intimacy and fight direction. Matthew Ozawa’s production of Romeo and Juliet. Directed in San Antonio by Lauren Meeker.
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Intimacy & Fight Director | Medea | Met Opera
Assistant Director under David McVicar
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Fight Choreographer | Carmen | Minnesota Opera
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Director | Shakespeare in Love | Great River Shakespeare Festival
“The play is dynamically staged with constant movement, exciting fight scenes, and nary a dull moment, even scene changes are accomplished fluidly without pause. A rotating mini stage allows for quick transitions between locations, …
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Director | Romeo and Juliet | Madison Opera
“Doug Scholz-Carlson’s direction looks carefully composed and well-paced.” —The Cap Times
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Fight Choreographer | Romeo and Juliet | Minnesota Opera
“…considerable credit should go to Doug Scholz-Carlson, whose choreography of the big fight scene looked surprisingly realistic with just a touch of the Sharks and the Jets from “West Side Story.'” -Michael Anthony, Minneapolis StarTribune
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Fights: Silent Night (World Premier) Minnesota Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Fort Worth Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Michigan Opera Theatre, Montreal Opera
The opera’s opening battle is one of the vivid and breathtaking pieces of stagecraft to ever grace the Ordway stage.” -St Paul Pioneer Press
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To tell a story in the theater, an actor allows the audience to witness an event that does not take place. If successful, what the audience believes they have seen is not what actually happened. …
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