“As laid out with elan by stage director Doug Scholz-Carlson, there is a lightness and an eye-winking pleasure in the telling of the story.” “…Scholz-Carlson’s ingenious and witty updates, the sparkling cast and excellent design…” …
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Cosi fan Tutti | Minnesota Opera | Director
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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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Fight Choreographer | Carmen | Minnesota Opera
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Intimacy Director | Anonymous Lover | Minnesota Opera
Directed by Maria Todaro
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Director | Albert Herring | Minnesota Opera
A single tracking shot for each act with blocking conforming to the COVID precautions of the spring of 2021 – no one sings directly toward the orchestra, 12 feet of space in front of a …
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Intimacy Director | Flight | Minnesota Opera
Crystal E. Williams, Christian Sanders, Christian Thurston and Lisa Marie Rogali in Minnesota Opera’s Flight. Directed by David Toro. Photos Dan Norman.
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Intimacy Director | La Traviata, Barber of Seville, Elektra, Edward Tulane | Minnesota Opera
La Traviata – directed by Louisa MullerElektra – directed by Brian StaufenbielThe Barber of Seville – directed by Fancesca Zambello (Josh Horowitz)Edward Tulane (World Premier) – directed by Eric Simonson
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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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Director | Memory Boy | Minnesota Opera
This new opera by composer Reinaldo Moya and librettist Mark Campbell is based on the novel by Will Weaver. Project Opera, Minnesota Opera’s youth training program for students in grades 4 – 12, commissions Memory Boy …
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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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