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artistic & production team
RANDALL G. CHIARELLI (Lighting Designer) has devoted a career to lighting for dance, much of it with Pacific Northwest Ballet. He has also done works for American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Houston Ballet and San Francisco Ballet, among other companies. This is Mr. Chiarelli’s second program with Atlanta Ballet. At the end of the 18|19 Season, he designed lighting for Kiyon Ross’ Sum Stravinsky. His collaborators include choreographers Glen Tetley, Kent Stowell, Susan Stroman, Justin Peck and Christopher Wheeldon. In addition to lighting for dance, Mr. Chiarelli has created lighting for musical artists Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles. TARA SIMONIC (Conductor) is thrilled to be joining Atlanta Ballet once again as guest conductor for their production of Giselle. Her multi-genre career spans from ballet to opera, classical to contemporary, and pops to educational, making her one of the most versatile conductors of her generation. Ms. Simoncic has a passion for the ballet which led her to guest conduct with some of the world’s most prestigious ballet companies such as the New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theater, and Ballet West where she served as Music Director from 2015-2018. This season, she will make guest conducting appearances with New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theater, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Atlanta Ballet, and the Rochester Philharmonic with Rochester City Ballet. Most recently, Ms. Simonic conducted the Portland Symphony Orchestra, Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Bridge Musik Chamber Orchestra, and Camerata Nova at the Manhattan School of Music. She has been a guest conductor with the Piccolo Opera Festival in Trieste, Italy and the Slovenian National Opera Ballet Theatre in Maribor where she conducted Pier Francesco Maestrini’s renowned production of The Barber of Seville. In 2018, Ms. Simoncic joined the Louisville Ballet as Music Director and has been the conductor of the Flexible Orchestra, an ensemble dedicated to performing and commissioning new works since 2003. Her enthusiasm for music education led her to conduct the Greenwich Symphony’s Young People’s Concerts from 2010-2020 and the William Patterson University Orchestra in 2020. Ms. Simoncic holds a Bachelor of Music in trumpet performance from New England Conservatory, a Master of Music in orchestral conducting from Northwestern University, and a Professional Studies Certificate in conducting from Manhattan School of Music. She has had the honor of studying conducting with Victor Yampolsky, Iloh Yang, Zdenec Macal and George Hurst.
