GUEST ARTISTS

KELLEY ROURKE

Brooklyn, New York and Roseboom, New York

Glimmerglass 2023: Titles Designer.

Past: Librettist, Cinderella, Metropolitan Opera; The Beekeeper, Chicago Opera Theater; Odyssey, Wilde Tales, Robin Hood, The Jungle Book, The Glimmerglass Festival.

Future: Librettist, Macbeth and the Weïrd Sisters, Theater Latté Da; The Emissary, Opera Parallèle; Hansel and Gretel, Royal Opera House; Songbird, Washington National Opera. kelleyrourke.com

MATT SAUNDERS Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Glimmerglass 2023: Set Designer for Rinaldo.

Past: Set Designer, Daddy, Almeida Theatre (Drama Desk Award); FLEX, Lincoln Center Theater; Stranger Love, LA Philharmonic; Prisoner of the State, NY Philharmonic; We Shall Not Be Moved, Opera Philadelphia; Grace Notes, Spoleto Festival, The Kennedy Center; Le roi Arthus, Bard Summerscape. mattsaundersdesign.net

EMILY SENTURIA San Francisco, California

Glimmerglass 2023: Conductor for Rinaldo.

Past: Conductor, L’amant anonyme, The Atlanta Opera; Rinaldo, Minnesota Opera; Sky on Swings, Opera Saratoga; Fellow Travelers, Florida Grand Opera; Semele, Opera Santa Barbara; Il barbiere di Siviglia, New Orleans Opera.

Future: Conductor, Lucia di Lammermoor, Cavalleria Rusticana, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

LOREN SHAW New York/New Jersey

Glimmerglass 2023: Costume Designer for Romeo and Juliet.

Past: Costume Designer, Tenor Overboard, The Glimmerglass Festival; Peter Pan and Wendy, Shakespeare Theatre Company; A Period of Animate Existence, Pig Iron Theater Co.; Head Over Heels, Oregon Shakespeare Festival; The NY Mysteries, The Flea Theater; Restoration Comedy, The Flea Theater; The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare Theatre Company. lorenshaw.myportfolio.com

DANIEL SOULE New York, New York

Glimmerglass 2023: Set Designer for Romeo and Juliet.

Past: Scenic Designer, King Lear, Shakespeare Theatre Company; The Amen Corner, Shakespeare Theatre Company; Exhibition & Scenic Designer, Definition, Mercury Store; The Case of the Stranger, Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Future: Scenic Designer, Macbeth in Stride, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Philadelphia Theater Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music. danielsouledesign.com

ERIK TEAGUE Alexandria, Virginia

Glimmerglass 2023: Costume Designer for La bohème and The Rip Van Winkles.

Past: Costume Designer, The Flying Dutchman, The Glimmerglass Festival; Hansel and Gretel, New Orleans Opera; As One, The Atlanta Opera.

Future: Costume Designer, The Nose, Chicago Opera Theater; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Atlanta Opera; The Lion, The Unicorn, and Me, Washington National Opera; Ragtime, Signature Theatre (D.C.). erikteaguedesign.com

BRIAN VU Los Angeles, California

Glimmerglass 2023: Candide in Candide; Tancredi in Love & War.

Past: Rinuccio, Gianni Schicchi, Hawaii Opera Theatre; Sergio, Fedora, Metropolitan Opera; Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni, Sarasota Opera; Riff, West Side Story, Houston Grand Opera, The Glimmerglass Festival; Timothy Laughlin, Fellow Travelers, Opera Columbus; First Place, Lotte Lenya Competition.

Future: Alfredo, La traviata, Opera Omaha.

TOM WATSON New York, New York

Glimmerglass 2023: Hair & Makeup for La bohème, Candide, Romeo and Juliet, Rinaldo, and The Rip Van Winkles.

Past: Hair & Makeup, Parade, Broadway; Spamalot, The Kennedy Center; Elektra, Washington National Opera.

Future: Hair & Makeup, Harmony, Broadway.

HAYLEY E WALLENFELDT Chicago, Illinois

Glimmerglass 2023: Set Designer for Love & War

Past: Scenic Designer, Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, University College London, Opera Projects for University Singers; Props Designer, Music Theatre Works; Scenic & Costume Designer, Connective Theatre Company; Scenic & Props Designer, Nothing Without a Company.

ROBERT WIERZEL Branford, Connecticut

Glimmerglass 2023: Lighting Designer for La bohème and Romeo and Juliet.

Past: Lighting Designer, The Lehman Trilogy, Huntington Theatre Company; We Shall Not Be Moved, Pittsburgh Opera.

Future: Lighting Designer, Songbird, Washington National Opera; Die Walküre, The Atlanta Opera. sparkdesigncollaborative.com

YING WU Utica, New York

Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble in La bohème. Past: The Sound of Music, The Glimmerglass Festival.

FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO

Richfield Springs, New York

Glimmerglass 2023: Original Director for Candide

Past: Director, Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Teatro alla Scala, Munich State Opera, Paris Opera, Royal Opera House; elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Artistic Director, Washington National Opera (ongoing); General & Artistic Director Emerita, The Glimmerglass Festival.