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Guerilla Opera is an opera company in Boston, Massachusetts founded in 2007 specializing in accessible contemporary chamber operas, several of which have been commissioned by the company. As of 2010 its Artistic Directors are Mike Williams and Rudolf Rojahn, its General Manager is Aliana de la Guardia and its director of design and production is Julia Noulin-Mérat. Guerilla Opera performs in the Zack Box Theater at the Boston Conservatory, where it is a resident ensemble.

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Productions

  • September 2007.
  • Heart of a Dog by Rudolf Rojahn (adapted from the novella, Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov)
  • directed by Copeland Woodruff
  • April 2008
  • No Exit by Andy Vores (adapted from the play, No Exit, by Jean-Paul Sartre)
  • September 2008
  • We Are Sons by Rudolf Rojahn (to an original libretto by Rojahn )
  • directed by Sally Stunkel
  • May 2009
  • Rumpelstiltskin by Marti Epstein (adapted from the Brothers Grimm story, Rumpelstiltskin)
  • directed by Greg Smucker
  • September 2009
  • Say It Ain't So, Joe by Curtis K. Hughes (adapted from public records of the 2008 United States vice-presidential debate)
  • directed by Nathan Troup
  • set design by Julia Noulin-Merat,
  • September 2010
  • Heart of a Dog by Rudolf Rojahn (adapted from the novella by Mikhail Bulgakov)
  • directed by Copeland Woodruff
  • set design by Julia Noulin-Merat, lights by Tlaloc Lopez-Waterman, costumes by Neil Fortin
  • September 2011
  • Loose, Wet, Perforated by Nicholas Vines
  • directed by Jeremy Bloom
  • set design by Julia Noulin-Merat, lights by Christopher Brusberg, costumes by Neil Fortin
  • May 2012
  • Bovinus Rex by Rudolf Rojahn
  • directed by Copeland Woodruff
  • set design by Julia Noulin-Merat, lights by Tlaloc Lopez-Waterman, costumes by Neil Fortin
  • May 2013
  • "Giver of Light by Adam Roberts (libretto Adam Roberts)
  • directed by Andrew Eggert
  • set design by Julia Noulin-Merat, lights by Tlaloc Lopez-Waterman, costumes by Neil Fortin
  • September 2014
  • No Exit by Andy Vores
  • directed by Nathan Troup
  • set design by Julia Noulin-Merat, lights by Daniel Chapman, costumes by Lara De Brujin
  • May 2014
  • "Gallo" by Ken Ueno
  • directed by Sarah Meyers
  • set design by Julia Noulin-Merat, lights and video by Tlaloc Lopez-Waterman, costumes by Annie Simon
  • September 2014
  • "Let's Make A Sandwich" two chamber operas
  • "Rarebit" by Curtis K. Hughes
  • Ouroboros by Rudolf Rojahn
  • directed by Copeland Woodruff and Giselle Ty
  • set design by Julia Noulin-Merat, lights and video by Tlaloc Lopez-Waterman, costumes by Neil Fortin
  • May 2015
  • Pedr Solis by Per Bloland (libretto Paul Schick)
  • directed by Laine Rettmer
  • set design by Julia Noulin-Merat, lights by Daniel Chapman, costumes by Neil Fortin
  • September 2015
  • Troubled Water by Mischa Salkind-Pearl (libretto Frederick Choi)
  • directed by Allegra Libonati
  • set design by Julia Noulin-Merat, lights by Daniel Chapman, costumes by Neil Fortin
  • May 2016
  • Beowulf by Hannah Lash
  • directed by Andrew Eggert
  • set design by Julia Noulin-Merat, lights by Daniel Chapman, costumes by Neil Fortin

    • Awards

    2015- Arts Impulse - Best Opera Production "Gallo"

    2015- Boston Classical Review - Best World Premiere :Troubled Water"

    References

    Guerilla Opera Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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