Guest Artists
David Gately
Stage Director
Stage director David Gately is known for his vivid storytelling and lively and clever productions. Recent productions of note include his direction of L’Elisir d’Amore with Dallas Opera, Madama Butterfly with Seattle Opera, La bohème with Florida Grand Opera, Carmen in New Orleans, Les Contes d’Hoffman in Edmonton, Die Zauberflöte with Cincinnati and Vancouver Opera, A Midsummer Night’s Dream with both the Florentine and Glimmerglass Opera, Falstaff with Opera Omaha and Rigoletto with Utah Opera. His hugely successful “wild west” production of Don Pasquale, presented during AVA’s 2008-09 season, has been mounted by San Diego Opera, Kentucky Opera, Opera Colorado, Calgary Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Virginia Opera, Dayton Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Opera Omaha, Edmonton Opera and the Fort Worth Opera.
Mr. Gately spent the 2010-11 season directing La bohème with Atlanta Opera, Lucia di Lammermoor with Calgary Opera, both Hansel and Gretel and Little Women with Utah Opera, Faust with San Diego Opera, and Giulio Cesare with Fort Worth Opera. During the 2009-10 season he directed Il barbiere di Siviglia with Washington National Opera, Opera Colorado and Manitoba Opera, L’Elisir d’Amore with Atlanta Opera, Simon Boccanegra for its premiere with L’Opera de Montreal, and the World Premiere production of Before Night Falls with the Forth Worth Opera. In addition, he directed Angels in America with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Centre in London for the United Kingdom premiere of the work.
Nic Muni
Stage Director
Distinguished Artist in Residence at CCM since 2006, Nic Muni has directed over two hundred productions in Europe, Australia and North America, with companies such as San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Canadian Opera Company (Toronto), Houston Grand Opera, Seattle Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Glimmerglass Opera and the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. In Europe he has directed for the Prague National Opera, the Kurt Weill International Festival, Theater Erfurt, Tiroler Landestheater in Innsbruck, Stadttheater Bern and Stadttheater Giessen. His revival of Jenufa at the Canadian Opera Company in the winter of 2003 received Canada's prestigious DORA Award for Best Theater Production of the Year. In addition, he has served as Artistic Director for Tulsa Opera (1987-93) and Cincinnati Opera (1996-2005). Recent productions include the U.S. stage premiere of Das Liebesverbot at Glimmerglass Opera, L'amico Fritz at San Francisco Opera's Merola Program, Carmen at Boston Lyric Opera, Ballo delle ingrate/Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda/Trouble in Tahiti at Portland Opera, Il barbiere di Siviglia at Indiana University, Cendrillon at Miami University, Cardillac at Opera Boston and the U.S. stage premiere of El Amor Brujo/La Vida Breve at Manhattan School of Muisc. Upcoming engagements include Don Giovanni at CCM and La finta giardiniera at San Francisco Opera's Merola Program.
