Guerilla Opera is an
opera
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company in
Boston, Massachusetts
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founded in 2007 specializing in accessible contemporary
chamber opera
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s, several of which have been commissioned by the company. In 2010, its Artistic Directors were Mike Williams and Rudolf Rojahn, its General Manager was Aliana de la Guardia and its director of design and production was
Julia Noulin-Mérat
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. Guerilla Opera performed in the Zack Box Theater at the
Boston Conservatory
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, where it is a resident ensemble. , its Artistic Directors are
Julia Noulin-Mérat
Julia may refer to:
People
*Julia (given name), including a list of people with the name
*Julia (surname), including a list of people with the name
*Julia gens, a patrician family of Ancient Rome
*Julia (clairvoyant) (fl. 1689), lady's maid of Qu ...
and Aliana de la Guardia. Guerilla Opera performs in Boston.
Productions
* 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)
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** 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
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'' by
Andy Vores
Andy Vores (born 1956) is a Welsh classical music and opera composer. He has lived in the United States since 1986 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Education
Vores studied composition at Lancaster University in Lancaster, England. He initi ...
** 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
* October 2017
** ''Loose, Wet, Perforated'' by
Nicholas Vines
** directed by Nichola O'Leary
** set design by Julia Noulin-Merat, lights by Keithlyn Parkman.
* May 2019
**''Rumpelstiltskin'' by Marti Epstein
** concert at the Opera America National Center, video animation by Deniz Khateri, lights by Keithlyn Parkman.
Awards and recognition
2018- Opera America - Innovation Grant
2015- Arts Impulse - Best Opera Production "Gallo"
2015- Boston Classical Review - Best World Premiere :Troubled Water"
See also
*
Boston Lyric Opera
Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) is an American opera company based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1976. BLO is the largest and longest-lived opera company in New England. BLO employs nearly 350 artists and creative professionals annually—vocalist ...
*
Opera Boston
Opera Boston was an opera company in Boston, Massachusetts. It specialized in less-frequently heard repertoire as well as modern works or opera premieres, along with opera education and outreach programs designed to bring opera education to childre ...
*
Boston Opera Collaborative
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...
*
Opera Company of Boston
The Opera Company of Boston was an American opera company located in Boston, Massachusetts, that was active from the late 1950s through the 1980s. The company was founded by American conducting, conductor Sarah Caldwell in 1958 under the name Bo ...
*
Odyssey Opera
References
External links
Official websiteOfficial YouTube channel Opera America
*http://noulinmeratstudio.com/pedr-solis
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