Alison Moritz

Alison Moritz’s productions have been lauded as “astute,” “imaginative,” and “elegantly sexy” by Opera News. Her 2019-2020 season includes mainstage debuts at Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Opera Omaha, the Ravinia Festival, and Rice University. Upcoming projects include new productions for Glimmerglass, Chicago Opera Theatre, Opera Santa Barbara, a world premiere for Experiments in Opera (NYC). Her exciting future projects range from revisionist versions of baroque works to operas in virtual reality.

Recent directing highlights include the world premieres of Kamala Sankaram’s Taking Up Serpents (Washington National Opera), Chunky in Heat (Experiments in Opera), and Sarah Kirkland Snyder’s Penelope (new performing edition for Lyric Opera of Kansas City). Her production of Bernstein’s Candide was featured at the 2018 Tanglewood Festival as part of the composer’s centennial celebration, and won several regional awards (including Best Director). Alison also recently directed highly praised period productions of La Traviata (Opera Colorado), La Bohème (Austin Opera), and Madama Butterfly (Central City Opera).

Committed to contemporary American repertoire, Alison has workshopped pieces by David Hertzberg and Rene Orth for Opera Philadelphia, directed the world premiere of Proving Up by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek (Washington National Opera), and created a new production of Kevin Puts’ opera version of The Manchurian Candidate for Austin Opera. Alison’s professional credits include engagements with Santa Fe Opera, Seattle Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Minnesota Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, and Atlanta Opera, and her teaching experience includes projects at Bard Conservatory, SUNY Potsdam, and Eastman School of Music.