David Charles Abell
David Charles Abell’s operatic projects have included Barrie Kosky’s production of Die Zauberflöte at Opera Philadelphia, Eugene Onegin at Hawaii Opera Theatre, Porgy and Bess and Die Fledermaus at Cincinnati Opera, Rigoletto and Carmen at Lyric Opera of Kansas City, West Side Story at the Glimmerglass Festival, and Kevin Puts’ acclaimed World War I opera Silent Night in Kansas City, Cincinnati and Detroit. In the UK, David conducted his own critical edition of Kiss Me, Kate for Opera North and, in 2015, made his debut with English National Opera for its production of Sweeney Todd (starring Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson). He returned to ENO in 2017 for an equally-ac- claimed Carousel.
An established name in France, Maestro Abell has appeared regularly at the Théâtre du Châtelet, conducting the French premieres of Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George, Sweeney Todd and Into the Woods as well as Bernstein’s On The Town. He also conducted Follies at Opéra de Toulon, West Side Story at the Opéra du Rhin, and concerts with the Orchestre National de Lyon, the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine and the Orchestre Nation- al d’Île de France.
Musically, it may indeed leave you giddy: the orchestra’s handling of the score, under conductor David Charles Abell, is glorious — delicate, sweeping, witty.
Financial Times, May 2017
Under the direction of David Charles Abell, the CSO offered a breathtaking ride into and through George Gershwin’s score and never allowed you to forget how very good they are. From the clangorous, percussive overture through gospel and folk-infused numbers all the way to the ringing finale, “Oh Lawd, I’m on my way,” they proved their intimate understanding of the form and flaunted the jazz opera idiom created by Gershwin. This is challenging music that requires a certain amount of swagger to pull off. And the CSO delivered on all counts.
Out and About Nashville, William Shutes, 28 July 2019
| Argento | Postcard from Morocco |
|---|---|
| Beethoven | Fidelio |
| Bernstein | Candide
Mass On the Town A Quiet Place Trouble in Tahiti West Side Story |
| Bizet | Carmen |
| Bock | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Britten | Albert Herring
The Turn of the Screw |
| Copland | The Second Hurricane |
| Donizetti | Lucia di Lamermoor |
| Dove | Tobias and the Angel |
| Floyd | Susannah |
| Gay (Goberman) | The Beggar’s Opera |
| Gershwin | Porgy and Bess |
| Humperdinck | Hansel and Gretel |
| Kern | Show Boat |
| Lehar | Die Lustige Wittwe |
| Leigh | Man of La Mancha |
| Lloyd Webber | Love Never Dies |
| Massenet | Le jongleur de Notre Dame
Manon |
| Menotti | Amahl and the Night Visitors
Maria Golovin |
| Mozart | Don Giovanni
Le nozze di Figaro Der Schauspieldirektor Die Zauberflöte |
| Offenbach | La vie Parisienne |
| Porter | Anything Goes
Kiss Me, Kate |
| Portman | The Little Prince
The Water Diviner’s Tale |
| Puccini | La bohème
Gianni Schicchi Madama Butterfly Manon Lescaut La rondine Suor Angelica Il tabarro Tosca |
| Puts | Silent Night |
| Rodgers | Carousel
Oklahoma! |
| Rossini | Il barbiere di Siviglia
La Cenerentola La gazza ladra |
| Shire | Take Flight |
| Sondheim | Follies
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum Into the Woods Pacific Overtures Sunday in the Park with George Sweeney Todd |
| Stiles | Peter Pan
The Three Musketeers |
| Strauss, Johann, Jr. | Die Fledermaus |
| Strauss, Richard | Ariadne auf Naxos |
| Stravinsky | The Rake’s Progress |
| Sullivan | H. M. S. Pinafore
The Mikado The Pirates of Penzance |
| Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin |
| Verdi | Rigoletto
La traviata |
| Wagner | Götterdämmerung: Act III |
| Weill | Die Dreigroschenoper |
| Williams | Napoleon |
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