Keturah Stickann
Keturah Stickann is a director and choreographer working almost exclusively in opera. Recent credits include Romeo & Juliet (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis), Moby-Dick (The Metropolitan Opera), the world premiere of Everlasting Faint (Madison Opera), Rinaldo (West Edge Opera), Carmen (San Diego Opera, Jacobs School of Music at IU), Stuck Elevator (Knoxville Opera), La Bohéme (Chautauqua Opera, San Diego Opera), Hansel & Gretel (Chautauqua Opera), Samson et Dalila (Opera Colorado), Norma (Palm Beach Opera), and Don Giovanni (Minnesota Opera).
A champion of new work, Ms. Stickann has a long standing collaborative relationship with Leonard Foglia. She has choreographed/associate directed the world premieres of Moby-Dick, Cruzar La Cara De La Luna, Cold Mountain, A Coffin in Egypt, It’s A Wonderful Life, Let Me Down Easy, and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly for him, and has directed much of his operatic work in revival. Before becoming a director/choreographer, Ms. Stickann was a professional dancer for concert dance and opera companies across the United States.
“Stage Director Keturah Stickann kept the production moving rapidly along.” Ron Bierman, Broadway World, April 29, 2021; for San Diego Opera’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia
“Director-choreographer Keturah Stickann’s production abounds in memorable stage images. The lifeless Euridice’s body being strewn with flowers by candlelight, the furies’ synchronized menace in red and black, and the serene contentment of the shades in the Elysian Fields all registered in strong, almost cinematic fashion. Stickann keeps the drama at forward pitch and seamlessly integrated the music and dance.” Lawrence Budmen, South Florida Classical Review, March 18, 2018 for Florida Grand Opera’s Orfeo ed Euridice.
“But it is to the credit of stage director Keturah Stickann that she used all this activity to enliven the opera without distracting from the drama at its heart, and at crucial moments, she kept the stage action focused firmly on the main characters and the music.” David Flesher, South Florida Classical Review, January 25, 2020 for Turandot at Palm Beach Opera.
“Stage director Keturah Stickann effectively guided the many comings and goings over the opera’s 23 scenes…” Roy C. Dicks, The News and Observer, September 30, 2017 for North Carolina Opera’s Cold Mountain
“Stickann’s staging created several noteworthy pictures including the community of the Underworld staged right as Orfeo broke through each gate and barrier. ” Todd Pullan, The Post-Journal, July 11, 2017 for Chautauqua Institution’s L’Orfeo
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