STEPHANIE HAVEY       Stage Director
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STEPHANIE HAVEY       Stage Director

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Winner of the Adelaide Bishop Award and the Opera America Director-Designer Showcase, Stephanie Havey has staged productions for Seattle Opera, Opera de Montreal, Pittsburgh Opera, Arizona Opera, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Hawaii Opera Theatre, Michigan Opera Theatre, Atlanta Opera, Opera Omaha, New York City Opera, North Carolina Opera, and others.  Her new productions have been featured at Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Tulsa Opera, Opera Columbus, Syracuse Opera, Lyrique-en-mer International Festival de Belle-Ile, Curtis Institute of Music, and Carnegie Mellon University.  She has also been a member of the staging staff at San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and The Santa Fe Opera.

Ms. Havey is sought after as a collaborator for the development of new opera, staging new works with Opera Philadelphia for their Double Exposure event, Opera America's New Works Forum, and is in her fourth season of developing new works as the Resident Stage Director for North American New Opera Workshop.  

Upcoming engagements include Minnesota Opera, Arizona Opera, Virginia Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Charlottesville Opera, and Finger Lakes Opera. 

During her two seasons as the first Resident Artist Stage Director for the Pittsburgh Opera, she received rave reviews for her new production of  Il matrimonio segreto and directed numerous productions and a staged recital series in the Opera Studio.  Professional credits also include engagements with Central City Opera, Glimmerglass Festival, Sarasota Opera, Nashville Opera, Orlando Opera, and Opera New Jersey.

Ms. Havey has worked extensively with Young Artist training programs including Curtis Institute of Music, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Carnegie Mellon University, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Central City Opera, Tulsa Opera, Opera North, University of Delaware, and the Florida State Opera.  She has also been the Director of Opera Workshop at Middle Tennessee State University and Tennessee State University in Nashville. 
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Stage Director

L'enfant et les sortilèges
Eugene Onegin (Associate Director)
​Norma (new production)
La traviata
​La bohème
The Crucible (new production)
​La traviata
Moon Bride Dogs (premier)
​Rigoletto (Associate Director)
​Florencia en al amazonas 
(revival)
Eugene Onegin (Associate Director)
​​Eugene Onegin (Associate Director)
​Maria de Buenos Aires (revival) 
​Eugene Onegin (Associate Director)
​Tosca
 (new production)
​Eugene Onegin (Associate Director)
A World Apart & Ne'er​ (premier)

Il matrimonio segreto (new prod)
​Rigoletto​ (revival)
​​Armide (new production)
​La Rondine (new production)
​Falstaff (new production)
Rigoletto (new production)
La bohème  (new production)
Il barbiere di Siviglia
​Picture of Dorian Gray 
(new prod)
​Manon (new production)
La Cenerentola
Shining Brow
 (new production)
Die Zauberflöte
Rigoletto (revival)
The Little Prince
 (new production)
Gianni Schicchi  (new production)
​La scala di seta (new production)
Rigoletto (revival)
Jack and the Beanstalk 
(new prod)
Le Nozze di Figaro (2nd cast)
New Works Workshop
Double Exposure
Don Giovanni
 (new production)
Il barbiere di Siviglia (2nd cast)
La Cenerentola (2nd cast)
^ A Cabaret
Il matrimonio segreto 
(new prod)
Arianna a naxos (new production)
Auld Lang Syne Gala
^ A Cabaret
Auld Lang Syne Gala
Les pȇcheurs de perles (2nd cast)
Jackie Evancho concert
The Telephone
^ Ain’t Misbehavin’        
^ The Mikado  
Sweeney Todd
The Sound of Music      
​Orphée et Eurydice      
The Barber of Seville    
​Cosi Fan Tutte    
Zaide 
Gianni Schicchi
^ Fiddler on the Roof
Philadelphia Orchestra
​Seattle Opera

​Boston Lyric Opera
Arizona Opera
Pittsburgh Opera
​Opera Santa Barbara
​Hawaii Opera Theatre
​N.A. New Opera Workshop
​Houston Grand Opera
​Pittsburgh Opera
​Opera de Montreal
Atlanta Opera
New York City Opera​
​Michigan Opera Theatre​
​Festival de Bell-Ile
​Hawaii Opera Theatre
N.A. New Opera Workshop​
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Carnegie Mellon University

​Opera Grand Rapids
​​​​​Opera Neo
​Curtis Institute of Music
​Resonance Works
Syracuse Opera​
​Opera Columbus
North Carolina Opera
Opera Fayetteville
​​Curtis Institute of Music
Shreveport Opera
Tulsa Opera
Erie Chamber Orchestra
Atlanta Opera
Opera Fayetteville
Curtis Institute of Music
Curtis Institute of Music
​Opera Omaha
Tulsa Opera
Central City Opera 
Opera Philadelphia
Opera Philadelphia
Opera in the Heights
Central City Opera 
Pittsburgh Opera 
Pittsburgh Opera
Pittsburgh Opera
Pittsburgh Opera
Pittsburgh Opera
Pittsburgh Opera
Pittsburgh Opera
Pittsburgh Opera 
Pittsburgh Opera
Opera North
Tennessee State University   Tennessee State University  
​MTSU (co-director)
MTSU (co-director)            
Florida State University 
Florida State Opera               
Florida State Opera              
Orchestra 2001
Furman University Opera
Pauper Players
Stephane Denève
​Aleksandar Markovic
​David Angus
Joseph Rescigno
Jean-Luc Tingaud
​Kostis Protopapas
​Emily Senturia
​Chaowen Ting
Jordan de Souza
​Antony Walker
​​Guillaume Tourniaire
​Ari Pelto
Jorge Parodi ​
​Stephen Lord
​Philip Walsh
​David Charles Abell
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​​Chaowen Ting
​Brian Garman

​James Meena
​​Peter Kozma
​Kensho Watanabe

​Maria Sensi Sellner
​Christian Capocaccia
​Jason Hiester
Timothy Myers
​Robert Mueller
​David Hayes
Jerome Shannon
Valerie Pool
Matthew Kraemer
Joseph Rescigno
Robert Mueller
Lio Kuokman
Lio Kuokman
​Steven White
Valerie Pool
Adam Turner
Edward Poll
Edward Poll
Enrique Carreon-Robledo
Levi Hammer
Antony Walker
Mark Trawka
Sara Jobin
Mark Trawka
Antony Walker
Mark Trawka
Antony Walker
Antony Walker
Antony Walker
Molly Wood
Darryl Nettles
Darryl Nettles
Raphael Bundage
Raphael Bundage
Douglas Fisher
Melissa Loehnig
Aaron Beck
James Freeman
Bruce Schoonmaker
Ryan McKendrick
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Directing Awards

2018 American Prize in Opera Performance, 2nd place- Falstaff,  Resonance Works Opera
2014 Adelaide Bishop Award
2013 Winner of the Opera America Director-Designer Showcase, ​Elmer Gantry
2007 National Opera Association Production of the Year Competition, 2nd place Orphee et Euridice

Teaching Experience

  • Professional Young Artist Training Programs:  Pittsburgh Opera 2011-2013, Central City Opera 2012-2014, Opera North 2011, Opera NEO 2017
  • Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Visiting Instructor of Opera Theater 2016, Acting Instructor for Vocal Academy 2018
  • NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Graduate Thesis Presentation Panelist 2018
  • Tennessee State University, Director of Opera Workshop & Director of Vocal Camp 2007-09
  • Middle Tennessee State University, Director of Opera Workshop 2007-2009
  • Trevecca Nazarene University, Director of Opera Workshop 2008
  • Florida State University, Opera Workshop Graduate Teaching Assistant  2005-2007
  • Furman University, Opera Workshop Teaching Assistant  2005

Membership- American Guild of Musical Artists

Teaching Recommendation from TSU
Letter of Recomendation
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Teaching Recommendation from MTSU
Letter of Recomendation
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