Cynthia Edwards
Cynthia Edwards
Stage Director
Biography
Biography
2016
2016
Concert staging of Haydn's
L'Isola disabitata
American Classical Orchestra
Alice Tully Hall, February 23
2014
2014
Concert staging of Handel's Alceste
American Classical Orchestra
Alice Tully Hall, March 19
NEW PRODUCTIONS:
NEW PRODUCTIONS:
Florida Grand Opera - Il Trovatore
OperaDelaware - Tosca
Baltimore Opera - Carmen
Anchorage Opera - Carmen, Eugene Onegin, Macbeth
Harrisburg Opera - La Traviata, Faust, Le Nozze di Figaro, Cosi fan tutte,
The Abduction from the Seraglio, Pagliacci
CONCERT STAGINGS:
CONCERT STAGINGS:
American Classical Orchestra:
Handel's Alceste
Grétry's Zémire et Azor
Grétry's Richard Coeur-de-Lion
Carmel Bach Festival:
Pergolesi’s La Serva Padrona, with baritone Sanford Sylvan
MAJOR REVIVALS NYCO:
MAJOR REVIVALS NYCO:
Tosca
Die Tote Stadt
Ravel double bill
Mefistofele
Rigoletto
The Merry Widow
Ms. Edwards has traveled with New York CIty Opera to Saratoga, Costa Mesa, Wolf Trap and Artpark, also serving as Assistant Director and liaison for the "Live from Lincoln Center" telecast of Jonathan Eaton's Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci. More recently, she assisted Christopher Alden on the company’s celebrated productions of Cosi fan tutte and Don Giovanni, as well as Rebecca Taichman on Telemann’s Orpheus and Michael Counts on Rossini's Moses in Egypt.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
RECOMMENDATIONS:
“Cynthia directed Carmen many times at City Opera, always making it exciting and making the individual artists shine. She is a lovely colleague, a real opera professional and a wonderful person.”
Gary Wedow
Gary Wedow
Conductor, New York City Opera
"We have an excellent stage director in Cynthia Edwards, who's a real professional. She knows what she's doing and is a pleasure to work with."
Thomas Crawford
Thomas Crawford
Artistic Director, American Classical Orchestra
"I had the pleasure of working with Cynthia Edwards for over 15 years at New York City Opera and also worked with her on one show for American Classical Orchestra. I always looked forward to being a member of her design team. As a Director, Cynthia was clear and concise with what she wanted and at the same time, was willing to be open to the ideas of her designers' and to respect their areas of expertise. She was always the perfect combination of leader and collaborator.
The productions I worked on with Cynthia (most frequently, the opera Carmen) were almost always incredibly large in scale. She is equally as capable of crafting the most intimate scenes between 2 people as she is maneuvering a chorus of 50+ around a stage to great dramatic effect.
I highly recommend Cynthia to anyone seeking a Director and would welcome the chance to work with her again."
“It is unusual to find a creative director who is also easy to get along with and generous with new ideas! A pleasure to work with Cynthia."
Jocelyn Paine
Kinesthesia Coach, Anchorage Opera