One of America's most creative and imaginative directors, Linda Brovsky's productions have earned critical and popular acclaim on operatic stages throughout North America, including the San Francisco Opera (L'ELISIR D'AMORE), Santa Fe Opera (LA TRAVIATA, DON GIOVANNI), Seattle Opera (I PURITANI, RIGOLETTO, LA CENERENTOLA, MADAMA BUTTERFLY, L'ELISIR D'AMORE, LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, DIE FLEDERMAUS, and THE MERRY WIDOW), San Diego Opera (LN NOZZE DI FOGARO, FAUST and LA CENERENTOLA), Los Angeles Opera (THE COUNTESS MARITZA), Opera Theater of St. Louis (LA BOHÈME, BLACK RIVER by Conrad Susa and the world premiere of THE MIDNIGHT ANGEL by David Carlson), Glimmerglass Opera (THE MIDNIGHT ANGEL), Palm Beach Opera (I PURITANI and NORMA), Florentine Opera Company (DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL, CARMEN, HANSEL AND GRETEL and the American premiere of Lowell Liebermann's THE PORTRAIT OF DORIAN GRAY), Kentucky Opera (EUGENE ONEGIN, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, LA CENERENTOLA, CARMEN, LA TRAVIATA, and TOSCA), Cincinnati Opera (RIGOLETTO, LA TRAVIATA), Pittsburgh Opera (L'ELISIR D'AMORE), Opera Pacific (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, LA TRAVIATA), Opera Omaha (DON GIOVANNI, CARMEN), Lyric Opera of Kansas City (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, EUGENE ONEGIN), Opera Santa Barbara (CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA/ PAGLIACCI, SUOR ANGELICA, GIANNI SCHICCHI, DON GIOVANNI), Atlanta Opera (L'ELISIR D'AMORE, LA TRAVIATA), Manitoba Opera (LA BOHÈME), Utah Opera (TOSCA), Opera Festival of New Jersey (MADAMA BUTTERFLY), Wolf Trap Opera (L'ORMINDO and POSTCARD FROM MOROCCO) Teatro de la Opera (DON PASQUALE); Tulsa Opera (THE PERLFISHERS, LA TRAVIATA), Opera Carolina and Austin Lyric Opera (LA BOHÈME), Todi Music Festival in Norfolk, Virginia (AIDA) and various opera productions for the Toledo Opera, Cleveland Opera, New York City Opera National Company, Colorado Opera Festival, Madison Opera, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Hawaii Opera Theater, Central City Opera, and Fort Worth Opera.
One of America's most creative and imaginative directors, Linda Brovsky's productions have earned critical and popular acclaim on operatic stages throughout North America, including the San Francisco Opera (L'ELISIR D'AMORE), Santa Fe Opera (LA TRAVIATA, DON GIOVANNI), Seattle Opera (I PURITANI, RIGOLETTO, LA CENERENTOLA, MADAMA BUTTERFLY, L'ELISIR D'AMORE, LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, DIE FLEDERMAUS, and THE MERRY WIDOW), San Diego Opera (LN NOZZE DI FOGARO, FAUST and LA CENERENTOLA), Los Angeles Opera (THE COUNTESS MARITZA), Opera Theater of St. Louis (LA BOHÈME, BLACK RIVER by Conrad Susa and the world premiere of THE MIDNIGHT ANGEL by David Carlson), Glimmerglass Opera (THE MIDNIGHT ANGEL), Palm Beach Opera (I PURITANI and NORMA), Florentine Opera Company (DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL, CARMEN, HANSEL AND GRETEL and the American premiere of Lowell Liebermann's THE PORTRAIT OF DORIAN GRAY), Kentucky Opera (EUGENE ONEGIN, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, LA CENERENTOLA, CARMEN, LA TRAVIATA, and TOSCA), Cincinnati Opera (RIGOLETTO, LA TRAVIATA), Pittsburgh Opera (L'ELISIR D'AMORE), Opera Pacific (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, LA TRAVIATA), Opera Omaha (DON GIOVANNI, CARMEN), Lyric Opera of Kansas City (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, EUGENE ONEGIN), Opera Santa Barbara (CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA/ PAGLIACCI, SUOR ANGELICA, GIANNI SCHICCHI, DON GIOVANNI), Atlanta Opera (L'ELISIR D'AMORE, LA TRAVIATA), Manitoba Opera (LA BOHÈME), Utah Opera (TOSCA), Opera Festival of New Jersey (MADAMA BUTTERFLY), Wolf Trap Opera (L'ORMINDO and POSTCARD FROM MOROCCO) Teatro de la Opera (DON PASQUALE); Tulsa Opera (THE PERLFISHERS, LA TRAVIATA), Opera Carolina and Austin Lyric Opera (LA BOHÈME), Todi Music Festival in Norfolk, Virginia (AIDA) and various opera productions for the Toledo Opera, Cleveland Opera, New York City Opera National Company, Colorado Opera Festival, Madison Opera, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Hawaii Opera Theater, Central City Opera, and Fort Worth Opera.
Ms. Brovsky has enjoyed working and developing the next generation of opera singers and has directed productions for Manhattan School of Music (Lucas Foss's GRIFFELKIN, the American premiere of Matthus's Cornet Christoph Rilke's SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH, Britten's THE TURN OF THE SCREW, a double-bill of Busoni's ARLECCHINO and Stravinsky's LE ROSSIGNOL, a new production of Catan's RAPPACINI'S DAUGHTER and the World Premiere of Scott Eyerly's HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES), the Academy of Vocal Arts (LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR), San Francisco Opera's Merola Program (LA TRAVIATA), the Brevard Music Festival (LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN), Mannes School of Music (LA FINTA GIARDINIERA), the University of Maryland (the World Premiere of Lawrence Moss's THE QUEEN AND THE REBELS Queen) and the University of Michigan (COSÌ FAN TUTTE) as well as scenes programs for Yale University, Carnegie Mellon University and the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program.
Her talents also extend to the world of musical theater, where she directed the 50th Anniversary National Tour of OKLAHOMA! for the Troika Organization and HAPPY END at Chicago's Court Theater. An accomplished writer and lecturer, Linda Brovsky has been a contributor to BIOGRAPHY MAGAZINE as well as a guest speaker for the National Arts Club, the Guggenheim Museum's "Works in Progress" series, and the American Opera Project's "New Works" series. She has also served as librettist for Claude White's LOVE, DEATH AND HIGH NOTES, a children's opera commissioned and premiered by Opera Theatre of St. Louis, dramaturge for both THE MIDNIGHT ANGEL and THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES and as advisor for the Douglas Moore Foundation for New Composers.
Recent engagements for Ms. Brovsky include a new production of DON QUICHOTTE for the Seattle Opera and a remounting of her Fascist Italy production of RIGOLETTO for the Cincinnati Opera as well as serving as Guest Director for the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program and Carnegie Mellon School of Music. She is currently in development for a new musical, BY GRACE, slated to open in London's West End.
