Garnett Bruce

Garnett Bruce

From: Washington, DC. LA Opera: Turandot (2024).

Garnett Bruce has directed at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Washington National Opera, Dallas Opera and made his European opera debut staging Turandot for the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples. He has been the Artistic Advisor for Opera San Antonio since 2018. From 2008 to 2011 he was the artistic adviser and principal stage director for Opera Omaha.

He began directing for the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University in 2004, receiving a faculty appointment in 2006. He was on staff at the Aspen Music Festival and School from 1993 and joined the faculty from 1997 until 2019. In 2022 he joined the faculty of University of Texas as Resident Stage Director of the Butler School of Music. He has created stagings of Turandot, Carmen, Tosca, Aida, Pagliacci and La Bohème that have been seen coast to coast.

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