Stage Director
Opera News called Fenlon Lamb “moving and convincing” and Seen and Heard International complemented her “well-honed theatrical sensibility.” Ms. Lamb brings these qualities of experience and perspective as an outstanding singing actress to her work as a stage director.
Currently, Ms. Lamb is the Director of Opera and Vocal Programming at Bar Harbor Music Festival. She has designed and directed engaging productions of Carmen, L’Elisir d’Amore, Madama Butterfly and Il Barbiere di Siviglia while she continues to program innovative recitals and pops concerts each festival season. She is also Resident Assistant Director for Seattle Opera. Productions for 2012 will include Attila (Bernard Uzan, dir), Orpheus and Eurydice (Jose Maria Condemi, dir),Madama Butterfly (Peter Kazaras, dir.) and Turandot (Renaut Doucet, dir.).
As the Director of Opera at Kent State University, she created an acting and performance curriculum to train young singers with full productions of Dido and Aeneas, The Telephone, Trial by Jury and Handel’s Semele. During her tenure as Resident Director for Cleveland Opera on Tour, Ms. Lamb created and directed condensed productions of Tosca, Don Giovanni, Madama Butterfly, Barber of Seville, Carmen and Turandot which toured throughout Northeast Ohio. She has also directed scenes for Cleveland Orchestra children’s concerts Celebrating Mozart.
Recently, Ms. Lamb was Assistant Director to Bernard Uzan for his production of La Voix Humaine/Pagliacci at Opera Cleveland. She directed Toledo Opera’s production of La Traviata in October and joined the artistic team of Faust at Arizona Opera as Assistant Director.
Upcoming, Ms. Lamb returns to Arizona Opera as director for Lucia di Lammermoor and will serve as Associate Director for a remount of Bernard Uzan’s Faust with Austin Lyric Opera.