Rhoda Levine

Rhoda Levine is an opera director, choreographer, and a faculty member at several schools of music.

Levine was born in New York, NY. She wrote the libretto for Opus Number Zoo by Luciano Berio and has also written children's books. She is the artistic director of Play It By Ear, an improvisational opera group.[1][2] She is the recipient of the National Institute for Music Theater Award. She got her BA at Bard College.[3]

In the summer, she teaches at the John Duffy Composers Institute, in Norfolk, VA.[4]

Operas directed by Rhoda Levine
Opera Company Year Notes
Porgy and Bess[2]Cape Town Opera1996South African premiere
Der Kaiser von Atlantis[2]Chicago Opera TheatreViktor Ullmann
Orpheus DescendingChicago Opera TheatreWorld premiere
The Good Soldier SchweikGlimmerglass Opera
Lizzie BordenGlimmerglass Opera
RigolettoGlimmerglass Opera
Little Women[2]Glimmerglass OperaBy Adamo
SusannahKentucky Opera
The Marriage of FigaroKentucky Opera
Der Kaiser von AtlantisNederlandse Opera1975Viktor Ullmann; world premiere
Le Nozze di FigaroNederlandse Opera1986
LuluNederlandse Opera
The Good Soldier SchweikNederlandse Opera
From the House of the DeadNederlandse Opera
The Love for Three OrangesNederlandse Opera
The FantasticksNederlandse Opera
MacbethNederlandse Opera
Of Mice and MenNederlandse Opera
The Marriage of FigaroNederlandse Opera
MedeaNew York City Opera1982Directing debut
Of Mice and MenNew York City Opera1997
Little Women[2]New York City Opera2003By Adamo
Lizzie BordenNew York City Opera1996
RigolettoNew York City Opera
The Ballad of Baby DoeNew York City Opera
X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X[2]New York City OperaWorld premiere; by Anthony Davis
From the House of the Dead[2]New York City OperaAmerican premiere; by Janacek
Die Soldaten[2]New York City OperaBy Zimmermann
Mathis der MalerNew York City Opera1995
Wakonda's Dream[2]Opera OmahaBy Anthony Davis
TreemonishaOpera Theatre of St. Louis2000
La BohèmeOpera Theatre of St. Louis
A Death in the FamilyOpera Theatre of St. Louis1986
Under the Double MoonOpera Theatre of St. LouisWorld premiere
Madama ButterflySan Diego Opera1982
La BohèmeSan Diego Opera1985
Lucia di LammermoorSan Diego Opera1989
Of Mice and MenSan Diego Opera1999
FigaroSanta Fe Opera
L'histoire du SoldatSanta Fe Opera1987
KabbalahBy Stewart Wallace
Where the Wild Things AreMusic composed by Oliver Knussen

Further

Productions at Belgium's Opéra National; Scottish Opera; San Francisco Opera; Festival of the Two Worlds; Cabrillo Festival; and Holland Festival; directed and choreographed productions on and off-Broadway, in London's West End, and for CBS and WNET.

Faculty

Former faculty member at the Curtis Institute of Music, Yale School of Drama, The Juilliard School, and Northwestern University, and currently teaches at Manhattan School of Music (since 1992) and Mannes College and is a frequent guest teacher/visiting artist at Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.

Personal life

Levine lives in New York City.[2]

Books
  • Levine, Rhoda (1961). Prince What-Shall-I-Do. Illustrated by Sandy Wilson. OCLC 30222994.
  • Levine, Rhoda (1962). Arthur. OCLC 1651323.
  • Levine, Rhoda (1963). The Quiet Story. OCLC 1415095.
  • Levine, Rhoda (1963). Three Ladies beside the Sea. Illustrated by Edward Gorey. OCLC 1203946.
  • Levine, Rhoda (1964). Harrison Loved His Umbrella. OCLC 1415085.
  • Levine, Rhoda (1968). He was There from the Day We Moved in. Illustrated by Edward Gorey. OCLC 87510.
    • Levine, Rhoda (1977). Er war da und saß im Garten (in German). Illustrated by Edward Gorey. OCLC 1203944.
    • Levine, Rhoda (1977). Il etait la, il attendait (in French). Illustrated by Edward Gorey. OCLC 301610899.
    • Levine, Rhoda (2012). He was There from the Day We Moved in. Illustrated by Edward Gorey. ISBN 978-1-59017-515-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Levine, Rhoda (1969). The Herbert Situation. OCLC 2156186.

References
  1. "Faculty Bio: Rhoda Levine". Manhattan School of Music. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. Levine 2012, About the Author
  3. "Rhoda Levine". New York Review Books.
  4. "Directing Rhoda: the Arts of Living". IFP Fiscal Sponsorship.


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