[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Opera Appoints Director of Production

Mon Jan 9 09:32:32 PST 2006

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p>
<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">CLEVELAND</st1:place></st1:city>
OPERA APPOINTS DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION <o:p></o:p> 
 
January
4, 2006 … <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:city></st1:place>.  Cleveland Opera Board of Trustees President
Peter Rubin announced today the appointment of Maidie Greer
Rosengarden, EdD,
to the position of Director of Production effective immediately.  Mr. Rubin commented, “After a national
search, the Board and I are pleased to have found an outstanding
professional.  Dr. Rosengarden brings the
technical expertise and artistic experience that Cleveland Opera is
looking for
in a Director of Production. We are excited to have her on board.” <o:p></o:p>
<o:p></o:p> 
 
Dr.
Rosengarden, a native of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hudson</st1:place></st1:city>,
has had extensive experience in technical theatre. As a lighting
designer, she
worked with regional opera companies throughout the <st1:country-region
 w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region> including <st1:place
 w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Michigan Opera Theatre</st1:city>, <st1:state
 w:st="on">Virginia</st1:state></st1:place>
Opera, Opera Pacific, Nashville Opera, and the Los Angeles Music Center
Opera
where she served as Staff Lighting Associate for six years. In <st1:city
 w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Los Angeles</st1:place></st1:city>, Dr.
Rosengarden worked with
artists such as David Hockney, Maurice Sendak, and Gerald Scarfe.  She recently lit Puccini’s Tosca for
the Los Angeles Opera earning
the notice of Variety critic Alan Rich who stated, “There is one
spectacular
improvement, however: a masterly manipulation of lights and shadows
during the
torture scene in act two…”<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> 
 
While
living in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:state>,
she worked on projects ranging from Robert Wilson’s Einstein
on the Beach at B.A.M. to film and television specials at
The Kitchen. In addition, she brings ten years experience as an arts
educator
to her post at Cleveland Opera.  Dr.
Rosengarden lives in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Chagrin</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Falls</st1:placetype></st1:place> with her
husband
and two sons.<o:p></o:p> 
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Cleveland Opera’s 2005-2006 season continues with
Gounod’s Roméo
et Juliette, February 10, 12, 17 and 18;
Puccini’s Turandot, March 31, April 2, 7 and 8 at
the State Theatre
in Playhouse Square and Paul Dresher’s The Tyrant, co-presented
with The Cleveland Play House May 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 at  FusionFest,
Bolton Theatre, The Cleveland
Play House.
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Amy Pawlukiewicz
Public Relations Associate
Cleveland Opera
1422 Euclid Avenue
Suite 1052
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Phone: (216)575-0903 ext. 215
Fax: (216)575-1918
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.clevelandopera.org">www.clevelandopera.org</a></pre>
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