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Lorna Haywood,
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After receiving critical acclaim for Opera San José's productions of Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro and Tosca, Lorna Haywood returns to direct Verdi's Rigoletto during the 2007 - 2008 season. Ms. Haywood's previous directorial credits with the company include La traviata (April 2002) La bohème (2001), Madama Butterfly (2002), Verdi's Il trovatore (2003) and Die Fledermaus in 2004. Ms. Haywood's recent directorial credits elsewhere include productions of La traviata for Nordfjord Opera of Norway, La traviata, Madama Butterfly, Le nozze di Figaro, La bohème, Roméo et Juliette, and Il trovatore for Madison Opera, La traviata for Pensacola Opera, Tosca for Eugene Opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors for Toledo Opera and Rigoletto for Opera Birmingham. Other productions Ms. Haywood directed include Albert Herring, Madama Butterfly, Gianni Schicchi and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci for Opera Lenawee where she was resident stage director for three years. For Opera Maine, she directed Tartuffe, L'Heure espagnol, The Telephone, The Medium, Amelia Goes to the Ball, Bon appetit, and Pizza con funghi. Upcoming directing engagements include Fidelio for Atlanta Opera in 2005 and Le nozze di Figaro for Virginia Opera in 2006. Ms. Haywood made her American debut as soprano soloist with Robert Shaw. She has sung with most of America's major symphony orchestras including Chicago, San Francisco, Cleveland, Boston, and New York Philharmonic, as well as the prestigious Bach Aria Group, Handel Society (Washington, D.C.) and Music of the Baroque (Chicago.)
Her operatic performances have included the Lyric Opera
of Chicago as well as the San Francisco, Dallas, Baltimore, Fort Worth,
New Orleans, Atlanta, Honolulu, San Diego and Washington, D.C. opera
companies. In Europe, Ms. Haywood was for many years a leading soprano
with Royal Opera House Covent Garden, English National Opera, Welsh
National Opera, Scottish Opera, and Glyndebourne Festival Opera.
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