Keturah Stickann

Keturah Stickann’s directing and choreographic work has been seen in countless
opera houses across the United States and Canada, as well as in Chile, Japan,
France, Hungary, and Australia. A champion of new American opera, she has
directed and choreographed multiple works by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer,
including directing the world premiere of their If I Were You at Merola Opera, and
associate directing and choreographing for director Leonard Foglia on the world
premieres of Moby-Dick and It’s A Wonderful Life. She has also directed works by
Robert Aldridge (Sister Carrie), Anthony Davis (Lilith), Ricky Ian Gordon (Orpheus
& Euridice, and A Coffin in Egypt), Jennifer Higdon (Cold Mountain), Laura
Kaminsky (As One), and Jose “Pepe” Martinez (Cruzar La Cara de la Luna). Recent
productions by Ms. Stickann include Don Giovanni (Minnesota Opera), The
Mother of Us All (Chautauqua Opera), Salome (Madison Opera), The Barber of
Seville (San Diego Opera) which was conceived as a drive-in production during the
height of Covid, Candide (Michigan Opera Theatre), Rusalka (Madison Opera),
Pelléas et Mélisande (West Edge Opera), Orfeo ed Euridice (Florida Grand Opera),
Turandot (San Diego Opera and Palm Beach Opera), Norma (Opera Southwest),
Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo (Chautauqua Opera), Lucia di Lammermoor _(Opera
Colorado), _Don Quichotte (San Diego Opera), and The Seven Deadly Sins and
Pagliacci (Virginia Opera). Upcoming, Keturah joins Leonard Foglia once again for
the world premiere of Joby Talbot and Gene Scheer’s The Diving Bell and the
Butterfly at The Dallas Opera, directs La traviata at Knoxville Opera, and Samson
et Dalila at Opera Colorado. Before becoming a director, Ms. Stickann was a
classically trained dancer, performing in opera and concert dance around the
country.