Robert Neu

Robert Neu has directed over one hundred productions of operas, musicals and plays throughout the country.  His most recent collaborations have been with Central City Opera, Shreveport Opera, Colorado Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Opera Orlando, Opera Steamboat, Boulder Philharmonic, Jacksonville Symphony, Opera Idaho, Sarasota Opera, Northern Lights Opera Festival, South Dakota Symphony, Lyric Opera of the North, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Spokane Opera, Skylark Opera Theatre and Sioux City Symphony.  His repertoire ranges from West Side Story, Carousel, Candide, On the Town, The Music Man, Death of a Salesman and The Most Happy Fella to La Traviata, Carmen, Tosca, La Boheme, The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro and The Magic Flute.

Thirteen of Neu’s productions have received “Best of the Season” citations from various media including Minneapolis Star Tribune, Cincinnati Post, St. Paul Pioneer Press and Minnesota Public Radio.  His production of The Laramie Project received awards for Best Ensemble and Outstanding Theater Event from Broadway World, and his revival of the rarely performed Giants in the Earth was nominated for an International Opera Award.

Neu teaches masterclasses in audition techniques for the University of Minnesota’s opera department, and is a former Artistic Director of Skylark Opera Theatre.  He is a graduate of The Juilliard School and is the co-founder of Angels & Demons Entertainment, a production and arts consultancy organization.  He is represented by UIA Talent Agency.

Roles with Loon

• Stage Director in A Little Night Music
  
• Stage Director in Die Fledermaus
  
• Stage Director in St. John Passion
  
• Stage Director in The Barber of Seville, Rossini
  
• Stage Director in Don Pasquale, A Comedy in 3 Acts
  
• Stage Director in Carmen. Two Companies. One Opera.
  
• Stage Director in Face on the Barroom Floor & Bon Appétit!