Robert Neu

Robert Neu has directed over one hundred productions of operas, musicals and plays throughout the country.  His recent productions include West Side Story for Central City Opera and Shreveport Opera; St. Matthew Passion for Central City Opera, Shreveport Symphony and Colorado Symphony; The Magic Flute for Pacific Symphony and Minnesota Orchestra; Don Giovanni for Opera Orlando, Opera Steamboat and Skylark Opera Theatre; La Boheme for Colorado Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Opera Orlando and Shreveport Opera; Florencia en el Amazonas for Opera Steamboat; Bernstein’s Mass, Peer Gynt (also adaptation), Fidelio, Carmen, Die Fledermaus, Candide, and Carousel for Minnesota Orchestra; Hansel and Gretel for Minnesota Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony and Colorado Symphony; Tosca and The Music Man for Colorado Symphony; The Merry Widow, The Barber of Seville, and The Marriage of Figaro for Opera Idaho; Don Pasquale, Carmen, St. John Passion and The Barber of Seville for Lyric Opera of the North and Opera Orlando; La Traviata for Minnesota Orchestra, Northern Lights Opera Festival, Opera Idaho and Pacific Symphony; Art and Death of a Salesman for Bloomington Civic Theater; The Marriage of Figaro for Bellevue Opera, Spokane Opera, Opera Orlando, Opera Idaho and Skylark Opera Theatre;  On the Town, Wonderful Town, The Fantasticks, Candide, Putting It Together, The Tragedy of Carmen, Cosi fan tutte, The Most Happy Fella and Don Pasquale for Skylark Opera Theatre; and Giants in the Earth for South Dakota Symphony.   

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.

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 Uzan International Artists.

Roles with Loon

• 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!