Staufenbiel's "La Belle et la Bête" at Opera Parallèle "magnificent"
"In Opera Parallèle’s magnificent new production, which opened an all-too-brief four-performance run at SFJazz on Thursday, July 14,...
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BRIAN STAUFENBIEL
CREATIVE - COLLABORATOR, DESIGNER, DIRECTOR
BIOGRAPHY
Brian Staufenbiel is the creative director for Opera Parallèle where he has directed and spearheaded the conceptual designs of the company’s productions since it was founded in 2010. Specializing in multimedia, immersive, and interdisciplinary productions, he actively works across a wide range of artistic disciplines collaborating in film and with media designers, choreographers and dancers, circus and fabric artists, and designer fabricators. His progressive approach to stagecraft has garnered critical acclaim for many of the company’s productions, including Wozzeck, Orphée, Champion and Dead Man Walking.
Staufenbiel recently directed films for the online festival season of the Sun Valley Music Festival, a film of Dove/Angelis’ Flight for Seattle Opera, and a graphic novel film of Talbot/Scheer’s Everest with Opera Parallèle, and a feature-length film of Gordon Getty’s opera Goodbye Mr. Chips for Festival Napa Valley. Upcoming projects include the premiere of Miguel Zenon’s Golden City Suite with SF JAZZ, Ainadamar L’Opéra De Montréal, and a documentary about the life of Frederica Von Stade with Paper Wings Films.
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