Joachim Schamberger

Director

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http://www.joachimschamberger.com

"Virtual Theater Design" - video

Joachim Schamberger is rapidly gaining a reputation in the United States and Europe as a fine stage director who blends the convention of opera with a keen sense of realism. This season began with a new production of Sweeney Todd at Shreveport Opera. He used his own virtual theater design as well as directed the production. He then returned to Coburg Opera in Germany where he used the same technique for a new production of The Wizard of Oz. He also made his debut with Indianapolis Opera directing a production of Tosca.

He made his debut at Coburg Opera in Germany directing a new production of Martha. In the 2005 season Mr. Schamberger directed Alcina in Burlington Vermont. Following this was his debut at Connecticut Grand Opera directing Puccini’s La Bohème. Also, his production of Little Red Riding Hood for Atlanta Opera’s outreach was remounted and he was assistant director to Dejan Miladinovic in The Abduction from the Seraglio at the same company. 2005 also marked his debut at Shreveport Opera directing Rigoletto

In recent seasons he has been assistant director for productions of Ariadne auf Naxos with Pittsburgh Opera, Fidelio, Eugene Onegin, and Aida with Atlanta Opera, The Rape of Lucretia and Don Pasquale with the Merola Opera Program. Mr.Schamberger has worked in the United States, Europe and Israel. Born in Germany, he studied voice, piano, conducting and classical guitar. He also studied music, theater and languages at the Musikhochschule in Würzburg and the Opera school of the Hochschule für Musik in Mannheim. He began his directing experience with Suor Angelica and Dialogues des Carmelites for the International Vocal Arts Institute in Tel Aviv and Don Giovanni, Gianni Schicchi, and Ariadne auf Naxos for the Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College in New York.

In 2004, Mr. Schamberger joined the Merola Opera Program in San Francisco, directing the Grand Finale concert, including scenes from Idomeneo, Clemenza di Tito, Tote Stadt, Meistersinger, Rosenkavalier, Pelleas et Melisande, L’Amico Fritz, Otello, Manon, Cavalleria Rusticana, Adriana Lecouvreur, Sonnambula, Mignon, Rake’s Progress, Queen of Spades, Ariodante, Ezio, Candide, Le Roi d’Ys, and Matrimonio Segreto.

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