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Rhoda Levine

American opera director and choreographer (1932–2026)

Summary

American opera director and choreographer (1932–2026)

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nameRhoda Levine
birth_nameRhoda Jane Levine
birth_date
birth_placeNew York City, U.S.
death_date
death_placeNew York City, U.S.
educationBard College (BA)
occupation{{Flatlist
years_active1975–2026
employer{{Plainlist
awardsNational Institute for Music Theater Award
  • Opera director
  • choreographer
  • educator
  • Manhattan School of Music
  • Mannes College

Rhoda Jane Levine (June 15, 1932 – January 6, 2026) was an American opera director, choreographer and a faculty member at several schools of music.

Early life and career

Levine was born in New York City on June 15, 1932. She wrote the libretto for Opus Number Zoo by Luciano Berio and also wrote children's books. She was the artistic director of Play It By Ear, an improvisational opera group. She was the recipient of the National Institute for Music Theater Award. She got her BA at Bard College.

In the summer, she taught at the John Duffy Composers Institute, in Norfolk, Virginia.

Levine was a faculty member at the Curtis Institute of Music, Yale School of Drama, The Juilliard School, and Northwestern University, and taught at Manhattan School of Music from 1992 and Mannes College and was a frequent guest teacher and visiting artist at Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.

Personal life and death

Levine died in New York City, aged 93. She left no immediate survivors.

Operas directed by Rhoda Levine

OperaCompanyYearNotes
Porgy and BessCape Town Opera1996South African premiere
Levine2012loc=About the Author}}Chicago Opera TheatreViktor Ullmann
Orpheus DescendingChicago Opera TheatreWorld premiere
The Good Soldier SchweikGlimmerglass Opera
Lizzie BordenGlimmerglass Opera
RigolettoGlimmerglass Opera
Little WomenGlimmerglass OperaBy Adamo
SusannahKentucky Opera
The Marriage of FigaroKentucky Opera
Der Kaiser von AtlantisNederlandse Opera1975Viktor Ullmann; world premiere
Le Nozze di FigaroNederlandse Opera1986
LuluNederlandse Opera
The Good Soldier SchweikNederlandse Opera
From the House of the DeadNederlandse Opera
The Love for Three OrangesNederlandse Opera
The FantasticksNederlandse Opera
MacbethNederlandse Opera
Of Mice and MenNederlandse Opera
The Marriage of FigaroNederlandse Opera
MedeaNew York City Opera1982Directing debut
Of Mice and MenNew York City Opera1997
Little WomenNew York City Opera2003By Adamo
Lizzie BordenNew York City Opera1996
RigolettoNew York City Opera
The Ballad of Baby DoeNew York City Opera
X, The Life and Times of Malcolm XNew York City OperaWorld premiere; by Anthony Davis
From the House of the DeadNew York City OperaAmerican stage premiere; by Janacek
Die SoldatenNew York City OperaBy Zimmermann
Mathis der MalerNew York City Opera1995
Wakonda's DreamOpera OmahaBy Anthony Davis
TreemonishaOpera Theatre of St. Louis2000
La BohèmeOpera Theatre of St. Louis
A Death in the FamilyOpera Theatre of St. Louis1986
Under the Double MoonOpera Theatre of St. LouisWorld premiere
Madama ButterflySan Diego Opera1982
La BohèmeSan Diego Opera1985
Lucia di LammermoorSan Diego Opera1989
Of Mice and MenSan Diego Opera1999
FigaroSanta Fe Opera
L'histoire du SoldatSanta Fe Opera1987
KabbalahBy Stewart Wallace
Where the Wild Things AreMusic composed by Oliver Knussen

Additionally, she directed productions at Belgium's Opéra National; Scottish Opera; San Francisco Opera; Festival of the Two Worlds; Cabrillo Festival; and Holland Festival, and helmed and choreographed productions on and off-Broadway, in London's West End, and for CBS and WNET.

Books

    • Republished by the New York Review of Books in June 2010.

References

References

  1. Wlaschin, Ken. (2006). "Encyclopedia of American Opera". [[McFarland & Company.
  2. Nossiter, Adam. (January 17, 2026). "Rhoda Levine, Pathbreaking Opera Director, Dies at 93". The New York Times.
  3. "Faculty Bio: Rhoda Levine".
  4. (30 September 2025). "Rhoda Levine".
  5. "Directing Rhoda: the Arts of Living".
  6. (January 15, 2026). "RHODA LEVINE Obituary (2026) – New York, NY – New York Times".
  7. {{harvnb. Levine. 2012
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