Daniel Helfgot's credits include over 200 productions of over 100 operas, operettas and zarzuelas from the Baroque to the contemporary. International credits include Argentina, Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, Finland, Germany, Mexico and Sweden, and in the US Baltimore; Billings (Montana), Festival Opera (California), Chattanooga, Eugene, Knoxville, Memphis, Orlando, Pennsylvania Festival, Sacramento, Spring Opera and Western Opera Theater of San Francisco, Utah Opera, Utah Festival Opera, Virginia Opera, etc.
Helfgot was Resident Director and Director of Production for Opera San José where he created 60 productions. He was also Producer and Director for the Pennsylvania Opera Theater in Pittsburgh, PA. He was Artistic Coordinator for the Opera, Ballet and Symphony seasons at the Teatro Argentino and Resident Assistant Director for the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.
His directorial work also includes tango and cabaret shows.
Helfgot directed opera broadcasts of his own operatic productions for television in Argentina and an award winning production for PBS in the US.
He is also the author of the libretto for the opera
The Tale of the Nutcracker with music by Craig Bohmler, premiered in 1999.
He has received the Opera Director of the Year 2009 award from the Classical Singer Magazine, an award from the Arts Council Silicon Valley of California and has been honored with the Koret Israel Prize.
Mr. Helfgot is the author of
The Third Line: The Opera Performer as Interpreter followed by a revised edition titled
The Third Line: The Singer as Interpreter, with a third edition in production, a book widely used by individuals, universities and conservatories.
His teaching experience includes a guest professorship at the Musikhochschule of the Vienna University, Austria and the leadership of the Vocal and Vocal Accompanying Programs at the Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, California. He is constantly in demand throughout US campuses, with guest appearances at the National Academy of the Arts in Taipei, Taiwan; the Instituto Superior de Arte, Teatro Colón, Argentina; the Academy of Music in Åland, Finland, etc.
Helfgot is scheduled to celebrate the 100
th anniversaries of Verdi and Wagner with three consecutive productions of
Otello and a new production of
Tannhäuser, the first Wagnerian production in Tirana, Albania.
UFOMT PAST SEASONS |
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2012 |
Director, Faust |
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2011 |
Director, Don Giovanni |
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2010 |
Director, The Barber of Seville |
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Director, La Traviata |
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2009 |
Director, Carmen |
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2008 |
Director, Manon Lescaut |
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2007 |
Director, Porgy & Bess |
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2006 |
Director, La Bohème |
