Peabody Conservatory

Conductor Laurie Rogers

Set and Lighting Design Colin K. Bills

Costume Design Heather Jackson

Brian Garman conductor

Camilla Tassi projection design

Katie MacKreary lighting design

Heather Jackson costume design

Rice University 

The Shepherd School of Music

by Ned Rorem

Richard Bado conductor

Ryan McGettigan set design

(photos by Ted Washington)

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John Nardolillo conductor

Josef Svoboda set

Theodor Pištěk costumes

Estates Theater Prague, Prague Summer Nights

Gounod

West Virginia Symphony

Conductor Tom Conlin

Scenery Will S. Armstrong

Lights David Gano

Jacquelind Dumas Foundas, American Record Guide

"...Mary Duncan's imaginative direction, clearly motivated by musical values, shaped the many fine elements of this production into a stunning visual spectacle."

Connie V. Carey      Opera News

Mary Duncan's direction focused on clarity and character delineation, steadily building tension that allowed the climax to be delivered with profound emotion."

(Photo: Rick Lee)

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Rune Bergmann conductor

Hilary Rosenfeld costumes

Wordsmith concept, text and adaptation (World Premiere)

Performed by Wordsmith and Stephanie Marco

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore

Music Center at Strathmore

Stravinsky’s Soldier's Tale reimagined during the Vietnam War, Civil Rights Movement, Alabama

American Premiere       

Nielsen/Andersen                                          

Silvio Bonacorso Barbato

David Gordon - set design

F. Warren O'Reilly, American Record Guide

"...a sparkling new production...the local debuts of Mary Duncan and scenic designer David P. Gordon were eminently praiseworthy"

Jeffrey C. Smith, Opera Canada

"...Sarasota Opera hit the mark with its high-spirited staging of Denmark's national opera...Mary Duncan's direction sparkled"

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The Marriage of Figaro             

Da Ponte/Mozart                                           

James Gaffigan

John Kasarda - set design

Lloyd Sobel - lighting design

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(choreographer)

The Juilliard School

William Schuman      

John DeMain Conductor

Edward Berkeley Director

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(Premiere)

by Mark Medoff

Rio Grande Theater, New Mexico

Kathleen Quinlan

Jessica Medoff

Jane Elias

Frances Ramos

It was an incredible production that I will never forget – a taste of Broadway …There are moments of great joy and humor in this wonderful play Mike Cook Las Cruces Bulliten

Piper/Britten

Joel Revzen

Allan Kozinn, The New York Times

"...Founder Rex Hearn engaged an enterprising artistic director and conductor and an inventive stage director, Mary Duncan...Ms. Duncan's effective, economical staging shows Miles being torn apart in a final tug of war between Quint and the Governess"

Leslie Kandell, Opera News

Most striking in Berkshire Opera's version were director Mary Duncan's fluid scene changes... dimly lighted pantomime fused the scenes creating ambiguity about whether one was in the real world or in someone's mind.

(Photo: Andrea Clark)

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Benjamin Britten                                             

Anton Coppola

Massimo Vignelli

Brian McDevitt

Bernard Holland, The New York Times

"...a production of considerable intelligence and force. Mary Duncan's stage direction and Brian McDevitt's lighting were models of unadorned dramatic interchange"

(Sketches by Massimo Vignelli)

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Benjamin Britten

Riverside Church

St. Mary's Church

St. Peter's Church  

Murray Sidlin

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World Premiere by Stephen Paulus

Joel Revzen Conductor

David P. Gordon Set Design

Heidi Waleson, The Wall Street Journal

"...Mary Duncan's sensitive direction brought out the story's dramatic arc. This first class effort was a fitting culmination to the Berkshire Opera's 15th anniversary season."

Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times

"...Mary Duncan, the stage director, drew rounded portrayals from her cast"

(Photo: Alan E. Soloman)

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Floyd

Joel Revzen

George Allison - set design

Rita Kogler - lighting design

Peter Haley, Albany Times Union

"...Duncan brings each character, each scene to its limit, careful not to cross over the top. We really care about her people at the opera's end"

Bill Rice, The Gazette

"...This production of Carlisle Floyd's Susannah is another unqualified triumph for director Mary Duncan...Duncan has put together a show with one riveting scene after another"

(Photo: Rita Kogler)

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Der Schauspieldirektor          

W. A. Mozart                                  

Sir Christopher Hogwood

Bastien und Bastienne                             

Weiskern/Müller/Schachtner /W A Mozart      

 Sir Christopher Hogwood  

La Clemenza di Tito                 

Mazzolà/W A Mozart                                    

Sir Christopher Hogwood

(choreographer)

The Juilliard School

Samuel Barber  

Richard Bradshaw Conductor

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Released on Newport Classic Recordings

Menotti

Joel Revzen

Leslie Kandell, Opera News

"...an exciting fusion of ensemble acting, fluid staging and established singing talent...Mary Duncan's staging integrated the singing into the drama rather than allowing it to become a separate attraction"

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Schikaneder/Mozart     

Mark Russell Smith Conductor

Eric Carle Designer

Ryo Hasegawa conductor

Lynly Saunders costumes

Adaptation by Nicholas Hersh and Laura Fuentes

Annapolis Opera, Annaplis Maryland

Bloomberg Center/555, Washington DC

Stravinsky

The Aspen Percussion Ensemble

Jonathan Haas