Scott Skiba
DIRECTOR
ADMINISTRATOR
PRODUCER
EDUCATOR
THEN
Don Giovanni 3/20
(Indianapolis Opera - Postponed due to COVID-19)
Pelléas + Mélisande 2/20
(New Adaptation - Baldwin Wallace Conservatory)
The Ghosts of Gatsby 1/20
(National Opera Association / Baldwin Wallace)
La Bohème 9/19
(Cleveland Opera Theater)
NOW
Opera OnDemand
(Curtis Opera Theatre)
A Taste of Traviata
(Opera Western Reserve)
NEXT
Operas in Place 5 /21
World Premiere Micro Operas
Baldwin Wallace / Cleveland Opera Theater /
On Site Opera
Threepenny Opera 7/21
(Hawaii Performing Arts Festival)
La Casa de Bernarda Alba 2/22
(World Premiere Baldwin Wallace /
Cleveland Opera Theater)
Carmen TBA post COVID-19
(Cleveland Opera Theater)
Carmen TBA post COVID-19
(Mobile Opera)
Sweeney Todd TBA post COVID-19
(Helena Symphony)
ADMINISTRATOR
Scott serves as Executive Artistic Director of Cleveland Opera Theater, where his recent production of La Traviata was named “the best professional opera production Cleveland has seen in years,” and La Bohème was hailed as "ingenious." Scott is the recently appointed Production Director for Opera Western Reserve, and Assistant Artistic Director for Hawaii Performing Arts Festival. Previous appointments include Executive Director of the Oberlin in Italy opera training program in Arezzo, Italy.
PRODUCER
A proponent of new opera, Scott launched {NOW} Fest, Cleveland Opera Theater's annual event to create, develop, and produce new opera works, and he serves on the National Opera Association Chamber Opera Composition Committee. A pioneer in exploring contemporary approaches to producing opera, Scott's work includes directing, designing, and producing interdisciplinary collaborations in alternative venues to promote civic engagement and provide gateways to develop new audiences.
EDUCATOR
An advocate of arts education, Scott serves as Director of Opera Studies for the award-winning Baldwin Wallace Conservatory Voice Performance program. Scott is Movement & Acting Instructor for Music Across the Pond, and a frequent guest stage director, and master class and workshop teacher throughout the United States and in Europe. Previous appointments include Instructor of Voice and Opera Theater, Interlochen Arts Academy, and Associate Instructor of Voice, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
